1953 NCAA independents football records
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Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 Notre Dame
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9
–
0
–
1
Southern Miss
–
9
–
2
–
0
Penn State
–
6
–
3
–
0
Syracuse
–
5
–
3
–
1
Drexel
–
2
–
3
–
1
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1953 college football season . John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy although he did not even lead the Irish in passing, rushing, receiving or scoring.[1] Lattner held the Notre Dame record for all-purpose yards until Vagas Ferguson broke it in 1979.
Rivalries [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 26 at No. 6 Oklahoma No. 1 W 28–2159,500
October 3 at Purdue No. 1 W 37–749,135
October 17 No. 15 Pittsburgh No. 1 W 23–1457,998
October 24 No. 4 Georgia Tech No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN W 27–1458,254
October 31 No. 20 Navy No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry ) W 38–758,154
November 7 at Penn No. 1 W 28–2074,711
November 14 at North Carolina No. 1 W 34–1443,000
November 21 No. 20 Iowa No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN T 14–1456,478
November 28 at No. 20 USC No. 2 W 48–1497,952
December 5 SMU No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN W 40–1455,522
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster [ ]
QB Ralph Gugliemi
HB Johnny Lattner
Game summaries [ ]
Oklahoma [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Notre Dame
7
7
14
0
28
Oklahoma
7
7
0
7
21
Don Penza blocked and recovered a kick to set up one touchdown and recovered a fumble that led to another Notre Dame score.[2]
Team players drafted into the NFL [ ]
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
Player
Position
Round
Pick
Franchise
[3]
Awards and honors [ ]
References [ ]
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