1953 TCU Horned Frogs football team
| 1953 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| 1953 record | 3–7 (1–5 SWC) |
| Head coach | Abe Martin |
| Home stadium |
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 37,000) |
| 1953 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Rice + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #11 Texas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1953 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 3–7 overall and 1–5 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his first year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 19 | Kansas* | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 13–0 | - | |||||
| October 3 | at Arkansas | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | L 6–13 | - | |||||
| October 10 | at No. 2 Michigan State* | Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 19–26 | 51,049 | |||||
| October 17 | Texas A&M | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | L 7–20 | - | |||||
| October 24 | at Penn State* | New Beaver Field • University Park, PA | L 21–27 | - | |||||
| October 31 | at No. 3 Baylor | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX (The Revivalry) | L 7–25 | - | |||||
| November 7 | at Washington State* | Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA | W 21–7 | - | |||||
| November 14 | at No. 10 Texas | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | L 3–13 | 42,000 | |||||
| November 21 | No. 10 Rice | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | L 6–19 | - | |||||
| November 28 | SMU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet) | W 13–0 | 27,000 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1953 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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