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1953 Independent Schedule and Results

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Record: 120-114-21, .512 W-L% (8th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.31 (8th of 11) ▪ SOS: -2.96 (8th of 11)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Navy, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Princeton)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Army and Notre Dame)

69 Games

Conference games only
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
1 Sep 26, 1953 Sat Cornell 27 Colgate 7
2 Sep 26, 1953 Sat Holy Cross 28 Dartmouth 6 Lynn, MA
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
3 Oct 2, 1953 Fri Boston University 14 Syracuse 14
4 Oct 3, 1953 Sat (20) Holy Cross 19 @ Colgate 6
5 Oct 3, 1953 Sat Navy 55 Dartmouth 7
6 Oct 3, 1953 Sat Pennsylvania 13 Penn State 7
7 Oct 3, 1953 Sat Princeton 20 Columbia 19
8 Oct 3, 1953 Sat Yale 13 Brown 0
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
9 Oct 10, 1953 Sat Army 27 Dartmouth 0
10 Oct 10, 1953 Sat Harvard 28 Colgate 26
11 Oct 10, 1953 Sat Navy 26 Cornell 6 Baltimore, MD
12 Oct 10, 1953 Sat Penn State 35 @ Boston University 13
13 Oct 10, 1953 Sat Princeton 9 Rutgers 7
14 Oct 10, 1953 Sat Syracuse 20 Fordham 13
15 Oct 10, 1953 Sat Yale 13 Columbia 7
16 Oct 11, 1953 Sun Villanova 15 @ Boston College 7
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
17 Oct 16, 1953 Fri Boston College 20 @ Fordham 13 New York, NY
18 Oct 17, 1953 Sat Brown 27 @ Rutgers 20
19 Oct 17, 1953 Sat Colgate 24 @ Dartmouth 14
20 Oct 17, 1953 Sat Columbia 6 Harvard 0
21 Oct 17, 1953 Sat (14) Navy 65 @ Princeton 7
22 Oct 17, 1953 Sat (1) Notre Dame 23 (15) Pittsburgh 14
23 Oct 17, 1953 Sat Penn State 20 Syracuse 14
24 Oct 17, 1953 Sat Yale 0 Cornell 0
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
25 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Army 40 Columbia 7
26 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Brown 6 Holy Cross 0
27 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Colgate 7 Yale 7
28 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Cornell 26 @ Princeton 19
29 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Fordham 40 @ Rutgers 13
30 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Harvard 20 Dartmouth 14
31 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Pacific 20 Marquette 20
32 Oct 24, 1953 Sat Pennsylvania 9 (10) Navy 6
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
33 Oct 31, 1953 Sat Colgate 33 @ Rutgers 13
34 Oct 31, 1953 Sat Cornell 27 Columbia 13
35 Oct 31, 1953 Sat Dartmouth 32 @ Yale 0
36 Oct 31, 1953 Sat Fordham 20 Miami (FL) 0 New York, NY
37 Oct 31, 1953 Sat Marquette 7 @ Boston University 6
38 Oct 31, 1953 Sat North Texas 13 San Jose State 13
39 Oct 31, 1953 Sat (1) Notre Dame 38 (20) Navy 7
40 Oct 31, 1953 Sat Princeton 27 Brown 13
41 Oct 31, 1953 Sat Syracuse 21 @ Holy Cross 0
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
42 Nov 7, 1953 Sat Columbia 25 Dartmouth 19
43 Nov 7, 1953 Sat Holy Cross 20 Boston University 7
44 Nov 7, 1953 Sat (1) Notre Dame 28 @ Pennsylvania 20
45 Nov 7, 1953 Sat Penn State 28 Fordham 21
46 Nov 7, 1953 Sat Pittsburgh 26 @ Virginia 0
47 Nov 7, 1953 Sat Princeton 6 @ Harvard 0
48 Nov 7, 1953 Sat San Jose State 7 Pacific 6
49 Nov 7, 1953 Sat Syracuse 26 @ Cornell 0
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
50 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Army 21 @ Pennsylvania 14
51 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Boston University 31 Villanova 19
52 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Cornell 28 @ Dartmouth 26
53 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Harvard 27 Brown 20
54 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Marquette 13 @ Holy Cross 7
55 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Navy 14 @ Columbia 6
56 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Penn State 54 @ Rutgers 26
57 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Syracuse 34 Colgate 18
58 Nov 14, 1953 Sat Yale 26 @ Princeton 24
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
59 Nov 21, 1953 Sat Colgate 7 Brown 7
60 Nov 21, 1953 Sat Columbia 27 Rutgers 13
61 Nov 21, 1953 Sat Dartmouth 34 @ Princeton 12
62 Nov 21, 1953 Sat Harvard 13 @ Yale 0
63 Nov 21, 1953 Sat Holy Cross 20 Fordham 7
64 Nov 21, 1953 Sat Penn State 17 @ Pittsburgh 0
65 Nov 21, 1953 Sat Villanova 14 Syracuse 13 Philadelphia, PA
Rk Date Day Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
66 Nov 26, 1953 Thu Cornell 7 Pennsylvania 7
67 Nov 28, 1953 Sat (18) Army 20 Navy 7 Philadelphia, PA
68 Nov 28, 1953 Sat Boston College 6 Holy Cross 0 Boston, MA
69 Nov 28, 1953 Sat Villanova 20 @ Fordham 13 New York, NY