1953 Ball State Cardinals football team

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1953 Ball State Cardinals football
ConferenceIndiana Collegiate Conference
Record5–2–1 (3–2 ICC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Valparaiso
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Ball State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Indiana State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Evansville
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN)
 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
DePauw 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1953 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State Teachers College (later renamed Ball State University) in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1953 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Serdula, the Cardinals compiled a 5–2–1 record (3–2 against ICC opponents).[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19
Hanover*
T 13–13[2]
September 26
James Millikin*
  • Ball State Field
  • Muncie, IN
W 19–13[3]
October 3at DePauw
W 28–7[4]
October 10at Butler
L 7–25[5]
October 17Indiana State
W 33–6[6]
October 22vs.
Valparaiso
Michigan City, INL 7–274,200[7]
October 31at
Saint Joseph's (IN)
Rensselaer, INW 14–62,100[8]
November 7
Evansville
  • Ball State Field
  • Muncie, IN
W 42–28[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2007 Ball State Football Media Guide". Ball State University. 2007. p. 96. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
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