1953 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1953 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.
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Conference | Independent |
1953 record | 4–4–1 |
Head coach | Bob Bronzan (4th season) |
Home stadium | Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 18,155) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific (CA) | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Verne | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly San Dimas | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State played as an Independent in 1953. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bob Bronzan, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie. Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 156–220 for the season.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 18 | Idaho |
| W 34–6 | |
September 25 | at BYU |
| W 28–25 | |
October 3 | at Fresno State[note 3] | W 27–21 | 5,574[1] | |
October 10 | Arizona State[note 4] |
| L 20–35 | |
October 17 | at No. 16 California | L 14–34 | ||
October 24 | at Oregon | L 13–26 | ||
October 31 | North Texas[note 5] |
| T 13–13 | |
November 7 | Pacific (CA)[note 6] |
| W 7–6 | |
November 14 | at No. 16 Stanford | L 0–54 | ||
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Team players in the NFL
The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.[4][5]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
Charlie Allen | Tackle | 5 | 57 | Los Angeles Rams |
Notes
- San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Cougar Stadium on the BYU campus, which was opened for the 1964 season
- California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
- Arizona State University was known as Arizona State College from 1945 to 1957.
- University of North Texas was known as North Texas State College from 1949 to 1960.
- University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
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References
- "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- "San Jose State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- "1954 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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