1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 42–19 vs. West Virginia
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 8
Record9–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainSam Hensley
Ed Gossage
Orville Vereen
Home stadiumGrant Field
(Capacity: 44,000)
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 0 3 6 3 3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 1 1 9 2 1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 1 1 7 2 1
Ole Miss 4 1 1 7 2 1
No. 17 Auburn 4 2 1 7 3 1
Mississippi State 3 1 3 5 2 3
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 2 3 3 5 3 3
Florida 1 3 2 3 5 2
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 5 0 3 8 0
Tulane 0 7 0 1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1953 college football season.[1] The Yellow Jackets were led by ninth-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. They finished second in the Southeastern Conference to Alabama, who had upset then-No. 5 Georgia Tech in Birmingham, giving the Yellow Jackets their first conference loss since 1950.[2] The Yellow Jackets were invited to the 1954 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated West Virginia, 42–19.

  1. ^ "1953 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Alabama, Capitalizing on Two Pass Interceptions, Upsets Georgia Tech Team". New York Times. November 15, 1953. p. S4.