The 1953 Colorado A&M Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Skyline Conference during the 1953 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Bob Davis, the Aggies compiled a 4–5 record (3–4 against Skyline opponents), finished fifth in the Skyline Conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 157 to 149.[1][2]
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Conference | Skyline Conference |
Record | 4–5 (3–4 Skyline) |
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Home stadium | Colorado Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado A&M | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No Colorado A&M players were selected by the Associated Press for its 1953 All-Skyline Conference football team.[3]
Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | Kansas State* | W 14–13 | |||||
October 3 | Denver |
| W 21–6 | 8,500 | [4] | ||
October 10 | at Wyoming | L 14–21 | |||||
October 17 | at Montana | L 31–32 | |||||
October 24 | Utah State |
| L 13–14 | [5] | |||
November 7 | at BYU |
| W 34–12 | ||||
November 14 | at Utah | L 14–35 | |||||
November 21 | New Mexico |
| W 9–3 | [6] | |||
November 28 | Colorado* |
| L 7–13 | 7,549 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1953 Colorado State Rams Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "2017 Colorado State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado State University. 2017. pp. 164, 170. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "1953 All-Skyline Conference Team". Albuquerque Journal. November 24, 1953. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colorado Aggies Defeat Denver". The Missoulian. October 4, 1953. p. 13.
- ^ "Utah State Downs Coloaggies 14-13". The Daily Herald. October 25, 1953. p. 7.
- ^ J.D. Kailer (November 22, 1953). "Colorado A&M Upsets New Mexico Lobos, 9-3: Aggies TD in Fourth Breaks Up 3-3 Tie". Albuquerque Journal. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.