Record: 7-2-1, .750 W-L% (15th of 110) ▪ Rank: 16th in Final AP Poll
Conference: SEC
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bear Bryant (7-2-1)
PS/G: 20.1 (31st of 110) ▪ PA/G: 11.6 (24th of 110)
SRS: 11.69 (17th of 110) ▪ SOS: 3.79 (39th of 110)
| Pre | 9/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 19, 1953 | Sat | Kentucky | Texas A&M | SWC | L | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sep 26, 1953 | Sat | Kentucky | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Oct 3, 1953 | Sat | Kentucky | Florida | SEC | W | 26 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Oct 10, 1953 | Sat | Kentucky | @ | (14) Louisiana State | SEC | T | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | T 1 | |
| 5 | Oct 17, 1953 | Sat | Kentucky | (20) Mississippi State | SEC | W | 32 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Oct 24, 1953 | Sat | (16) Kentucky | Villanova | Ind | W | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Oct 31, 1953 | Sat | (19) Kentucky | @ | (12) Rice | SWC | W | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 8 | Nov 7, 1953 | Sat | (14) Kentucky | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 9 | Nov 14, 1953 | Sat | (13) Kentucky | Memphis | Non-Major | W | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 10 | Nov 21, 1953 | Sat | (13) Kentucky | Tennessee | SEC | W | 27 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | W 6 |