1953 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1953 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach Ed Price, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 7–3, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWC co-champion.^[1]

1953 Texas Longhorns football
SWC co-champion
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 11
Record	7–3 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach	Ed Price (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Rice +	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Texas +	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Baylor	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
SMU	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Texas A&M	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
TCU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at LSU*	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–20	45,000	[2]
September 26	Villanova*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 41–12	27,000	[3]
October 3	Houston*	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 28–7	30,000	[4]
October 10	vs. No. 16 Oklahoma*	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 14–19	75,504	[5]
October 17	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	W 16–7	19,654	[6]
October 24	Rice		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 13–18	48,000	[7]
October 31	at No. 11 SMU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 16–7	51,000	[8]
November 7	No. 3 Baylor	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 21–20	54,000	[9]
November 14	TCU	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 13–3	42,000	[10]
November 26	at Texas A&M	No. 7	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 21–12	42,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors

• Carlton Massey, end, Consensus All-American^[12]