1953 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

The 1953 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach Raymond Didier, the team compiled a 4–7 record.[1][2]

1953 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record4–7 (2–4 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
1953 Gulf States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northwestern State + 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
Louisiana Tech + 5 –1 –06 –3 –0
Southeastern Louisiana + 5 –1 –06 –3 –0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
McNeese State 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
Louisiana College 1 –5 –04 –6 –0
Northeast Louisiana State 1 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Lamar Tech*
W 22–13[3]
September 26at Southeastern Louisiana
L 13–39[4]
October 3East Texas State*
L 7–417,500[5][6]
October 10No. 20 Mississippi Southern*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 14–41[7]
October 17at Arkansas State*
L 12–13
October 24at Stephen F. Austin*Nacogdoches, TXW 14–7
October 31at Louisiana Tech
L 7–276,500[8]
November 7Louisiana College
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 19–6
November 14Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 7–12[9]
November 21McNeese State
W 47–135,500[10]
November 28at Northeast Louisiana State
L 6–35[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. Ducote, Mary Helen, ed. (1954). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 34–45. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. "SLI topples Lamar Tech in grid opener, 22–13". The Daily Advertiser. September 20, 1953. Retrieved August 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Southeastern wallops SLI in 39–13 GSC romp". The Daily Advertiser. September 27, 1953. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Meade, Lee (October 4, 1953). "East Texas State Rolls Over Bulldogs, 41-7". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. p. 9. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Meade, Lee (October 4, 1953). "East Texas State (continued)". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. p. 10. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Mississippi Southern crushes SLI, 41–14". The Daily Advertiser. October 11, 1953. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Goal line defense helps Tech whip SLI, 27–7". The Daily Advertiser. November 1, 1953. Retrieved June 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Demons rally to trip SLI, 12–7, clinch share of GSC grid crown". The Daily Advertiser. November 15, 1953. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "SLI rips McNeese State, 47–13". The Daily Advertiser. November 22, 1953. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "NE State hands SLI crushing 35–6 defeat". The Daily Advertiser. November 29, 1953. p. 9. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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