The 1953 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.
| 1953 San Jose State Spartans football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–4–1 |
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| Home stadium | Spartan Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly San Dimas | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State played as an Independent in 1953. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bob Bronzan, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie. Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 156–220 for the season.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Idaho | W 34–6 | 12,000 | [1][2] | |
| September 25 | at BYU | W 28–25 | |||
| October 3 | at Fresno State | W 27–21 | 5,574 | [3] | |
| October 10 | Arizona State |
| L 20–35 | ||
| October 17 | at No. 16 California | L 14–34 | 39,000 | ||
| October 24 | at Oregon | L 13–26 | |||
| October 31 | North Texas State |
| T 13–13 | 7,500 | [4] |
| November 7 | Pacific (CA) |
| W 7–6 | ||
| November 14 | at No. 16 Stanford | L 0–54 | |||
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Team players in the NFL
editThe following San Jose State players were selected in the 1954 NFL draft.[6][7]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Charlie Allen | Tackle | 5 | 57 | Los Angeles Rams |
Notes
edit- ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Cougar Stadium on the BYU campus, which was opened for the 1964 season
References
edit- ^ "Veteran Idaho team opposes San Jose in opener tonight". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 18, 1953. p. 10.
- ^ "Spartans rake Vandals 34-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 19, 1953. p. 8.
- ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "San Jose State ties North Texas, 13–13". The San Francisco Examiner. November 1, 1957. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "1954 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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