1953 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1953 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1953 record	3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Art Guepe (1st year)
Captain	Larry Stone
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1953 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	3	–	3
#8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
#17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	1	–	3			5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	3			5	–	3	–	3
Florida	1	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1953 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 26, 1953	at Penn		Philadelphia, PA	L 7–13
October 3, 1953	Alabama		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 12–21
October 10, 1953	at Ole Miss		Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	L 6–28
October 17, 1953	at Baylor*		Waco, TX	L 6–47
October 24, 1953	Virginia*		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 28–13
October 31, 1953	Georgia Tech*		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 0–43
November 7, 1953	Kentucky		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 14–40
November 14, 1953	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–7
November 21, 1953	Middle Tennessee State		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 31–13
November 26, 1953	at Tennessee		Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	L 6–23
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern.