1953 Chico State Wildcats football team

The 1953 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as

The team included 14 returning lettermen and 16 junior college transfers.[1] Before the season began, improved expectations for the team's performance caused ticket sales to "soar to a new high."^[2]

On November 13, Chico State played the Cal Aggies to a scoreless tie in six inches of rain and 40 mile per hour winds, as a fierce storm also caused the press box to collapse during the game.^[3]

At the end of the season, four Chico State players were selected for the All-Far Western Conference football team: guard Gene Van der Leun, end George Maderos, and backs Hal Higgins and Carroll Campbell.^[4] Busch finished his tenure as Chico State with an overall record of 7–9–1, for a .441 winning percentage.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	W 14–7		[5][6]
September 26	Cal Aggies	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	W 14–7		[7][8]
October 3	Naval Station Treasure Island*	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	W 21–0		[9]
October 10	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium[note 2] Reno, NV	L 7–27		[11][12]
October 17	at Southern Oregon	Fuller Field Ashland, OR	W 26–7		[13]
October 24	San Francisco State	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	W 13–0		[14][15]
October 31	Humboldt State	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	W 14–13	4,100	[16]
November 7	at Linfield*	Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR	L 13–20		[17][18]
November 13	at Cal Aggies	Aggie Field Davis, CA	T 0–0		[3]
November 21	at University of Mexico*	Estadio Olímpico Universitario Mexico City, Mexico	L 28–52		[19]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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