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West Virginia Mountaineers

The West Virginia Mountaineers were 8-1 in 1953. They fell to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 42 to 19, in the Sugar Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Fri
1/1
@
GT GT
L
19-42
Sat
11/21
@
NCST NCST
W
61-0
Sat
11/14
vs
SC SC
L
14-20
Sat
11/7
vs
VT VT
W
12-7
Sat
10/31
@
PSU PSU
W
20-19

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

613

Wyant

Wyant

RUSH YDS

478

Allman

Allman

REC YDS

301

Marker

Marker

1953 Southern Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
1
West Virginia West Virginia
4-0
8-2
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3-3
5-5

1953 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
9
290
3,398
593
5.7
2,536
477
5.3
862
116
7.4
Team Rank
4th
4th
11th
2nd
4th
8th
2nd
17th
19th
4th
Opponent
9
112
1,835
3.6
975
351
2.8
860
165
5.2
Opponent Rank
65th
2nd
3rd
3rd
1st
2nd
9th
15th
7th
Net
+178
+1,563
+593
+2.2
+1,561
+126
+2.5
+2
-49
+2.2
Net Rank
4th
4th
11th
2nd
4th
3rd
2nd
12th
18th
5th

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Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
3
.786
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
2
.857
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
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4
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Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
14
1
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2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Mid-American W L PCT
1
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11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
9
5
.643
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Oregon Oregon
13
1
.929
2
Penn State Penn State
13
3
.813
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
5
.615
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
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1
Georgia Georgia
11
3
.786
2
Texas Texas
13
2
.867
American Athletic W L PCT
1
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12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
9
5
.643
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1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
6
.571