Bowl History
1953
Conference
Bowl Record
- Alabama Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Atlantic Coast 0-1 Big 10 1-0 Big Eight 1-0 Border Intercollegiate Athletic 2-0 California Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf Coast 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Heartland Collegiate 0-0 Independent 0-1 Interstate Collegiate Athletic 0-0 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic 0-0 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-0 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Mountain States Athletic 0-0 North State 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pacific Coast 0-1 Southeastern 1-2 Southern 0-1 Southwest 1-0
Bowl History
1953
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1954 Cotton Rice 28-6 Alabama 1/1/1954 Gator Texas Tech 35-13 Auburn 1/1/1954 Orange Oklahoma 7-0 Maryland 1/1/1954 Rose Michigan State 28-20 UCLA 1/1/1954 Sugar Georgia Tech 42-19 West Virginia 1/1/1954 Sun Texas-El Paso 37-14 Southern Mississippi
Great Moments in College Football History
Chief Osceola, the Florida State mascot who rides out and plants a flaming spear at midfield before each home game, has been approved by Florida's Seminole Indian Tribe.