1953 Pepperdine Waves football team

The 1953 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.

1953 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
1953 record	3–6 (2–3 CCAA)
Head coach	Gordon McEachron (1st season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium

1953 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cal Poly $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
San Diego State	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Fresno State	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Pepperdine	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Santa Barbara	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Los Angeles State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Pepperdine competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Gordon McEachron and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6, 2–3 CCAA).

On December 7, 1953, Pepperdine announced that they were withdrawing from the CCAA in order to "seek its own level" in the field of athletics.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	La Verne*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 12–0
October 10	San Diego State[note 2]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–6	4,000[2]
October 16	at Occidental*	D.W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA (Black and Blue Game)	L 12–20
October 24	Cal Poly[note 3]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–45
October 31	San Francisco State[note 4]*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 6–13
November 6	at Santa Barbara[note 5]	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 13–12
November 14	Fresno State[note 6]	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 2–54	5,224[3]
November 20	at Los Angeles State[note 7]	Snyder Field Los Angeles, CA ("Old Shoe" Rivalry)	W 13–7
November 28	at Whittier*	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	L 13–40
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Team players in the NFL

No Pepperdine players were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.[6][7]

Notes

1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
2. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
3. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
4. San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
5. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
6. California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
7. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.

References

1. "Pepperdine Drops Out of CCAA, May Join SCIC". Redlands Daily Facts. Redlands, California. December 8, 1953. p. 8. Retrieved February 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Howard Hagen (October 11, 1953). "San Diego State Slips Past Pepperdine, 6-0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-2.
3. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
4. "1953 - Pepperdine". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
5. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
6. "1954 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
7. "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.