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Tuscaloosa Football Team History
Tuscaloosa Black Bears
Tuscaloosa High School
Tuscaloosa, AL 0
Stadium: Van deGraaf Field Colors: Red & Black Coach: Frank Swede Kendall
1953 Season Highlights
Frank Swede Kendall enters his 12th season as Head Coach at Tuscaloosa.
1953 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Sep. 11 vs.
Phillips Birmingham
12
6
W
Fri., Sep. 18 vs.
Holt
47
0
W
Fri., Sep. 25 vs.
Sidney Lanier
7
25
L
Fri., Oct. 2 @
Woodlawn
20
6
W
Fri., Oct. 9 vs.
Ensley
21
25
L
Fri., Oct. 16 vs.
Parrish Selma
28
0
W
Thu., Oct. 22 vs.
Tuscaloosa County
2
20
L
Fri., Nov. 6 @
Deshler
19
13
W
Fri., Nov. 13 @ Bay Panama City FL
7
12
L
Fri., Nov. 20 OPEN
1953 Season Totals
Record 5-4
Points Scored 163
Scoring Average 18.1
Points Allowed 107
Defense Average 11.9
Opponents Record 28-44
-3
Home Record 3-3
Away Record 2-1
1953 Class Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
Tuscaloosa was not ranked.
1953 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Jimmy Hinton
G
Sr. 6-0 182
All-Star Game
Jimmy Woodward
HB
Sr. 5-10 170
All-Star Game
1953 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Hinton G
HM
MA
Jimmy Woodard B
HM
MA
Jimmy Woodard B
2nd
BPH
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