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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Davidson*	No. 3	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 53–0	22,000	[3]
September 26	at No. 15 Florida	No. 3	Florida Field Gainesville, FL		T 0–0	41,000	[4]
October 3	SMU*	No. 9	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 6–4	37,000	[5]
October 10	at Tulane	No. 10	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA		W 27–13	30,000	[6]
October 17	No. 19 Auburn	No. 6	Grant Field Atlanta, GA ( rivalry)		W 36–6	39,500	[7]
October 24	at No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN ( rivalry)		L 14–27	58,254	[8]
October 31	at Vanderbilt	No. 8	Dudley Field Nashville, TN ( rivalry)		W 43–0	24,000	[9]
November 7	Clemson*	No. 6	Grant Field Atlanta, GA ( rivalry)		W 20–7	35,000	[10]
November 14	at Alabama	No. 5	Legion Field Birmingham, AL ( rivalry)		L 6–13	42,500	[11]
November 21	No. 15 Duke*	No. 12	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 13–10	40,000	[12]
November 28	Georgia	No. 10	Grant Field Atlanta, GA ( rivalry)		W 28–12	41,000	[13]
January 1	vs. No. 10 West Virginia*	No. 8	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA ( Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 42–19	71,666	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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