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1953 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
| 1953 South Carolina Gamecocks football |
|---|
| Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 7–3 (2–3 ACC) |
| Rex Enright (13th season) |
| Gene Wilson |
| Carolina Stadium |
The 1953 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1953 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Rex Enright, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the ACC. The team played home games at Carolina Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.
1953 was the ACC's inaugural year of competition. South Carolina and six other schools from the Southern Conference (SoCon) broke off to form the new conference in 1953.
Also this year, South Carolina entered the AP Poll for the first time in school history, though it would be another five years before it would finish a season ranked in that poll.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 19 | No. 10 Duke | Carolina StadiumColumbia, SC | L 7–20 | 30,000 | |||
| September 28 | The Citadel* | Carolina StadiumColumbia, SC | W 25–0 | 15,000 | |||
| October 3 | at Virginia* | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | W 19–0 | 12,000 | |||
| October 10 | Furman* | Carolina StadiumColumbia, SC | W 27–13 | 15,000 | |||
| .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}October 22 | Clemson | Carolina StadiumColumbia, SC (rivalry) | W 14–7 | 35,000 | |||
| October 31 | at No. 2 Maryland | Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD | L 6–24 | 22,000 | |||
| November 7 | North Carolina | Carolina StadiumColumbia, SC (rivalry) | W 18–0 | 23,000 | |||
| November 14 | at No. 8 West Virginia* | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | W 20–14 | 31,000 | |||
| November 21 | Wofford* | No. 18 | Carolina StadiumColumbia, SC | W 49–0 | 8,000 | ||
| November 26 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Wake Forest | No. 15 | American Legion Memorial StadiumCharlotte, NC | L 13–19 | 11,000 | |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game |
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