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1953 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadium Temple Stadium
Seasons
←  1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)     8 0 0
Juniata     7 0 0
No. 14 Army     7 1 1
Harvard     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 2 0
Hofstra     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Yale     5 2 2
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Boston College     5 3 1
Boston University     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 1
Princeton     5 4 0
Tufts     4 3 0
Cornell     4 3 2
Holy Cross     5 5 0
Temple     4 4 1
Colgate     3 4 2
Columbia     4 5 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Villanova     4 6 0
Drexel     2 3 1
Brown     3 5 1
Penn     3 5 1
Pittsburgh     3 5 1
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 5 1
Bucknell     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record. [1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 AlbrightW 34–0 7,500 [2]
September 26at SyracuseL 0–42 18,000 [3]
October 2 Bowling Green
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–0 5,000 [4]
October 17at BucknellW 27–21 10,000 [5]
October 24 Scranton
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 33–7 7,500 [6]
October 31 United States Naval Training Center Bainbridgedagger
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–77,500 [7]
November 7at YaleL 6–32 3,500 [8]
November 14at FordhamL 0–28 7,919 [9]
November 21 Boston University
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–20 5,000 [10]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 130. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Dell, John (September 19, 1953). "Temple Routs Albright, 34-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Syracuse Tramples Temple in Opening Test, 42 to 0". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. September 27, 1953. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Dell, John (October 3, 1953). "Temple Defeats Bowling Green by 27-0 Margin". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 18, 1953). "Temple Conquers Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Feldman, Chic (October 25, 1953). "Temple Blasts Tomcats, 33-7". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Stan Baumgartner (November 1, 1953). "Fumble Helps Temple Tie Bainbridge, 7-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Yale Gridders Top Temple by 32 to 6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 8, 1953. sect. III, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Mozley, Dana (November 15, 1953). "Fordham Crushes Owls 28-0 as Griffin Shines". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Holbrook, Bob (November 22, 1953). "B.U. Coasts 20-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Boston U Raps Temple". The Sunday Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Okla. November 22, 1953. p. 3-D.