1953 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

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1953 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
GSC co-champion
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record6–3 (5–1 GSC)
Head coach
CaptainBilly Golden, Jimmy Sneed
Home stadiumTech Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwestern State + 5 1 0 6 2 0
Louisiana Tech + 5 1 0 6 3 0
Southeastern Louisiana + 5 1 0 6 3 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 4 0 4 7 0
McNeese State 2 4 0 3 6 0
Louisiana College
1 5 0 4 6 0
Northeast Louisiana State 1 5 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1953 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference during the 1953 college football season. In their thirteenth year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at
Louisiana College
W 20–6[1]
September 26
rivalry)
W 61–67,000[2]
October 3at Memphis State*L 7–13[3]
October 17Florida State*
  • Tech Stadium
  • Ruston, LA
W 32–216,000[4]
October 24vs. Northwestern StateL 7–157,000[5]
October 31Southwestern Louisianadagger
W 27–76,500[6]
November 7at Southeastern LouisianaW 12–0[7]
November 14Mississippi Southern*
L 0–307,000[8]
November 27at McNeese State
W 56–211,500[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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