| 1953 | W | Abilene Christian (TX) | 13 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Abilene Christian (TX) | 25 | Austin (TX) | 13 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Abilene Christian (TX) | 20 | Florida St. | 7 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Abilene Christian (TX) | 26 | Texas St. | 19 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Abilene Christian (TX) | 27 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 28 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Abilene Christian (TX) | 7 | Arkansas St. | 19 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Abilene Christian (TX) | 28 | McMurry (TX) | 6 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Abilene Christian (TX) | 26 | Lamar (TX) | 21 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Abilene Christian (TX) | 14 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 25 | Kingsville, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Abilene Christian (TX) | 34 | Howard Payne (TX) | 6 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Northern Colorado | 13 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Adams St. (CO) | 27 | New Mexico Highlands | 6 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Adams St. (CO) | 18 | Eastern New Mexico | 36 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Northern Arizona | 20 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Western New Mexico | 0 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Adams St. (CO) | 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 20 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Adams St. (CO) | 37 | New Mexico Military Institute | 14 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Colorado School of Mines | 20 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Adams St. (CO) | 26 | Western St. (CO) | 46 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Adelphi (NY) | 9 | Bridgeport (CT) | 19 | Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Adelphi (NY) | 30 | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Garden City, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Adelphi (NY) | 13 | Upsala (NJ) | 35 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Adelphi (NY) | 13 | Wilkes (PA) | 14 | Garden City, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Adelphi (NY) | 6 | American International (MA) | 39 | Garden City, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Adelphi (NY) | 13 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 7 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Adrian (MI) | 7 | Defiance (OH) | 19 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Adrian (MI) | 14 | Alma (MI) | 19 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Adrian (MI) | 7 | Hope (MI) | 20 | Adrian, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Adrian (MI) | 6 | Olivet (MI) | 7 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Adrian (MI) | 20 | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 0 | Grand Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Adrian (MI) | 21 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 19 | Adrian, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Adrian (MI) | 14 | Hillsdale (MI) | 14 | Hillsdale, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Adrian (MI) | 7 | Albion (MI) | 27 | Adrian, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Akron (OH) | 26 | Muskingum (OH) | 13 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Akron (OH) | 19 | Kent St. (OH) | 54 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Akron (OH) | 38 | West Virginia Tech | 32 | Montgomery, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Akron (OH) | 26 | Findlay (OH) | 12 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Akron (OH) | 39 | Wittenberg (OH) | 12 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Akron (OH) | 16 | Mount Union (OH) | 15 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Akron (OH) | 20 | Wooster (OH) | 18 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Akron (OH) | 0 | Heidelberg (OH) | 26 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Akron (OH) | 14 | Ohio Wesleyan | 28 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama | 61 | Syracuse (NY) | 6 | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Alabama | 21 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 12 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama | 21 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | Tuscaloosa, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama | 41 | Tulsa (OK) | 13 | Tuscaloosa, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama | 19 | Southern Mississippi | 25 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | T | Alabama | 7 | Louisiana St. | 7 | Mobile, AL | |
| 1953 | T | Alabama | 0 | Tennessee | 0 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | T | Alabama | 7 | Mississippi St. | 7 | Tuscaloosa, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama | 33 | Georgia | 12 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama | 13 | Georgia Tech | 6 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama | 0 | Maryland | 21 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama | 10 | Auburn (AL) | 7 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama A&M | 34 | Morehouse (GA) | 20 | Normal, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama A&M | 13 | Alabama St. | 7 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama A&M | 19 | Fisk (TN) | 0 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama A&M | 2 | Tuskegee (AL) | 6 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama A&M | 0 | Jackson St. (MS) | 20 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama A&M | 0 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 27 | Normal, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama A&M | 7 | Benedict (SC) | 19 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama A&M | 6 | South Carolina St. | 21 | Normal, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama A&M | 20 | Knoxville (TN) | 0 | Normal, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama St. | 0 | Xavier (LA) | 13 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama St. | 7 | Alabama A&M | 13 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama St. | 74 | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama St. | 13 | Dillard (LA) | 6 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama St. | 7 | Morehouse (GA) | 0 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama St. | 7 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 12 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Alabama St. | 12 | Fisk (TN) | 13 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama St. | 39 | Lane (TN) | 0 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Alabama St. | 6 | Tuskegee (AL) | 2 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Albany St. (GA) | 0 | Miles (AL) | 6 | Albany, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Albany St. (GA) | 12 | Edward Waters (FL) | 14 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Albany St. (GA) | 6 | Florida N&I | 14 | Saint Augustine, FL | |
| 1953 | T | Albany St. (GA) | 13 | Paine (GA) | 13 | Augusta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Albany St. (GA) | 6 | Claflin (SC) | 27 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Albany St. (GA) | 37 | Savannah St. (GA) | 6 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Albany St. (GA) | 19 | Morris (SC) | 0 | Albany, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Albany St. (GA) | 0 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 8 | Albany, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Albion (MI) | 52 | Olivet (MI) | 0 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Albion (MI) | 0 | Hillsdale (MI) | 0 | Hillsdale, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Albion (MI) | 39 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 12 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Albion (MI) | 18 | Wabash (IN) | 27 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Albion (MI) | 27 | Alma (MI) | 7 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Albion (MI) | 19 | DePauw (IN) | 0 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Albion (MI) | 7 | Hope (MI) | 20 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Albion (MI) | 27 | Adrian (MI) | 7 | Adrian, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Albright (PA) | 7 | Lafayette (PA) | 28 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Albright (PA) | 0 | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 13 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Albright (PA) | 0 | Gettysburg (PA) | 27 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Albright (PA) | 0 | Temple (PA) | 34 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Albright (PA) | 6 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 0 | Allentown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Albright (PA) | 0 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 6 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Albright (PA) | 21 | Moravian (PA) | 13 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Albright (PA) | 0 | Widener (PA) | 7 | Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Albright (PA) | 19 | Scranton (PA) | 0 | Scranton, PA | |
| 1953 | T | Alcorn St. (MS) | 6 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Alcorn St. (MS) | 76 | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Southern (LA) | 33 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Alcorn St. (MS) | 19 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 13 | Meridian, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Alcorn St. (MS) | 21 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Texas College | 6 | Lorman, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Lincoln (MO) | 46 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Alcorn St. (MS) | 6 | Texas Southern | 14 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Jackson St. (MS) | 19 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Alexander AFB | 6 | Louisiana College | 60 | Pineville, LA | Cosmopolitan Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Alfred (NY) | 55 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 7 | Troy, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Alfred (NY) | 19 | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 0 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Alfred (NY) | 39 | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 0 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Alfred (NY) | 7 | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 26 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Alfred (NY) | 41 | Ithaca (NY) | 6 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Alfred (NY) | 47 | Buffalo (NY) | 0 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 12 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 21 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 0 | Westminster (PA) | 12 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 12 | Hobart (NY) | 19 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 6 | Rochester (NY) | 13 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 13 | Oberlin (OH) | 31 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 6 | Grove City (PA) | 25 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 7 | Wooster (OH) | 35 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Allegheny (PA) | 6 | Thiel (PA) | 52 | Greenville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Allen (SC) | 14 | South Carolina St. | 25 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Allen (SC) | 33 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 6 | Charleston, SC | Iodine Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Allen (SC) | 13 | Benedict (SC) | 19 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Allen (SC) | 0 | Tennessee St. | 44 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Allen (SC) | 13 | Morris (SC) | 25 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Allen (SC) | 20 | Shaw (NC) | 6 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Allen (SC) | 7 | Howard (DC) | 7 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Allen (SC) | 10 | Florida A&M | 28 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | T | Allen (SC) | 12 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 12 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Allen (SC) | 22 | Claflin (SC) | 13 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Alma (MI) | 25 | Bluffton (OH) | 6 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Alma (MI) | 19 | Adrian (MI) | 14 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Alma (MI) | 7 | Hillsdale (MI) | 20 | Hillsdale, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Alma (MI) | 26 | Anderson (IN) | 0 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Alma (MI) | 7 | Albion (MI) | 27 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Alma (MI) | 13 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 0 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Alma (MI) | 33 | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 12 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Alma (MI) | 33 | Hope (MI) | 19 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Alma (MI) | 7 | Olivet (MI) | 0 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | L | American International (MA) | 0 | Northeastern (MA) | 24 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | L | American International (MA) | 0 | Northeastern (MA) | 24 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | American International (MA) | 20 | Saint Michael's (VT) | 7 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | American International (MA) | 19 | Colby (ME) | 14 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | T | American International (MA) | 0 | Springfield (MA) | 0 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | American International (MA) | 19 | Central Connecticut St. | 6 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | American International (MA) | 27 | Quonset NAS (RI) | 6 | Quonset Point, RI | |
| 1953 | W | American International (MA) | 27 | Quonset NAS (RI) | 6 | Quonset Point, RI | |
| 1953 | W | American International (MA) | 39 | Adelphi (NY) | 6 | Garden City, NY | |
| 1953 | W | American International (MA) | 39 | Adelphi (NY) | 6 | Garden City, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Amherst (MA) | 21 | Union (NY) | 0 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Amherst (MA) | 20 | Trinity (CT) | 14 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Amherst (MA) | 28 | Bowdoin (ME) | 0 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Amherst (MA) | 7 | Brown (RI) | 6 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Amherst (MA) | 21 | Coast Guard (CT) | 7 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | T | Amherst (MA) | 20 | Wesleyan (CT) | 20 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Amherst (MA) | 13 | Tufts (MA) | 6 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Amherst (MA) | 28 | Williams (MA) | 14 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Anderson (IN) | 8 | Taylor (IN) | 0 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Anderson (IN) | 13 | Franklin (IN) | 6 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Anderson (IN) | 0 | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Anderson (IN) | 0 | Alma (MI) | 26 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Anderson (IN) | 0 | Hanover (IN) | 26 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Anderson (IN) | 9 | Earlham (IN) | 13 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Anderson (IN) | 12 | Manchester (IN) | 8 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Anderson (IN) | 14 | Defiance (OH) | 27 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Angelo St. (TX) | 7 | Texas-Arlington | 28 | San Angelo, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 13 | Citrus College (CA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 15 | El Centro JC (CA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 0 | La Verne (CA) | 27 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 26 | Oceanside JC (CA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 19 | Palo Verde JC (CA) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 31 | Palomar JC (CA) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 14 | Porterville JC (CA) | 10 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 13 | Southern Utah | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 18 | West Hills JC (CA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Appalachian St. (NC) | 21 | Elon (NC) | 19 | Burlington, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Appalachian St. (NC) | 19 | East Tennessee St. | 21 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Appalachian St. (NC) | 32 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 6 | Boone, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Appalachian St. (NC) | 12 | Guilford (NC) | 14 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Appalachian St. (NC) | 7 | Western Carolina (NC) | 0 | Boone, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Appalachian St. (NC) | 13 | Catawba (NC) | 14 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Appalachian St. (NC) | 14 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 6 | Boone, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Appalachian St. (NC) | 7 | East Carolina (NC) | 40 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Appalachian St. (NC) | 26 | Charleston (WV) | 6 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Appalachian St. (NC) | 35 | Tampa (FL) | 12 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona | 46 | New Mexico St. | 7 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona | 27 | Texas Tech | 52 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona | 20 | New Mexico | 0 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona | 7 | Utah | 28 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona | 14 | Colorado | 20 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona | 0 | Marquette (WI) | 14 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona | 39 | West Texas A&M | 6 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona | 20 | Texas-El Paso | 28 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | T | Arizona | 26 | Kansas St. | 26 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona | 35 | Arizona St. | 0 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona St. | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 28 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona St. | 35 | San Jose St. (CA) | 20 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona St. | 14 | San Diego NTS (CA) | 19 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona St. | 14 | North Texas | 0 | Denton, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona St. | 39 | West Texas A&M | 20 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona St. | 20 | Houston (TX) | 24 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona St. | 20 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 27 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Arizona St. | 26 | Brigham Young (UT) | 18 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | T | Arizona St. | 12 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 12 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Arizona St. | 0 | Arizona | 35 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas | 13 | Texas Christian | 6 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas | 0 | Rice (TX) | 47 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas | 7 | Baylor (TX) | 14 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas | 6 | Oklahoma St. | 7 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas | 7 | Texas | 16 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas | 0 | Mississippi | 28 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas | 41 | Texas A&M | 14 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas | 7 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 13 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas | 8 | Louisiana St. | 9 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas | 27 | Tulsa (OK) | 7 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas City JC (KS) | 33 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 38 | Emporia St. (KS) | 19 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 20 | Memphis (TN) | 0 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Arkansas St. | 13 | North Alabama | 13 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 19 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 7 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 13 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 34 | Lewis (IL) | 0 | Lockport, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 49 | Southern Arkansas | 0 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 14 | Tennessee Tech | 7 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas St. | 32 | Nebraska-Kearney | 0 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas Tech | 7 | Southern Arkansas | 30 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas Tech | 13 | Henderson St. (AR) | 14 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas Tech | 13 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 47 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas Tech | 66 | Eastern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas Tech | 34 | Central Arkansas | 18 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas Tech | 40 | Little Rock JC (AR) | 12 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas Tech | 14 | Arkansas-Monticello | 20 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas Tech | 20 | Tampa (FL) | 26 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | T | Arkansas Tech | 13 | Ozarks (AR) | 13 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas-Monticello | 7 | Central Arkansas | 26 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Monticello | 19 | Ozarks (AR) | 7 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Monticello | 21 | Henderson St. (AR) | 7 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Monticello | 22 | Delta St. (MS) | 20 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Monticello | 21 | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Monticello | 20 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Monticello | 6 | Southeast Missouri St. | 0 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Monticello | 31 | Southern Arkansas | 14 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | T | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 19 | Wiley (TX) | 0 | Pine Bluff, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 13 | Texas College | 46 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 28 | Lane (TN) | 0 | Pine Bluff, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 0 | Southern (LA) | 60 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | T | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | Bishop (TX) | 6 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 34 | Pine Bluff, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 19 | Langston (OK) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 16 | Grambling St. (LA) | 20 | Grambling, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 12 | Texas Southern | 20 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Army (NY) | 20 | Northwestern (IL) | 33 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Army (NY) | 27 | North Carolina St. | 7 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Army (NY) | 27 | Dartmouth (NH) | 0 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Army (NY) | 41 | Furman (SC) | 0 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Army (NY) | 14 | Duke (NC) | 13 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Army (NY) | 40 | Columbia (NY) | 7 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | T | Army (NY) | 0 | Tulane (LA) | 0 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Army (NY) | 21 | Pennsylvania | 14 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Army (NY) | 20 | Navy (MD) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Army JV (NY) | 13 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 6 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Ashland (OH) | 14 | Ohio Northern | 7 | Ashland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ashland (OH) | 13 | Wooster (OH) | 33 | Ashland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ashland (OH) | 12 | Defiance (OH) | 13 | Ashland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ashland (OH) | 6 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 32 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Ashland (OH) | 7 | Edinboro (PA) | 52 | Ashland, OH | Redwood Stadium |
| 1953 | L | Ashland (OH) | 6 | Bluffton (OH) | 13 | Bluffton, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ashland (OH) | 14 | Findlay (OH) | 33 | Findlay, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ashland (OH) | 7 | Kenyon (OH) | 19 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Atlanta General Depot (GA) | 0 | West Georgia | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Auburn (AL) | 13 | Mississippi | 0 | Auburn, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Auburn (AL) | 29 | Miami (FL) | 20 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | T | Auburn (AL) | 21 | Mississippi St. | 21 | Starkville, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Auburn (AL) | 47 | Stetson (FL) | 0 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Auburn (AL) | 6 | Georgia Tech | 36 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Auburn (AL) | 34 | Tulane (LA) | 7 | Mobile, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Auburn (AL) | 16 | Florida | 7 | Auburn, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Auburn (AL) | 39 | Georgia | 18 | Columbus, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Auburn (AL) | 45 | Clemson (SC) | 19 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Auburn (AL) | 7 | Alabama | 10 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Augsburg (MN) | 0 | Macalester (MN) | 6 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Augsburg (MN) | 0 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 33 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Augsburg (MN) | 31 | Bethel (MN) | 0 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Augsburg (MN) | 14 | Wartburg (IA) | 12 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Augsburg (MN) | 0 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 25 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Augsburg (MN) | 7 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 46 | Saint Peter, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Augsburg (MN) | 34 | Saint Mary's (MN) | 6 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Augsburg (MN) | 6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 14 | Duluth, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (IL) | 7 | Lake Forest (IL) | 20 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Augustana (IL) | 20 | Upper Iowa | 7 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Augustana (IL) | 26 | North Central (IL) | 20 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (IL) | 0 | Monmouth (IL) | 14 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Augustana (IL) | 31 | Carthage (WI) | 7 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Augustana (IL) | 32 | Millikin (IL) | 14 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Augustana (IL) | 20 | Elmhurst (IL) | 6 | Elmhurst, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (IL) | 21 | Cornell College (IA) | 28 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (IL) | 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 19 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 0 | South Dakota | 33 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 18 | North Dakota St. | 34 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 0 | South Dakota St. | 55 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 0 | Wayne St. (NE) | 19 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 7 | Si Tanka (SD) | 14 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 0 | North Dakota | 35 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 0 | Morningside (IA) | 19 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Augustana (SD) | 13 | Northern Iowa | 39 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Augustana (SD) | 38 | South Dakota Tech | 12 | Rapid City, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Austin (TX) | 21 | Ozarks (AR) | 0 | Sherman, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Austin (TX) | 38 | University of Mexico | 30 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 1953 | L | Austin (TX) | 13 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 25 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Austin (TX) | 32 | East Central (OK) | 0 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Austin (TX) | 41 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | Denison, TX | |
| 1953 | T | Austin (TX) | 19 | Mississippi College | 19 | Sherman, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Austin (TX) | 26 | Howard Payne (TX) | 20 | Sherman, TX | Austin Forfeits |
| 1953 | W | Austin (TX) | 19 | Texas Lutheran | 7 | Seguin, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Austin (TX) | 21 | McMurry (TX) | 47 | Sherman, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Austin (TX) | 18 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 19 | Kingsville, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Austin (TX) | 19 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 18 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 13 | North Alabama | 14 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 8 | Southeast Missouri St. | 14 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 20 | Delta St. (MS) | 0 | Clarksville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 21 | East Tennessee St. | 13 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 34 | Henderson St. (AR) | 6 | Clarksville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 47 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 16 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 14 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 18 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 13 | Murray St. (KY) | 34 | Clarksville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Bacone JC (OK | 14 | Boise JC (ID) | 36 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Bainbridge NTS (MD) | 7 | Temple (PA) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Baker (KS) | 12 | McPherson (KS) | 42 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Baker (KS) | 38 | Friends (KS) | 0 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Baker (KS) | 21 | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Baker (KS) | 0 | William Jewell (MO) | 20 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Baker (KS) | 7 | College of Emporia (KS) | 20 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Baker (KS) | 31 | Bethany (KS) | 41 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Baker (KS) | 48 | Bethel (KS) | 7 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Baker (KS) | 18 | Kansas Wesleyan | 28 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Baker (KS) | 21 | Ottawa (KS) | 0 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Bakersfield College (CA) | 13 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 6 | Pasadena, CA | Junior Rose Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 38 | Charleston (WV) | 14 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 33 | Mount Union (OH) | 0 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 13 | Kent St. (OH) | 14 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 6 | Camp Lejeune (NC) | 32 | Camp Lejeune, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 0 | John Carroll (OH) | 26 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 35 | Bowling Green (OH) | 27 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 0 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 7 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 47 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 0 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ball St. (IN) | 28 | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Ball St. (IN) | 42 | Evansville (IN) | 28 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Ball St. (IN) | 7 | Butler (IN) | 25 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | T | Ball St. (IN) | 13 | Hanover (IN) | 13 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Ball St. (IN) | 19 | Millikin (IL) | 13 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Ball St. (IN) | 33 | Indiana St. | 6 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Ball St. (IN) | 7 | Valparaiso (IN) | 27 | Michigan City, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Ball St. (IN) | 14 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 6 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Barber's Point | 0 | Hawaii | 26 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Bates (ME) | 13 | Middlebury (VT) | 0 | Middlebury, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Bates (ME) | 12 | Colby (ME) | 13 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bates (ME) | 6 | Hofstra (NY) | 7 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bates (ME) | 12 | Massachusetts | 34 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bates (ME) | 0 | Northeastern (MA) | 19 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bates (ME) | 7 | Maine | 37 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bates (ME) | 13 | Bowdoin (ME) | 38 | Brunswick, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Baylor (TX) | 21 | Miami (FL) | 13 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Baylor (TX) | 20 | Texas | 21 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Baylor (TX) | 14 | Arkansas | 7 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Baylor (TX) | 25 | California | 0 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Baylor (TX) | 47 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 6 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Baylor (TX) | 14 | Texas A&M | 13 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Baylor (TX) | 25 | Texas Christian | 7 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Baylor (TX) | 7 | Houston (TX) | 37 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Baylor (TX) | 27 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 21 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Baylor (TX) | 19 | Rice (TX) | 41 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Beloit (WI) | 31 | Northern Illinois | 7 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Beloit (WI) | 33 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Beloit (WI) | 6 | Illinois St. | 10 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Beloit (WI) | 20 | Macalester (MN) | 0 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Beloit (WI) | 20 | Lake Forest (IL) | 0 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Beloit (WI) | 13 | Carroll (WI) | 7 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Beloit (WI) | 13 | Hope (MI) | 32 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Beloit (WI) | 39 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Bemidji St. (MN) | 7 | Winona St. (MN) | 26 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bemidji St. (MN) | 7 | Buena Vista (IA) | 19 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Bemidji St. (MN) | 13 | North Dakota | 21 | Bemidji, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Bemidji St. (MN) | 13 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 6 | Bemidji, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bemidji St. (MN) | 12 | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 18 | Saint Cloud, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bemidji St. (MN) | 14 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 19 | Bemidji, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bemidji St. (MN) | 6 | Valley City St. (ND) | 26 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Benedict (SC) | 0 | Florida A&M | 45 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Benedict (SC) | 19 | Allen (SC) | 13 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Benedict (SC) | 27 | Knoxville (TN) | 0 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Benedict (SC) | 7 | Morris Brown (GA) | 20 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Benedict (SC) | 0 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 26 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Benedict (SC) | 19 | Alabama A&M | 7 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Benedict (SC) | 32 | Claflin (SC) | 20 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Benedict (SC) | 6 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 7 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Benedict (SC) | 6 | South Carolina St. | 26 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Benedictine (IL) | 12 | Northwestern (WI) | 27 | Lisle, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Benedictine (IL) | 0 | Concordia (IL) | 33 | River Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Benedictine (IL) | 6 | Milton (WI) | 13 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (IL) | 32 | Lakeland (WI) | 7 | Lisle, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Benedictine (IL) | 0 | Wisconsin Tech | 20 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Benedictine (IL) | 0 | Wisconsin Extension | 12 | Lisle, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Benedictine (KS) | 7 | William Jewell (MO) | 13 | Saint Joseph, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (KS) | 19 | Emporia St. (KS) | 7 | Atchison, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (KS) | 20 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 8 | Hays, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (KS) | 14 | Missouri St. | 6 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (KS) | 12 | Central Missouri St. | 6 | Kansas City, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (KS) | 20 | Quincy (IL) | 6 | Atchison, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Benedictine (KS) | 0 | Washburn (KS) | 26 | Atchison, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (KS) | 13 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 6 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Benedictine (KS) | 40 | Southwestern (KS) | 7 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (KS) | 7 | College of Emporia (KS) | 26 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (KS) | 6 | McPherson (KS) | 27 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Bethany (KS) | 47 | Bethel (KS) | 14 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (KS) | 7 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Bethany (KS) | 13 | Kansas Wesleyan | 0 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Bethany (KS) | 41 | Baker (KS) | 31 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Bethany (KS) | 19 | Ottawa (KS) | 13 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (KS) | 13 | Friends (KS) | 32 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Bethany (WV) | 20 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 6 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (WV) | 7 | Marietta (OH) | 14 | Marietta, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (WV) | 6 | Westminster (PA) | 32 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (WV) | 6 | Thiel (PA) | 34 | Greenville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Bethany (WV) | 24 | Hiram (OH) | 21 | Bethany, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Bethany (WV) | 0 | Capital (OH) | 6 | Bethany, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Bethany (WV) | 19 | Grove City (PA) | 13 | Bethany, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (KS) | 6 | Ottawa (KS) | 53 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | T | Bethel (KS) | 13 | Kansas Wesleyan | 13 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (KS) | 14 | Bethany (KS) | 47 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Bethel (KS) | 31 | Sterling (KS) | 6 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (KS) | 0 | McPherson (KS) | 46 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (KS) | 7 | Friends (KS) | 12 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (KS) | 7 | Baker (KS) | 48 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (KS) | 14 | College of Emporia (KS) | 59 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (KS) | 6 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 65 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (MN) | 6 | Worthington JC (MN) | 14 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (MN) | 0 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 78 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (MN) | 7 | Northern Michigan | 21 | Marquette, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (MN) | 0 | Augsburg (MN) | 31 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (MN) | 0 | North Dakota Science | 26 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (MN) | 0 | Hamline (MN) | 57 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Bethel (MN) | 7 | Northland (WI) | 12 | Ashland, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 0 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 7 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 34 | Morris (SC) | 18 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 0 | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 0 | Virginia Union | 13 | Jacksonville, FL | Tropical Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 36 | Lane (TN) | 6 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 26 | Benedict (SC) | 0 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 98 | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 7 | Florida A&M | 39 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 26 | Xavier (LA) | 6 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | T | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 12 | Allen (SC) | 12 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 20 | Shaw (NC) | 6 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Bishop (TX) | 6 | Butler College (TX) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Bishop (TX) | 98 | Mary Allen JC (TX) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Bishop (TX) | 19 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 40 | Prairie View, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Bishop (TX) | 0 | Southern (LA) | 79 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Bishop (TX) | 6 | Langston (OK) | 40 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Bishop (TX) | 6 | Grambling St. (LA) | 34 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | T | Bishop (TX) | 6 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Bishop (TX) | 20 | Wiley (TX) | 7 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Bishop (TX) | 0 | Texas College | 13 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Bismarck St. (ND) | 6 | Jamestown (ND) | 19 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Bismarck St. (ND) | 20 | North Dakota-Ellendale | 19 | Bismarck, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Bismarck St. (ND) | 6 | Minot St. (ND) | 27 | Bismarck, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Bismarck St. (ND) | 6 | Valley City St. (ND) | 44 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Black Hills St. (SD) | 0 | Scottsbluff JC (NE) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Black Hills St. (SD) | 13 | Yankton (SD) | 14 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Black Hills St. (SD) | 6 | Northern St. (SD) | 48 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Black Hills St. (SD) | 32 | Dakota St. (SD) | 13 | Madison, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Black Hills St. (SD) | 6 | South Dakota Tech | 19 | Rapid City, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Black Hills St. (SD) | 6 | Si Tanka (SD) | 25 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Black Hills St. (SD) | 20 | Dickinson St. (ND) | 6 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Black Hills St. (SD) | 20 | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 25 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Black Hills St. (SD) | 13 | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 46 | Billings, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Bloomsburg (PA) | 26 | Mansfield (PA) | 7 | Mansfield, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Bloomsburg (PA) | 48 | New Jersey (NJ) | 0 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Bloomsburg (PA) | 27 | Wilkes (PA) | 6 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bloomsburg (PA) | 7 | Scranton (PA) | 25 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Bloomsburg (PA) | 20 | California (PA) | 13 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Bloomsburg (PA) | 14 | Southern Connecticut St. | 12 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Bloomsburg (PA) | 7 | West Chester (PA) | 20 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Bloomsburg (PA) | 46 | Lock Haven (PA) | 13 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Blue All-Stars | 20 | Gray All-Stars | 40 | Montgomery, AL | Blue-Gray All-Star Classic |
| 1953 | L | Bluefield St. (WV) | 0 | Virginia St. | 47 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Bluefield St. (WV) | 6 | Shaw (NC) | 13 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Bluefield St. (WV) | 0 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 27 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Bluefield St. (WV) | 7 | Morristown College (TN) | 0 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Bluefield St. (WV) | 6 | Howard (DC) | 33 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | Bluefield St. (WV) | 30 | Central St. (OH) | 34 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Bluefield St. (WV) | 2 | Saint Paul's (VA) | 0 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Bluefield St. (WV) | 13 | West Virginia St. | 53 | Institute, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Bluefield St. (WV) | 24 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 19 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Bluefield St. (WV) | 6 | Morris Brown (GA) | 40 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Bluffton (OH) | 6 | Alma (MI) | 25 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Bluffton (OH) | 6 | Defiance (OH) | 12 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Bluffton (OH) | 20 | Olivet (MI) | 13 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Bluffton (OH) | 0 | Heidelberg (OH) | 6 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bluffton (OH) | 6 | Findlay (OH) | 12 | Bluffton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Bluffton (OH) | 18 | Ohio Northern | 12 | Bluffton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Bluffton (OH) | 13 | Ashland (OH) | 6 | Bluffton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 36 | Bacone JC (OK) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 19 | Everett JC (WA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 6 | Olympic JC (WA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 22 | Oregon Tech | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Boise JC (ID) | 0 | Pasadena City College (CA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 13 | Ricks JC (ID) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 22 | Weber JC (UT) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 26 | Westminster College (UT) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Boise JC (ID) | 33 | Yakima Valley JC (WA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Boston (MA) | 14 | Syracuse (NY) | 14 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Boston (MA) | 7 | Holy Cross (MA) | 20 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Boston (MA) | 13 | Penn St. | 35 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston (MA) | 40 | Brandeis (MA) | 14 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston (MA) | 52 | Lehigh (PA) | 12 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Boston (MA) | 6 | Marquette (WI) | 7 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston (MA) | 31 | Villanova (PA) | 19 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston (MA) | 20 | Temple (PA) | 0 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston (MA) | 41 | William & Mary (VA) | 14 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Boston College (MA) | 6 | Louisiana St. | 42 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston College (MA) | 20 | Wake Forest (NC) | 7 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Boston College (MA) | 7 | Villanova (PA) | 15 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | T | Boston College (MA) | 14 | Clemson (SC) | 14 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston College (MA) | 20 | Fordham (NY) | 13 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Boston College (MA) | 31 | Xavier (OH) | 14 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Boston College (MA) | 0 | Richmond (VA) | 14 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston College (MA) | 33 | Detroit (MI) | 20 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Boston College (MA) | 6 | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Bowdoin (ME) | 18 | Wesleyan (CT) | 0 | Brunswick, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bowdoin (ME) | 7 | Maine | 35 | Orono, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bowdoin (ME) | 0 | Amherst (MA) | 28 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Bowdoin (ME) | 32 | Tufts (MA) | 6 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Bowdoin (ME) | 14 | Williams (MA) | 20 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Bowdoin (ME) | 25 | Colby (ME) | 7 | Brunswick, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Bowdoin (ME) | 38 | Bates (ME) | 13 | Brunswick, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 0 | Temple (PA) | 27 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 6 | Heidelberg (OH) | 27 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Bowling Green (OH) | 39 | Bradley (IL) | 13 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 7 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 20 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 0 | Miami (OH) | 47 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 27 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 35 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 19 | Toledo (OH) | 20 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 7 | Kent St. (OH) | 41 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bowling Green (OH) | 14 | Ohio | 22 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Bradley (IL) | 0 | Wichita St. (KS) | 55 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Bradley (IL) | 12 | Toledo (OH) | 27 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Bradley (IL) | 13 | Bowling Green (OH) | 39 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Bradley (IL) | 13 | Illinois St. | 0 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Bradley (IL) | 0 | Wayne St. (MI) | 32 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Bradley (IL) | 12 | John Carroll (OH) | 23 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Bradley (IL) | 13 | Drake (IA) | 21 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Bradley (IL) | 12 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 19 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Brandeis (MA) | 25 | Bridgeport (CT) | 0 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Brandeis (MA) | 26 | Springfield (MA) | 19 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Brandeis (MA) | 6 | Northeastern (MA) | 48 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Brandeis (MA) | 14 | Boston (MA) | 40 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Brandeis (MA) | 6 | Wayne St. (MI) | 0 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Brandeis (MA) | 38 | Massachusetts | 14 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Brandeis (MA) | 6 | Southern Connecticut St. | 7 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Bridgeport (CT) | 0 | Brandeis (MA) | 25 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Bridgeport (CT) | 18 | Central Connecticut St. | 2 | New Britain, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Bridgeport (CT) | 19 | Adelphi (NY) | 9 | Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Bridgeport (CT) | 13 | Upsala (NJ) | 6 | Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Bridgeport (CT) | 6 | Hofstra (NY) | 21 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Bridgeport (CT) | 7 | Southern Connecticut St. | 9 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Bridgeport (CT) | 19 | Saint Michael's (VT) | 20 | Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Bridgeport (CT) | 25 | Wilkes (PA) | 14 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Bridgewater (VA) | 6 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Newport News, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Bridgewater (VA) | 9 | Shepherd (WV) | 7 | Bridgewater, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Bridgewater (VA) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 26 | Hampden-Sydney, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Bridgewater (VA) | 12 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 27 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Bridgewater (VA) | 7 | Gallaudet (DC) | 0 | Bridgewater, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Bridgewater (VA) | 0 | Shippensburg (PA) | 52 | Bridgewater, VA | |
| 1953 | T | Brigham Young (UT) | 12 | New Mexico | 12 | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Brigham Young (UT) | 12 | Colorado St. | 34 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Brigham Young (UT) | 20 | Idaho | 14 | Boise, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Brigham Young (UT) | 27 | Montana | 13 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Brigham Young (UT) | 25 | San Jose St. (CA) | 28 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Brigham Young (UT) | 7 | Utah St. | 14 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Brigham Young (UT) | 19 | Denver (CO) | 27 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Brigham Young (UT) | 0 | Wyoming | 27 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | L | Brigham Young (UT) | 18 | Arizona St. | 26 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Brigham Young (UT) | 32 | Utah | 33 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | L | British Columbia (BC) | 4 | McGill (QC) | 22 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | British Columbia (BC) | 11 | Vancouver Int. | 1 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | British Columbia (BC) | 20 | Western Oregon | 6 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | L | British Columbia (BC) | 12 | Central Washington | 33 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | L | British Columbia (BC) | 13 | Western Washington | 27 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | L | British Columbia (BC) | 27 | Puget Sound (WA) | 40 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | British Columbia (BC) | 6 | Eastern Washington | 20 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | L | British Columbia (BC) | 6 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 19 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | L | British Columbia (BC) | 19 | Whitworth (WA) | 42 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Hamilton (NY) | 7 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Upsala (NJ) | 67 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Brooklyn (NY) | 14 | Delaware Valley (PA) | 27 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Hobart (NY) | 20 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Adelphi (NY) | 30 | Garden City, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Wagner (NY) | 38 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 40 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Brown (RI) | 0 | Yale (CT) | 13 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Brown (RI) | 42 | Connecticut | 7 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | L | Brown (RI) | 13 | Rhode Island | 19 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | L | Brown (RI) | 6 | Amherst (MA) | 7 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Brown (RI) | 27 | Rutgers (NJ) | 20 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Brown (RI) | 6 | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | L | Brown (RI) | 13 | Princeton (NJ) | 27 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Brown (RI) | 20 | Harvard (MA) | 27 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | T | Brown (RI) | 7 | Colgate (NY) | 7 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 13 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 18 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 12 | Colgate (NY) | 19 | Hamilton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 0 | Holy Cross (MA) | 40 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Bucknell (PA) | 35 | Buffalo (NY) | 6 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 21 | Temple (PA) | 27 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 6 | Lafayette (PA) | 7 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 6 | Lehigh (PA) | 20 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 13 | Gettysburg (PA) | 26 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Bucknell (PA) | 13 | Delaware | 34 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Buena Vista (IA) | 9 | Loras (IA) | 16 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Buena Vista (IA) | 12 | Dana (NE) | 6 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Buena Vista (IA) | 19 | Bemidji St. (MN) | 7 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | T | Buena Vista (IA) | 20 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 20 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Buena Vista (IA) | 13 | Hastings (NE) | 26 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Buena Vista (IA) | 0 | Luther (IA) | 16 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Buena Vista (IA) | 0 | Wartburg (IA) | 15 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Buena Vista (IA) | 13 | Upper Iowa | 14 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Buena Vista (IA) | 6 | Dubuque (IA) | 7 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | T | Buffalo (NY) | 12 | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 12 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Buffalo (NY) | 0 | Lehigh (PA) | 27 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Buffalo (NY) | 6 | Bucknell (PA) | 35 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Buffalo (NY) | 6 | Western Reserve (OH) | 26 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Buffalo (NY) | 0 | Findlay (OH) | 34 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Buffalo (NY) | 0 | Alfred (NY) | 47 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Buffalo (NY) | 20 | Ohio Northern | 0 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Burlington JC (IA) | 6 | Graceland (IA) | 25 | Burlington, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Butler (IN) | 24 | Wabash (IN) | 20 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Butler (IN) | 14 | Washington (MO) | 27 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Butler (IN) | 25 | Ball St. (IN) | 7 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Butler (IN) | 27 | Evansville (IN) | 0 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Butler (IN) | 47 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 13 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Butler (IN) | 47 | Indiana St. | 12 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Butler (IN) | 32 | Valparaiso (IN) | 20 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Butler (IN) | 20 | Western Reserve (OH) | 21 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Butler College (TX) | 7 | Bishop (TX) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Butler College (TX) | 6 | Leland (LA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Butler College (TX) | 0 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 54 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cal Poly-Pomona | 0 | Oceanside JC (CA) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cal Poly-Pomona | 6 | Redlands (CA) | 41 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-Pomona | 13 | Chino Institute (CA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cal Poly-Pomona | 0 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 40 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-Pomona | 18 | California Baptist | 0 | Bonita, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal Poly-Pomona | 13 | La Verne (CA) | 48 | La Verne, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal Poly-Pomona | 6 | Palomar JC (CA) | 14 | Escondido, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal Poly-Pomona | 15 | Imperial Valley College (CA) | 18 | Bonita, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 33 | San Diego St. (CA) | 12 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 51 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 0 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 59 | California-Santa Barbara | 6 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 27 | Fresno St. (CA) | 6 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 46 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 14 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 45 | Pepperdine (CA) | 0 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 31 | Whittier (CA) | 14 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 51 | Redlands (CA) | 6 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 52 | Willamette (OR) | 7 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Chico | 21 | Treasure Island Navy (CA) | 0 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Chico | 13 | Linfield (OR) | 20 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Chico | 7 | Nevada | 27 | Reno, NV | |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Chico | 14 | Presidio of San Francisco (CA) | 7 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Chico | 14 | California-Davis | 7 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Chico | 26 | Southern Oregon | 7 | Ashland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Chico | 13 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 0 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Chico | 14 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 13 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Cal St.-Chico | 0 | California-Davis | 0 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Chico | 28 | University of Mexico | 52 | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico University Stadium |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 33 | Terminal Island Navy | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 13 | Redlands (CA) | 34 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 0 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 51 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 14 | Fresno St. (CA) | 12 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 6 | Occidental (CA) | 14 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 12 | California-Santa Barbara | 21 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 13 | San Diego St. (CA) | 40 | Los Angeles, CA | Snyder Field |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 0 | Whittier (CA) | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 7 | Pepperdine (CA) | 13 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California | 19 | Ohio St. | 33 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | W | California | 53 | Washington | 25 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | W | California | 40 | Pennsylvania | 0 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | California | 0 | Baylor (TX) | 25 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | W | California | 26 | Oregon St. | 0 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | California | 34 | San Jose St. (CA) | 14 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California | 20 | Southern California | 32 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California | 7 | UCLA | 20 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | T | California | 0 | Oregon | 0 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | T | California | 21 | Stanford (CA) | 21 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California (PA) | 20 | Indiana (PA) | 28 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | L | California (PA) | 13 | Fairmont St. (WV) | 20 | Fairmont, WV | |
| 1953 | L | California (PA) | 6 | Lock Haven (PA) | 13 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | W | California (PA) | 7 | Edinboro (PA) | 6 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | W | California (PA) | 7 | Saint Francis (PA) | 6 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | L | California (PA) | 32 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 34 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | L | California (PA) | 13 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 20 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | California (PA) | 6 | Clarion (PA) | 0 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | W | California B | 21 | California-Davis | 20 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Baptist | 0 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 18 | Bonita, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Tech | 0 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 52 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Tech | 0 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 28 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Tech | 13 | Redlands (CA) | 33 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Tech | 6 | Redlands (CA) | 27 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Tech | 6 | Whittier (CA) | 46 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Tech | 6 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 26 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California Tech | 12 | Occidental (CA) | 18 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Davis | 13 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 33 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | W | California-Davis | 25 | Southern Oregon | 6 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Davis | 20 | California B Team | 21 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Davis | 7 | Cal St.-Chico | 14 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Davis | 0 | Whittier (CA) | 40 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Davis | 0 | Nevada | 13 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Davis | 6 | California-Santa Barbara | 20 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | T | California-Davis | 0 | Cal St.-Chico | 0 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | Occidental (CA) | 6 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Santa Barbara | 12 | Pepperdine (CA) | 13 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Santa Barbara | 6 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 59 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | T | California-Santa Barbara | 7 | Whittier (CA) | 7 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | W | California-Santa Barbara | 21 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 12 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | Fresno St. (CA) | 20 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | W | California-Santa Barbara | 20 | California-Davis | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Santa Barbara | 13 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 26 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | L | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | San Diego St. (CA) | 72 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Cameron (OK) | 6 | Compton JC (CA) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cameron (OK) | 6 | Eastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cameron (OK) | 7 | Fort Sill (OK) | 31 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Cameron (OK) | 26 | Hutchinson CC (KS) | 15 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cameron (OK) | 13 | Kilgore College (TX) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Cameron (OK) | 13 | Little Rock JC (AR) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Cameron (OK) | 46 | Midwestern St. JV (TX) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Cameron (OK) | 26 | Olathe NAS (KS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cameron (OK) | 0 | Paris JC (TX) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cameron (OK) | 7 | Wharton County JC (TX) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Camp Atterbury (IN) | 15 | Louisville (KY) | 7 | Louisville, KY | Exhibition Game |
| 1953 | W | Camp Drake | 25 | Yokosuka Naval Base | 6 | Tokyo, Japan | Rice Bowl (3) |
| 1953 | W | Camp Lejeune (NC) | 32 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 6 | Camp Lejeune, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Camp Polk (LA) | 25 | Louisiana College | 24 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Capital (OH) | 7 | Thiel (PA) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Capital (OH) | 28 | Hiram (OH) | 7 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Capital (OH) | 19 | Marietta (OH) | 0 | Marietta, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Capital (OH) | 7 | Ohio Northern | 0 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Capital (OH) | 0 | Heidelberg (OH) | 47 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Capital (OH) | 48 | Kenyon (OH) | 14 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Capital (OH) | 6 | Bethany (WV) | 0 | Bethany, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Capital (OH) | 19 | Otterbein (OH) | 20 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Carbon County JC (UT) | 19 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Carbon County JC (UT) | 7 | Mesa St. (CO) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Carbon County JC (UT) | 0 | Westminster College (UT) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Carleton (MN) | 6 | Lawrence (WI) | 20 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Carleton (MN) | 13 | Macalester (MN) | 27 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Carleton (MN) | 7 | Knox (IL) | 27 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carleton (MN) | 25 | Cornell College (IA) | 6 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Carleton (MN) | 7 | Monmouth (IL) | 25 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Carleton (MN) | 0 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 34 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Carleton (MN) | 14 | Ripon (WI) | 7 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Carleton (MN) | 6 | Grinnell (IA) | 7 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 21 | Allegheny (PA) | 12 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 21 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 7 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 27 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 0 | Westminster (PA) | 6 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 26 | Geneva (PA) | 27 | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field |
| 1953 | W | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 31 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 12 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 13 | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 7 | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field |
| 1953 | L | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 13 | Lehigh (PA) | 26 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (MT) | 45 | Montana St.-Billings | 12 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Carroll (MT) | 2 | Eastern Oregon | 19 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (MT) | 31 | Montana Western | 0 | Dillon, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Carroll (MT) | 21 | Ricks JC (ID) | 34 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (MT) | 33 | Westminster College (UT) | 12 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (MT) | 31 | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 6 | Billings, MT | |
| 1953 | T | Carroll (MT) | 31 | South Dakota Tech | 31 | Rapid City, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (MT) | 50 | Montana Tech | 0 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Carroll (WI) | 14 | Hope (MI) | 21 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (WI) | 52 | Northland (WI) | 0 | Waukesha, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (WI) | 25 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 6 | Whitewater, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (WI) | 20 | DePauw (IN) | 17 | Waukesha, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Carroll (WI) | 7 | Beloit (WI) | 13 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (WI) | 33 | North Central (IL) | 0 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carroll (WI) | 35 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 7 | Waukesha, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Carson-Newman (TN) | 27 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Carson-Newman (TN) | 7 | Maryville (TN) | 0 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Carson-Newman (TN) | 13 | Centre (KY) | 0 | Jefferson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Carson-Newman (TN) | 7 | Western Carolina (NC) | 0 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Carson-Newman (TN) | 13 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 19 | Jefferson City, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Carson-Newman (TN) | 0 | East Tennessee St. | 25 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Carson-Newman (TN) | 18 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Carson-Newman (TN) | 20 | Samford (AL) | 14 | Jefferson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 21 | Principia (IL) | 7 | Elsah, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 20 | Eureka (IL) | 0 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 40 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 6 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 25 | Graceland (IA) | 0 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Carthage (WI) | 7 | Augustana (IL) | 31 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 32 | Shurtleff (IL) | 7 | Alton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 45 | Central Methodist (MO) | 21 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 19 | Quincy (IL) | 12 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Carthage (WI) | 40 | Illinois College | 0 | Jacksonville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 27 | Denison (OH) | 34 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 6 | Ohio Wesleyan | 27 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 13 | Mount Union (OH) | 25 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 0 | John Carroll (OH) | 31 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 12 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 31 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 0 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 47 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 47 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 25 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 19 | Western Reserve (OH) | 35 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Catawba (NC) | 6 | East Carolina (NC) | 13 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Catawba (NC) | 6 | Wofford (SC) | 14 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Catawba (NC) | 13 | Western Carolina (NC) | 12 | Asheville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Catawba (NC) | 0 | Virginia Military Institute | 44 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Catawba (NC) | 2 | Newberry (SC) | 14 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Catawba (NC) | 14 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 13 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Catawba (NC) | 21 | Elon (NC) | 21 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Catawba (NC) | 19 | Presbyterian (SC) | 26 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Catawba (NC) | 18 | Guilford (NC) | 0 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Catawba (NC) | 14 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 0 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Central (IA) | 25 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 0 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Central (IA) | 6 | Luther (IA) | 13 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Central (IA) | 34 | Parsons (IA) | 18 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Central (IA) | 7 | Peru St. (NE) | 33 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Central (IA) | 6 | Iowa Wesleyan | 20 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | T | Central (IA) | 6 | Dana (NE) | 6 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Central (IA) | 22 | Dubuque (IA) | 0 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Central (IA) | 15 | Simpson (IA) | 14 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Central Arkansas | 26 | Arkansas-Monticello | 7 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Central Arkansas | 20 | Memphis NAS (TN) | 6 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Central Arkansas | 7 | Central Oklahoma | 27 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Central Arkansas | 14 | Southeast Missouri St. | 27 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Arkansas | 20 | Louisiana College | 25 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Central Arkansas | 18 | Arkansas Tech | 34 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Central Arkansas | 19 | Southern Arkansas | 12 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Central Arkansas | 13 | Ozarks (AR) | 14 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Central Arkansas | 25 | Little Rock JC (AR) | 14 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Central Arkansas | 6 | Henderson St. (AR) | 15 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | T | Central Connecticut St. | 6 | New Jersey (NJ) | 6 | Ewing, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Central Connecticut St. | 2 | Bridgeport (CT) | 18 | New Britain, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Central Connecticut St. | 38 | Montclair St. (NJ) | 12 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Central Connecticut St. | 6 | American International (MA) | 19 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Central Connecticut St. | 7 | Newport NTS (RI) | 27 | New Britain, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Central Connecticut St. | 0 | Southern Connecticut St. | 47 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Central Methodist (MO) | 7 | Tarkio (MO) | 12 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Central Methodist (MO) | 21 | Illinois College | 0 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Methodist (MO) | 0 | Missouri Valley | 53 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Methodist (MO) | 6 | Ottawa (KS) | 20 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Central Methodist (MO) | 13 | Simpson (IA) | 7 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Central Methodist (MO) | 19 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 13 | Canton, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Methodist (MO) | 21 | Carthage (WI) | 45 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Central Methodist (MO) | 14 | Parsons (IA) | 20 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Methodist (MO) | 23 | William Jewell (MO) | 46 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Central Michigan | 33 | Eastern Illinois | 6 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Central Michigan | 33 | Eastern Michigan | 33 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Central Michigan | 16 | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 39 | Saginaw, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Central Michigan | 29 | Illinois St. | 19 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Central Michigan | 46 | Northern Illinois | 0 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Central Michigan | 34 | Northern Iowa | 20 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Central Michigan | 19 | Southern Illinois | 6 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Central Michigan | 13 | Western Illinois | 6 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Central Michigan | 21 | Western Michigan | 0 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Southeast Missouri St. | 7 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Missouri St. | 19 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Missouri St. | 0 | Missouri S&T | 20 | Rolla, MO | |
| 1953 | T | Central Missouri St. | 13 | Olathe NAS (KS) | 13 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Missouri St. | 6 | Benedictine (KS) | 12 | Kansas City, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Missouri St. | 7 | William Jewell (MO) | 20 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Northwest Missouri St. | 27 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Missouri St. | 6 | Truman St. (MO) | 25 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Missouri Valley | 40 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Central Oklahoma | 13 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 21 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Central Oklahoma | 19 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 20 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Central Oklahoma | 27 | Central Arkansas | 7 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Central Oklahoma | 7 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 0 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Central Oklahoma | 34 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Central Oklahoma | 33 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 27 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Central Oklahoma | 34 | East Central (OK) | 7 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Central Oklahoma | 43 | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Central Oklahoma | 0 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 13 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Central St. (OH) | 13 | Lincoln (MO) | 40 | Wilberforce, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Central St. (OH) | 19 | Kentucky St. | 20 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Central St. (OH) | 0 | West Virginia St. | 7 | Wilberforce, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Central St. (OH) | 0 | Morgan St. (MD) | 26 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Central St. (OH) | 34 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 30 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Central St. (OH) | 6 | Tennessee St. | 31 | Wilberforce, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Central Washington | 33 | British Columbia (BC) | 12 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | L | Central Washington | 6 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 7 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Central Washington | 6 | Whitman (WA) | 25 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Central Washington | 2 | Whitworth (WA) | 7 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Central Washington | 19 | Puget Sound (WA) | 20 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Central Washington | 9 | Eastern Washington | 34 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Central Washington | 23 | Western Washington | 12 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Central Washington | 7 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 12 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Centralia JC (WA) | 19 | Eastern Oregon | 0 | Centralia, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Centre (KY) | 7 | Maryville (TN) | 13 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Centre (KY) | 14 | Sewanee (TN) | 20 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Centre (KY) | 0 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 13 | Jefferson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Centre (KY) | 34 | Wilmington (OH) | 6 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Centre (KY) | 32 | Rhodes (TN) | 0 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Centre (KY) | 33 | Franklin (IN) | 6 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Centre (KY) | 39 | Manchester (IN) | 7 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Centre (KY) | 13 | Defiance (OH) | 19 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Chadron St. (NE) | 6 | Peru St. (NE) | 33 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Doane (NE) | 30 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Chadron St. (NE) | 13 | Nebraska-Kearney | 53 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Chadron St. (NE) | 33 | South Dakota Tech | 6 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 14 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Hastings (NE) | 32 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Wayne St. (NE) | 33 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Chadron St. (NE) | 7 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 44 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Charleston (WV) | 14 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 38 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Charleston (WV) | 7 | Ohio | 38 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Charleston (WV) | 14 | Marshall (WV) | 14 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Charleston (WV) | 20 | Salem College (WV) | 0 | Spencer, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Charleston (WV) | 47 | Wittenberg (OH) | 12 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Charleston (WV) | 14 | Fairmont St. (WV) | 6 | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field |
| 1953 | W | Charleston (WV) | 20 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 13 | Moundsville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Charleston (WV) | 33 | West Virginia Tech | 0 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Charleston (WV) | 12 | Heidelberg (OH) | 28 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Charleston (WV) | 6 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 26 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Cheyney (PA) | 6 | Delaware St. | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cheyney (PA) | 6 | New Jersey (NJ) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cheyney (PA) | 0 | Kutztown (PA) | 13 | Cheyney, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Cheyney (PA) | 0 | Montclair St. (NJ) | 25 | Cheyney, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Cheyney (PA) | 7 | Shippensburg (PA) | 20 | Cheyney, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Cheyney (PA) | 6 | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Millersville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Cheyney (PA) | 0 | Lock Haven (PA) | 13 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Chino Institute (CA) | 19 | La Verne (CA) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Chino Institute (CA) | 6 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Chowan (NC) | 0 | North Carolina St. Freshmen | 38 | ? | Goober Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Chowan (NC) | 25 | Portsmouth Marines (VA) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Chowan (NC) | 25 | Portsmouth Marines (VA) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Chowan (NC) | 52 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 6 | Murfreesboro, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Chowan (NC) | 52 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 6 | Murfreesboro, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Chowan (NC) | 0 | Gardner-Webb (NC) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Chowan (NC) | 0 | Gardner-Webb (NC) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Chowan (NC) | 0 | Hargrave Military Academy (VA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Chowan (NC) | 0 | Hargrave Military Academy (VA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Chowan (NC) | 21 | Mars Hill JC (NC) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Chowan (NC) | 21 | Mars Hill JC (NC) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 57 | William & Mary (VA) | 7 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 41 | Louisville (KY) | 0 | Louisville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 41 | Toledo (OH) | 7 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 14 | Tulsa (OK) | 7 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Cincinnati (OH) | 7 | Marquette (WI) | 31 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 20 | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 66 | Western Reserve (OH) | 0 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 27 | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 67 | Virginia Military Institute | 0 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Cincinnati (OH) | 14 | Miami (OH) | 0 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Cisco JC (TX) | 12 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Furman (SC) | 27 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Virginia Military Institute | 14 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Citadel (SC) | 6 | Tulane (LA) | 54 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Citadel (SC) | 0 | South Carolina | 25 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Florida | 60 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Citadel (SC) | 20 | Presbyterian (SC) | 14 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Virginia Tech | 22 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Citadel (SC) | 13 | Clemson (SC) | 34 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Citadel (SC) | 38 | Davidson (NC) | 14 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Citrus College (CA) | 0 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Claflin (SC) | 8 | Edward Waters (FL) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Claflin (SC) | 20 | Florida N&I | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Claflin (SC) | 19 | Morris (SC) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Claflin (SC) | 26 | Paine (GA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Claflin (SC) | 7 | South Carolina St. | 13 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Claflin (SC) | 27 | Albany St. (GA) | 6 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Claflin (SC) | 20 | Benedict (SC) | 32 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Claflin (SC) | 51 | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Claflin (SC) | 13 | Allen (SC) | 22 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Clarion (PA) | 20 | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 7 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Clarion (PA) | 30 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 0 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Clarion (PA) | 7 | Saint Francis (PA) | 6 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Clarion (PA) | 20 | Edinboro (PA) | 6 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Clarion (PA) | 51 | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 7 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Clarion (PA) | 41 | Indiana (PA) | 13 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Clarion (PA) | 0 | California (PA) | 6 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Clarion (PA) | 7 | Geneva (PA) | 22 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 12 | Xavier (LA) | 19 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 18 | Tuskegee (AL) | 0 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 0 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 2 | Fort Valley, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 20 | South Carolina St. | 9 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 12 | Alabama St. | 7 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 35 | Morehouse (GA) | 0 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 39 | Fisk (TN) | 12 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 0 | Morris Brown (GA) | 20 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Clemson (SC) | 0 | Maryland | 20 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Clemson (SC) | 7 | Georgia Tech | 20 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Clemson (SC) | 7 | Miami (FL) | 39 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Clemson (SC) | 33 | Presbyterian (SC) | 7 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | T | Clemson (SC) | 14 | Boston College (MA) | 14 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Clemson (SC) | 7 | South Carolina | 14 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Clemson (SC) | 18 | Wake Forest (NC) | 0 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Clemson (SC) | 34 | Citadel (SC) | 13 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Clemson (SC) | 19 | Auburn (AL) | 45 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Coahoma CC (MS) | 78 | Okolona Industrial School (MS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coast Guard (CT) | 13 | Colby (ME) | 0 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Coast Guard (CT) | 12 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 6 | Troy, NY | Shot Glass Trophy |
| 1953 | T | Coast Guard (CT) | 6 | Wesleyan (CT) | 6 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Coast Guard (CT) | 7 | Amherst (MA) | 21 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Coast Guard (CT) | 0 | Worcester Tech (MA) | 9 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Coast Guard (CT) | 25 | Trinity (CT) | 14 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Coast Guard (CT) | 7 | Saint Michael's (VT) | 6 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Coe (IA) | 7 | Northern Iowa | 21 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | T | Coe (IA) | 7 | Lawrence (WI) | 7 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Coe (IA) | 7 | Wabash (IN) | 25 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Coe (IA) | 26 | Knox (IL) | 12 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Coe (IA) | 40 | Cornell College (IA) | 14 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Coe (IA) | 12 | Monmouth (IL) | 7 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Coe (IA) | 39 | Ripon (WI) | 12 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Coe (IA) | 32 | Grinnell (IA) | 19 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 19 | Arkansas City JC (KS) | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 6 | Coffeyville CC Alumni (KS) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 46 | Connors St. (OK) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 19 | Dodge City CC (KS) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 6 | El Dorado JC (KS) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 18 | Garden City JC (KS) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 40 | Hutchinson CC (KS) | 32 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 32 | Independence JC (KS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 25 | Joplin JC (MO) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 13 | Parsons JC (KS) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 0 | University Prep School (OK) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Coffeyville CC Alumni (KS) | 7 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Colby (ME) | 0 | Coast Guard (CT) | 13 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Colby (ME) | 13 | Bates (ME) | 12 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Colby (ME) | 20 | Norwich (VT) | 7 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Colby (ME) | 14 | American International (MA) | 19 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Colby (ME) | 0 | Trinity (CT) | 34 | Hartford, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Colby (ME) | 7 | Bowdoin (ME) | 25 | Brunswick, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Colby (ME) | 13 | Maine | 45 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Colby Freshmen (ME) | 6 | Maine Maritime | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Colgate (NY) | 6 | Holy Cross (MA) | 19 | Hamilton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Colgate (NY) | 19 | Bucknell (PA) | 12 | Hamilton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Colgate (NY) | 26 | Harvard (MA) | 28 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Colgate (NY) | 7 | Cornell (NY) | 27 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Colgate (NY) | 24 | Dartmouth (NH) | 14 | Hanover, NH | |
| 1953 | T | Colgate (NY) | 7 | Yale (CT) | 7 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Colgate (NY) | 33 | Rutgers (NJ) | 13 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Colgate (NY) | 18 | Syracuse (NY) | 34 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | T | Colgate (NY) | 7 | Brown (RI) | 7 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | L | College All-Stars | 10 | Detroit Lions | 24 | Chicago, IL | Chicago All-Star Football Game |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 26 | Bethany (KS) | 7 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 34 | Ottawa (KS) | 6 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 28 | McPherson (KS) | 21 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 52 | Friends (KS) | 0 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 20 | Baker (KS) | 7 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 41 | Kansas Wesleyan | 7 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 59 | Bethel (KS) | 14 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Emporia (KS) | 32 | Nebraska-Kearney | 19 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 26 | Willamette (OR) | 0 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | L | College of Idaho | 12 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 14 | Evansville, IN | Refrigerator Bowl |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 45 | Whitman (WA) | 20 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 64 | Mather Field (CA) | 0 | Mille, CA | |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 38 | Montana St. | 26 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 39 | Linfield (OR) | 9 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 41 | Pacific (OR) | 13 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 46 | Idaho St. | 9 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | W | College of Idaho | 40 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 14 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado | 16 | Missouri | 27 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado | 21 | Utah | 0 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado | 21 | Kansas | 27 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado | 21 | Washington | 20 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado | 20 | Arizona | 14 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado | 14 | Kansas St. | 28 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado | 20 | Oklahoma | 27 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado | 41 | Iowa St. | 34 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado | 14 | Nebraska | 10 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado | 13 | Colorado St. | 7 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado College | 20 | Idaho St. | 27 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado College | 26 | Nebraska-Omaha | 6 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado College | 13 | Denver (CO) | 19 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado College | 7 | New Mexico St. | 12 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado College | 0 | Montana St. | 20 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | T | Colorado College | 7 | Western St. (CO) | 7 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado College | 13 | Northern Colorado | 7 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | T | Colorado College | 26 | Colorado School of Mines | 26 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado School of Mines | 20 | New Mexico Military Institute | 7 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado School of Mines | 26 | Northern Colorado | 20 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado School of Mines | 21 | Idaho St. | 33 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado School of Mines | 0 | Washburn (KS) | 13 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado School of Mines | 7 | Montana St. | 25 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado School of Mines | 7 | Western St. (CO) | 40 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado School of Mines | 20 | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | T | Colorado School of Mines | 26 | Colorado College | 26 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado St. | 34 | Brigham Young (UT) | 12 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado St. | 7 | Colorado | 13 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado St. | 21 | Denver (CO) | 6 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado St. | 14 | Kansas St. | 13 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado St. | 31 | Montana | 32 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado St. | 9 | New Mexico | 3 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado St. | 14 | Utah | 35 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado St. | 13 | Utah St. | 14 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Colorado St. | 14 | Wyoming | 21 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | W | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 14 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Columbia (NY) | 19 | Princeton (NJ) | 20 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Columbia (NY) | 25 | Dartmouth (NH) | 19 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Columbia (NY) | 7 | Yale (CT) | 13 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Columbia (NY) | 14 | Lehigh (PA) | 7 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Columbia (NY) | 6 | Harvard (MA) | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Columbia (NY) | 7 | Army (NY) | 40 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Columbia (NY) | 13 | Cornell (NY) | 27 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Columbia (NY) | 6 | Navy (MD) | 14 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Columbia (NY) | 27 | Rutgers (NJ) | 13 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Compton JC (CA) | 19 | Cameron (OK) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Compton JC (CA) | 26 | Ventura JC (CA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Concord (WV) | 32 | West Virginia Tech | 25 | Beckley, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Concord (WV) | 20 | Glenville St. (WV) | 19 | Beckley, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Concord (WV) | 0 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 6 | Bristol, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Concord (WV) | 31 | Salem College (WV) | 0 | Hinton, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Concord (WV) | 0 | Fairmont St. (WV) | 36 | Fairmont, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Concord (WV) | 13 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 14 | Bridgeport, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Concord (WV) | 29 | Potomac St. (WV) | 0 | Keyser, WV | |
| 1953 | T | Concord (WV) | 6 | Maryville (TN) | 6 | Athens, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia (IL) | 13 | Milton (WI) | 14 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (IL) | 33 | Benedictine (IL) | 0 | River Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia (IL) | 6 | Northwestern (WI) | 28 | River Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia (IL) | 7 | Lakeland (WI) | 13 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia (IL) | 13 | Wisconsin Extension | 33 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia (IL) | 6 | Wisconsin Tech | 13 | River Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia (NE) | 6 | Dana (NE) | 19 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (NE) | 24 | Sterling (KS) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (NE) | 25 | Norfolk JC (NE) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (NE) | 14 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (NE) | 13 | Yankton (SD) | 7 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (NE) | 20 | Tarkio (MO) | 13 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (NE) | 34 | Westmar (IA) | 19 | Seward, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia (NE) | 12 | Dana (NE) | 0 | Seward, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Concordia (NE) | 7 | Tarkio (MO) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 27 | Minnesota-Duluth | 25 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 33 | Augsburg (MN) | 0 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 7 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 20 | Saint Peter, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 6 | North Dakota St. | 7 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 14 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 6 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 32 | Saint Mary's (MN) | 7 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 7 | Hamline (MN) | 6 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 6 | Saint John's (MN) | 7 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Connecticut | 41 | Massachusetts | 0 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Connecticut | 7 | Brown (RI) | 42 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Connecticut | 26 | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 6 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Connecticut | 0 | Yale (CT) | 32 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | T | Connecticut | 18 | Maine | 18 | Orono, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Connecticut | 7 | Delaware | 30 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Connecticut | 6 | New Hampshire | 0 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Connecticut | 13 | Rhode Island | 19 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Connors St. (OK) | 14 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 46 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell (NY) | 7 | Rice (TX) | 28 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell (NY) | 0 | Syracuse (NY) | 26 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell (NY) | 6 | Navy (MD) | 26 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Cornell (NY) | 27 | Colgate (NY) | 7 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | T | Cornell (NY) | 0 | Yale (CT) | 0 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Cornell (NY) | 26 | Princeton (NJ) | 19 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Cornell (NY) | 27 | Columbia (NY) | 13 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Cornell (NY) | 28 | Dartmouth (NH) | 26 | Hanover, NH | |
| 1953 | T | Cornell (NY) | 7 | Pennsylvania | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell College (IA) | 0 | Monmouth (IL) | 24 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell College (IA) | 14 | Knox (IL) | 28 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell College (IA) | 7 | Lawrence (WI) | 64 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell College (IA) | 6 | Carleton (MN) | 25 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell College (IA) | 6 | Ripon (WI) | 14 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell College (IA) | 14 | Coe (IA) | 40 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Cornell College (IA) | 6 | Grinnell (IA) | 27 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Cornell College (IA) | 28 | Augustana (IL) | 21 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 0 | Central (IA) | 25 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 26 | Parsons (IA) | 37 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 6 | Carthage (WI) | 40 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 0 | Shurtleff (IL) | 26 | Alton, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 6 | Tarkio (MO) | 7 | Canton, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 13 | Central Methodist (MO) | 19 | Canton, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 6 | Missouri Valley | 71 | Marshall, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 0 | William Jewell (MO) | 36 | Canton, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota St. (SD) | 0 | Sioux Falls (SD) | 13 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota St. (SD) | 13 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 32 | Madison, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota St. (SD) | 0 | Westmar (IA) | 13 | LeMars, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota St. (SD) | 6 | South Dakota Tech | 33 | Madison, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota St. (SD) | 13 | South Dakota-Springfield | 40 | Madison, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota St. (SD) | 0 | Yankton (SD) | 32 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 6 | Westmar (IA) | 0 | LeMars, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 25 | Sioux Falls (SD) | 6 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 6 | Si Tanka (SD) | 26 | Mitchell, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 57 | York (NE) | 0 | Mitchell, SD | Kernel Stadium |
| 1953 | W | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 21 | Yankton (SD) | 0 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 7 | South Dakota-Springfield | 12 | Mitchell, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 25 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 20 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 7 | Northern St. (SD) | 39 | Mitchell, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Dana (NE) | 19 | Concordia (NE) | 6 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Dana (NE) | 6 | Buena Vista (IA) | 12 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Dana (NE) | 14 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 26 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Dana (NE) | 13 | Tarkio (MO) | 0 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Dana (NE) | 32 | Parsons (IA) | 6 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Dana (NE) | 6 | Central (IA) | 6 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Dana (NE) | 38 | Tarkio (MO) | 0 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Dana (NE) | 0 | Concordia (NE) | 12 | Seward, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth (NH) | 7 | Navy (MD) | 55 | Annapolis, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth (NH) | 19 | Columbia (NY) | 25 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth (NH) | 0 | Army (NY) | 27 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth (NH) | 6 | Holy Cross (MA) | 28 | Lynn, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth (NH) | 14 | Colgate (NY) | 24 | Hanover, NH | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth (NH) | 14 | Harvard (MA) | 20 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Dartmouth (NH) | 32 | Yale (CT) | 0 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth (NH) | 26 | Cornell (NY) | 28 | Hanover, NH | |
| 1953 | W | Dartmouth (NH) | 34 | Princeton (NJ) | 12 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Dartmouth JV (NH) | 13 | Vermont | 38 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 7 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 34 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 7 | North Carolina St. | 27 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 0 | Georgia Tech | 53 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 0 | Richmond (VA) | 16 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 18 | Presbyterian (SC) | 19 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 0 | Furman (SC) | 34 | Greenville, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 6 | Harvard (MA) | 42 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 0 | George Washington (DC) | 33 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Davidson (NC) | 14 | Citadel (SC) | 38 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Quantico Marines (VA) | 31 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Dayton (OH) | 21 | Marshall (WV) | 7 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Dayton (OH) | 13 | John Carroll (OH) | 19 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Xavier (OH) | 7 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Dayton (OH) | 20 | Louisville (KY) | 13 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Dayton (OH) | 19 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Cincinnati (OH) | 27 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Dayton (OH) | 7 | Miami (OH) | 20 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Xavier (OH) | 0 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 19 | Adrian (MI) | 7 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 12 | Bluffton (OH) | 6 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 13 | Ashland (OH) | 12 | Ashland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 25 | Ferris St. (MI) | 0 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 20 | Findlay (OH) | 0 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 28 | Ohio Northern | 7 | Ada, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 27 | Anderson (IN) | 14 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Defiance (OH) | 19 | Centre (KY) | 13 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Del Mar JC (TX) | 41 | Texas Lutheran | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Del Mar JC (TX) | 7 | Texas-Arlington | 30 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware | 26 | Lehigh (PA) | 13 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware | 13 | West Chester (PA) | 27 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware | 19 | Gettysburg (PA) | 7 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware | 48 | New Hampshire | 0 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware | 30 | Connecticut | 7 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware | 18 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 6 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware | 13 | Lafayette (PA) | 7 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware | 34 | Bucknell (PA) | 13 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware St. | 7 | Cheyney (PA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware St. | 0 | Hampton (VA) | 26 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware St. | 18 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 0 | Dover, DE | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware St. | 0 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 20 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware St. | 12 | Lincoln (PA) | 19 | Dover, DE | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware St. | 6 | Saint Paul's (VA) | 7 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware St. | 13 | Howard (DC) | 6 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware St. | 19 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 12 | Dover, DE | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | Montclair St. (NJ) | 18 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware Valley (PA) | 27 | Brooklyn (NY) | 14 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware Valley (PA) | 12 | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 17 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | Susquehanna (PA) | 7 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | SUNY-Farmingdale (NY) | 12 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | Montgomery JC (MD) | 38 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Delta St. (MS) | 67 | West Alabama | 6 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Delta St. (MS) | 40 | Samford (AL) | 0 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Delta St. (MS) | 0 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 20 | Clarksville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Delta St. (MS) | 27 | Millsaps (MS) | 6 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Delta St. (MS) | 20 | Arkansas-Monticello | 22 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Delta St. (MS) | 19 | Western Kentucky | 21 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Delta St. (MS) | 42 | Southern Arkansas | 0 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Delta St. (MS) | 6 | Troy (AL) | 2 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Delta St. (MS) | 13 | Tampa (FL) | 6 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Denison (OH) | 27 | Mount Union (OH) | 28 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Denison (OH) | 34 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 27 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Denison (OH) | 26 | Wooster (OH) | 16 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Denison (OH) | 60 | Lake Forest (IL) | 13 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Denison (OH) | 27 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 14 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Denison (OH) | 20 | Ohio Wesleyan | 21 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Denison (OH) | 7 | Muskingum (OH) | 0 | New Concord, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Denison (OH) | 34 | Wittenberg (OH) | 20 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Denison (OH) | 22 | Oberlin (OH) | 20 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Denver (CO) | 6 | Colorado St. | 21 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | T | Denver (CO) | 12 | Wichita St. (KS) | 12 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Denver (CO) | 13 | Montana | 22 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Denver (CO) | 19 | Colorado College | 13 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Denver (CO) | 33 | Drake (IA) | 14 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Denver (CO) | 6 | Utah | 40 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Denver (CO) | 27 | Brigham Young (UT) | 19 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Denver (CO) | 18 | New Mexico | 20 | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Denver (CO) | 12 | Utah St. | 21 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | T | Denver (CO) | 13 | Wyoming | 13 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | L | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Ball St. (IN) | 28 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | L | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Lake Forest (IL) | 16 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | T | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Oberlin (OH) | 7 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | L | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Evansville (IN) | 19 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | DePauw (IN) | 17 | Carroll (WI) | 20 | Waukesha, WI | |
| 1953 | L | DePauw (IN) | 0 | Albion (MI) | 19 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | L | DePauw (IN) | 0 | Indiana St. | 38 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | L | DePauw (IN) | 0 | Wabash (IN) | 41 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Detroit (MI) | 7 | Fordham (NY) | 21 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Detroit (MI) | 0 | Marquette (WI) | 19 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Detroit (MI) | 19 | Houston (TX) | 25 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Detroit (MI) | 33 | North Dakota St. | 6 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Detroit (MI) | 48 | Wayne St. (MI) | 0 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Detroit (MI) | 27 | Villanova (PA) | 0 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Detroit (MI) | 18 | Oklahoma St. | 14 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Detroit (MI) | 20 | Boston College (MA) | 33 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Detroit (MI) | 33 | Tulsa (OK) | 0 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Detroit (MI) | 26 | Wichita St. (KS) | 6 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Detroit Lions | 24 | College All-Stars | 10 | Chicago, IL | Chicago All-Star Football Game |
| 1953 | W | Dickinson (PA) | 7 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 3 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson (PA) | 0 | Gettysburg (PA) | 32 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson (PA) | 6 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 39 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson (PA) | 0 | McDaniel College (MD) | 14 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson (PA) | 13 | Juniata (PA) | 43 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Dickinson (PA) | 13 | Drexel Institute (PA) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson (PA) | 12 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 13 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Dickinson (PA) | 19 | Ursinus (PA) | 13 | Collegeville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Dickinson St. (ND) | 26 | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 0 | Bottineau, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson St. (ND) | 6 | Minot St. (ND) | 7 | Dickinson, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson St. (ND) | 12 | Jamestown (ND) | 21 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson St. (ND) | 0 | North Dakota Science | 33 | Dickinson, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson St. (ND) | 6 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 20 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Dickinson St. (ND) | 0 | Mayville St. (ND) | 14 | Dickinson, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Dickinson St. (ND) | 12 | North Dakota-Ellendale | 0 | Ellendale, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Dillard (LA) | 30 | Leland (LA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Dillard (LA) | 7 | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Dillard (LA) | 16 | Rust (MS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Dillard (LA) | 0 | Morehouse (GA) | 26 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Dillard (LA) | 6 | Alabama St. | 13 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Dillard (LA) | 13 | Fisk (TN) | 12 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Dillard (LA) | 25 | Tuskegee (AL) | 8 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Dillard (LA) | 7 | Xavier (LA) | 9 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Doane (NE) | 19 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 6 | Fremont, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Doane (NE) | 30 | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Doane (NE) | 13 | Hastings (NE) | 25 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Doane (NE) | 7 | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Doane (NE) | 7 | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Doane (NE) | 13 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Doane (NE) | 19 | Peru St. (NE) | 27 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Doane (NE) | 13 | Nebraska-Kearney | 12 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Doane (NE) | 6 | Nebraska-Omaha | 41 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Dodge City CC (KS) | 14 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Drake (IA) | 19 | Wayne St. (MI) | 25 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Drake (IA) | 18 | South Dakota | 0 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Drake (IA) | 0 | Kansas St. | 50 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Drake (IA) | 14 | Denver (CO) | 33 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Drake (IA) | 0 | Wichita St. (KS) | 27 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Drake (IA) | 12 | Iowa St. | 7 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Drake (IA) | 21 | Bradley (IL) | 13 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Drake (IA) | 27 | Northern Iowa | 20 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Drake Freshmen (IA) | 0 | Graceland (IA) | 7 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Drexel Institute (PA) | 12 | West Chester (PA) | 47 | West Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Drexel Institute (PA) | 20 | Ursinus (PA) | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Drexel Institute (PA) | 6 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 33 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | T | Drexel Institute (PA) | 7 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 7 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Drexel Institute (PA) | 7 | Dickinson (PA) | 13 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Drexel Institute (PA) | 20 | Swarthmore (PA) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Dubuque (IA) | 0 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 20 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Dubuque (IA) | 0 | Iowa Wesleyan | 25 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Dubuque (IA) | 21 | Parsons (IA) | 13 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Dubuque (IA) | 14 | Upper Iowa | 6 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Dubuque (IA) | 27 | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Dubuque (IA) | 0 | Central (IA) | 22 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Dubuque (IA) | 7 | Buena Vista (IA) | 6 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Duke (NC) | 21 | Tennessee | 7 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Duke (NC) | 0 | Navy (MD) | 0 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Duke (NC) | 20 | Purdue (IN) | 14 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Duke (NC) | 20 | South Carolina | 7 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Duke (NC) | 19 | Wake Forest (NC) | 0 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Duke (NC) | 13 | Army (NY) | 14 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Duke (NC) | 31 | North Carolina St. | 0 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Duke (NC) | 48 | Virginia | 6 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Duke (NC) | 10 | Georgia Tech | 13 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Duke (NC) | 35 | North Carolina | 20 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Earlham (IN) | 6 | Indianapolis (IN) | 7 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Earlham (IN) | 20 | Wilmington (OH) | 6 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Earlham (IN) | 14 | Hanover (IN) | 27 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Earlham (IN) | 7 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 6 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Earlham (IN) | 25 | Manchester (IN) | 19 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Earlham (IN) | 13 | Anderson (IN) | 9 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Earlham (IN) | 18 | Taylor (IN) | 13 | Upland, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Earlham (IN) | 59 | Franklin (IN) | 14 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 13 | Catawba (NC) | 6 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | East Carolina (NC) | 13 | Tampa (FL) | 18 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 45 | Elon (NC) | 25 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 41 | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 0 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 34 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 0 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 26 | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 40 | Guilford (NC) | 0 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 40 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 7 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | East Carolina (NC) | 40 | Stetson (FL) | 6 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | L | East Central (OK) | 20 | Ozarks (AR) | 28 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | East Central (OK) | 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | East Central (OK) | 6 | Howard Payne (TX) | 29 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | L | East Central (OK) | 7 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | L | East Central (OK) | 0 | Austin (TX) | 32 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | L | East Central (OK) | 13 | Southern Arkansas | 25 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | East Central (OK) | 13 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | L | East Central (OK) | 7 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 46 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | L | East Central (OK) | 7 | Central Oklahoma | 34 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | W | East Central JC (MS) | 20 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | East Mississippi JC | 19 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | East Mississippi JC | 17 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 0 | King's (PA) | 13 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 0 | Shippensburg (PA) | 30 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 31 | Millersville (PA) | 0 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 9 | Mansfield (PA) | 0 | Mansfield, PA | |
| 1953 | L | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 6 | West Chester (PA) | 16 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 20 | Ithaca (NY) | 0 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | East Tennessee St. | 31 | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | East Tennessee St. | 21 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 19 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | L | East Tennessee St. | 20 | Maryville (TN) | 26 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | East Tennessee St. | 13 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 21 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | L | East Tennessee St. | 13 | Western Kentucky | 32 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | W | East Tennessee St. | 25 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 0 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | East Tennessee St. | 21 | Tennessee Tech | 13 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | L | East Tennessee St. | 28 | Middle Tennessee St. | 34 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | W | East Tennessee St. | 48 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 12 | Johnson City, TN | Burley Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Arizona JC (AZ) | 12 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Arizona JC (AZ) | 13 | Western New Mexico | 42 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 6 | Central Michigan | 33 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 12 | Western Illinois | 19 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 6 | Eastern Michigan | 34 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 0 | Lincoln (MO) | 30 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 2 | Truman St. (MO) | 7 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Illinois | 20 | Illinois-Chicago | 6 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 0 | Southern Illinois | 6 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 0 | Illinois St. | 20 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Illinois | 6 | Northern Illinois | 19 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 19 | Murray St. (KY) | 14 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 13 | Western Kentucky | 7 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Kentucky | 0 | Tennessee Tech | 7 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 20 | John Carroll (OH) | 19 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 15 | Middle Tennessee St. | 6 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Kentucky | 19 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 20 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 25 | Morehead St. (KY) | 7 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 59 | Evansville (IN) | 9 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 20 | Louisville (KY) | 13 | Louisville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Kentucky | 30 | Stetson (FL) | 26 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Michigan | 13 | Wayne St. (MI) | 6 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Michigan | 27 | Illinois St. | 6 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Michigan | 34 | Eastern Illinois | 6 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Michigan | 20 | Hope (MI) | 7 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Michigan | 28 | Hillsdale (MI) | 13 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Michigan | 20 | Northern Illinois | 14 | DeKalb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Michigan | 37 | Southern Illinois | 0 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Michigan | 0 | Western Illinois | 20 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | T | Eastern Michigan | 33 | Central Michigan | 33 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern New Mexico | 6 | McMurry (TX) | 25 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern New Mexico | 7 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 19 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern New Mexico | 0 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 19 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern New Mexico | 36 | Adams St. (CO) | 18 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern New Mexico | 20 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 24 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern New Mexico | 20 | Northern Arizona | 0 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern New Mexico | 29 | Missouri St. | 12 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern New Mexico | 21 | Western New Mexico | 24 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern New Mexico | 47 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern New Mexico | 6 | New Mexico Military Institute | 7 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern New Mexico | 26 | Mexican All-Stars | 45 | Mexico City, Mexico | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | Cameron (OK) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Arkansas Tech | 66 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oregon | 0 | Centralia JC (WA) | 19 | Centralia, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Oregon | 19 | Carroll (MT) | 2 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oregon | 19 | Southern Oregon | 20 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oregon | 6 | Oregon Tech | 14 | Klamath Falls, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oregon | 20 | Portland St. (OR) | 32 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oregon | 13 | Whitman (WA) | 40 | Walla Walla, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oregon | 20 | Western Oregon | 24 | Monmouth, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Oregon | 19 | Wenatchee Valley JC (WA) | 20 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Washington | 7 | Whitworth (WA) | 42 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Eastern Washington | 13 | Puget Sound (WA) | 20 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Washington | 35 | Western Washington | 19 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Washington | 14 | Idaho St. | 6 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Washington | 25 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 24 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Washington | 14 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 13 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Washington | 20 | British Columbia (BC) | 6 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | W | Eastern Washington | 34 | Central Washington | 9 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | T | Edinboro (PA) | 6 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 6 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Edinboro (PA) | 0 | Geneva (PA) | 14 | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Edinboro (PA) | 7 | Indiana (PA) | 14 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Edinboro (PA) | 6 | California (PA) | 7 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Edinboro (PA) | 6 | Clarion (PA) | 20 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Edinboro (PA) | 52 | Ashland (OH) | 7 | Ashland, OH | Redwood Stadium |
| 1953 | L | Edinboro (PA) | 7 | Saint Francis (PA) | 13 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Edinboro (PA) | 19 | Mansfield (PA) | 6 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Edinboro (PA) | 33 | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 7 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Edward Waters (FL) | 6 | Claflin (SC) | 8 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Edward Waters (FL) | 0 | Florida N&I | 0 | ? | Score unknown |
| 1953 | T | Edward Waters (FL) | 0 | Morristown College (TN) | 0 | ? | Score Unknown |
| 1953 | W | Edward Waters (FL) | 14 | Albany St. (GA) | 12 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Edward Waters (FL) | 6 | Morris (SC) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Eglin AAB (FL) | 19 | Keesler Field (MS) | 8 | Biloxi, MS | Electronics Bowl |
| 1953 | W | El Camino College (CA) | 40 | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | El Centro JC (CA) | 13 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 15 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | El Dorado JC (KS) | 13 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 42 | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 25 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 6 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 18 | Saint Paul's (VA) | 0 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 25 | Livingstone (NC) | 0 | Elizabeth City, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 13 | Morristown College (TN) | 8 | Morristown, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 6 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 6 | Elizabeth City, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 6 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 12 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 13 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 6 | Elizabeth City, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Elmhurst (IL) | 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Elmhurst (IL) | 19 | Illinois-Chicago | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Elmhurst (IL) | 6 | Millikin (IL) | 33 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Elmhurst (IL) | 14 | Eureka (IL) | 13 | Elmhurst, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Elmhurst (IL) | 0 | Wheaton (IL) | 33 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Elmhurst (IL) | 6 | Augustana (IL) | 20 | Elmhurst, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Elmhurst (IL) | 0 | Lake Forest (IL) | 46 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Elmhurst (IL) | 14 | North Central (IL) | 3 | Elmhurst, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Elon (NC) | 19 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 21 | Burlington, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Elon (NC) | 6 | Newberry (SC) | 33 | Burlington, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Elon (NC) | 25 | East Carolina (NC) | 45 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Elon (NC) | 0 | Wofford (SC) | 33 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | T | Elon (NC) | 21 | Catawba (NC) | 21 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Elon (NC) | 13 | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | Burlington, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Elon (NC) | 13 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 27 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Elon (NC) | 0 | Guilford (NC) | 9 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Emory & Henry (VA) | 13 | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 20 | Bristol, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Emory & Henry (VA) | 7 | Western Carolina (NC) | 18 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Emory & Henry (VA) | 21 | Guilford (NC) | 14 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Emory & Henry (VA) | 6 | Concord (WV) | 0 | Bristol, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Emory & Henry (VA) | 19 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 13 | Jefferson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Emory & Henry (VA) | 7 | Maryville (TN) | 0 | Bristol, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Emory & Henry (VA) | 6 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 14 | Boone, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Emory & Henry (VA) | 7 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 21 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Emory & Henry (VA) | 34 | West Virginia Tech | 14 | Emory, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Emory & Henry (VA) | 12 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 0 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Emory & Henry (VA) | 12 | East Tennessee St. | 48 | Johnson City, TN | Burley Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Emporia St. (KS) | 19 | Arkansas St. | 38 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Emporia St. (KS) | 7 | Benedictine (KS) | 19 | Atchison, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Emporia St. (KS) | 40 | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | T | Emporia St. (KS) | 19 | Quincy (IL) | 19 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Emporia St. (KS) | 0 | Washburn (KS) | 21 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Emporia St. (KS) | 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | 32 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Emporia St. (KS) | 20 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 7 | Hays, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Emporia St. (KS) | 6 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 19 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Eureka (IL) | 13 | Illinois College | 6 | Eureka, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eureka (IL) | 0 | Carthage (WI) | 20 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Eureka (IL) | 14 | Illinois-Chicago | 13 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eureka (IL) | 13 | Elmhurst (IL) | 14 | Elmhurst, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eureka (IL) | 16 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 21 | Eureka, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Eureka (IL) | 3 | Shurtleff (IL) | 9 | Alton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Eureka (IL) | 22 | Principia (IL) | 14 | Eureka, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Evansville (IN) | 13 | Indiana St. | 31 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Evansville (IN) | 28 | Ball St. (IN) | 42 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Evansville (IN) | 9 | Valparaiso (IN) | 6 | Valparaiso, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Evansville (IN) | 19 | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Evansville (IN) | 0 | Butler (IN) | 27 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Evansville (IN) | 7 | Murray St. (KY) | 14 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Evansville (IN) | 26 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 6 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Evansville (IN) | 9 | Eastern Kentucky | 59 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Evansville (IN) | 13 | Western Kentucky | 26 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Evansville (IN) | 13 | Washington (MO) | 34 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Everett JC (WA) | 13 | Boise JC (ID) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Fairmont St. (WV) | 20 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 7 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Fairmont St. (WV) | 18 | Glenville St. (WV) | 13 | Fairmont, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Fairmont St. (WV) | 20 | California (PA) | 13 | Fairmont, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Fairmont St. (WV) | 7 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 20 | Moundsville, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Fairmont St. (WV) | 6 | Charleston (WV) | 14 | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field |
| 1953 | W | Fairmont St. (WV) | 36 | Concord (WV) | 0 | Fairmont, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Fairmont St. (WV) | 19 | Salem College (WV) | 6 | Salem, WV | |
| 1953 | T | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 13 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 13 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 6 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 25 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 12 | Morris (SC) | 18 | Sumter, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 13 | Hampton (VA) | 19 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 0 | South Carolina St. | 38 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 12 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 2 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 26 | Livingstone (NC) | 6 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 0 | Morristown College (TN) | 13 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 13 | Saint Paul's (VA) | 6 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Ferris St. (MI) | 6 | Northland (WI) | 19 | Big Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Ferris St. (MI) | 0 | Olivet (MI) | 6 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Ferris St. (MI) | 0 | Michigan Tech | 12 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Ferris St. (MI) | 0 | Defiance (OH) | 25 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ferris St. (MI) | 25 | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 6 | Grand Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Ferris St. (MI) | 7 | Northern Michigan | 2 | Big Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Ferris St. (MI) | 7 | Indianapolis (IN) | 19 | Big Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Findlay (OH) | 0 | Ohio Northern | 20 | Findlay, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Findlay (OH) | 13 | Mount Union (OH) | 35 | Findlay, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Findlay (OH) | 12 | Akron (OH) | 26 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Findlay (OH) | 12 | Bluffton (OH) | 6 | Bluffton, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Findlay (OH) | 0 | Defiance (OH) | 20 | Defiance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Findlay (OH) | 34 | Buffalo (NY) | 0 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Findlay (OH) | 33 | Ashland (OH) | 14 | Findlay, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Fisk (TN) | 12 | Tuskegee (AL) | 7 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Fisk (TN) | 33 | Lane (TN) | 14 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Fisk (TN) | 0 | Alabama A&M | 19 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Fisk (TN) | 12 | Dillard (LA) | 13 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Fisk (TN) | 0 | Kentucky St. | 35 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Fisk (TN) | 13 | Alabama St. | 12 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Fisk (TN) | 12 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 39 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Fisk (TN) | 19 | Morehouse (GA) | 24 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Florida | 14 | Tulsa (OK) | 13 | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Florida | 13 | Kentucky | 26 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Florida | 21 | Georgia | 7 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida | 45 | Stetson (FL) | 0 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida | 16 | Rice (TX) | 20 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | T | Florida | 0 | Georgia Tech | 0 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida | 60 | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | T | Florida | 21 | Louisiana St. | 21 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida | 7 | Auburn (AL) | 16 | Auburn, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida | 7 | Tennessee | 9 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida | 10 | Miami (FL) | 14 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 8 | Tyndall AFB (FL) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 45 | Benedict (SC) | 0 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida A&M | 27 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 33 | Miami, FL | Orange Blossom Classic |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 33 | North Carolina A&T | 13 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 31 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 0 | Fort Valley, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 33 | Texas College | 0 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 20 | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 65 | Xavier (LA) | 0 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 39 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 7 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 28 | Allen (SC) | 10 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Florida A&M | 33 | Southern (LA) | 25 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida N&I | 6 | Claflin (SC) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Florida N&I | 0 | Edward Waters (FL) | 0 | ? | Score unknown |
| 1953 | L | Florida N&I | 0 | Miles (AL) | 50 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Florida N&I | 0 | Morris (SC) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Florida N&I | 0 | South Carolina Trade | 0 | ? | Score unknown |
| 1953 | L | Florida N&I | 0 | Voorhees College (SC) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Florida N&I | 14 | Albany St. (GA) | 6 | Saint Augustine, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida N&I | 55 | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Florida St. | 59 | Louisville (KY) | 0 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida St. | 41 | Tampa (FL) | 6 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida St. | 0 | Southern Mississippi | 21 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Florida St. | 7 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 20 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida St. | 0 | Miami (FL) | 27 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida St. | 21 | Louisiana Tech | 32 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Florida St. | 12 | Virginia Military Institute | 7 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Florida St. | 7 | Furman (SC) | 14 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida St. | 13 | Stetson (FL) | 6 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Florida St. | 23 | North Carolina St. | 13 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Fordham (NY) | 21 | Detroit (MI) | 7 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Fordham (NY) | 21 | Penn St. | 28 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Fordham (NY) | 13 | Syracuse (NY) | 20 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Fordham (NY) | 13 | Boston College (MA) | 20 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Fordham (NY) | 40 | Rutgers (NJ) | 13 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Fordham (NY) | 20 | Miami (FL) | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Fordham (NY) | 28 | Temple (PA) | 0 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Fordham (NY) | 7 | Holy Cross (MA) | 20 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Fordham (NY) | 13 | Villanova (PA) | 20 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Belvoir (VA) | 62 | Toledo (OH) | 13 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Belvoir (VA) | 21 | West Chester (PA) | 0 | Alexandria, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Belvoir (VA) | 7 | Kent St. (OH) | 6 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Bliss (TX) | 53 | New Mexico Highlands | 7 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Fort George G Meade (MD) | 0 | Lincoln (PA) | 13 | Lincoln, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Fort George G Meade (MD) | 19 | Shepherd (WV) | 14 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | T | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 12 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 12 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 8 | Benedictine (KS) | 20 | Hays, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 12 | Nebraska-Omaha | 20 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 33 | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Hays, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 7 | Northwest Missouri St. | 21 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 7 | Emporia St. (KS) | 20 | Hays, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 7 | Washburn (KS) | 6 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 39 | Kansas Wesleyan | 0 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Hood (TX) | 6 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Lewis (CO) | 13 | Carbon County JC (UT) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Lewis (CO) | 6 | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Lewis (CO) | 0 | Eastern Arizona JC (AZ) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Lewis (CO) | 21 | La Junta JC (CO) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Lewis (CO) | 20 | Mesa St. (CO) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Lewis (CO) | 32 | Scottsbluff JC (NE) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Fort Lewis (CO) | 0 | Trinidad St. JC (CO) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Lewis (CO) | 0 | Westminster College (UT) | 27 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Ord (CA) | 55 | Quantico Marines (VA) | 19 | San Diego, CA | Poinsettia Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Fort Sill (OK) | 31 | Cameron (OK) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 21 | Miles (AL) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 14 | Knoxville (TN) | 0 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 0 | Morris Brown (GA) | 40 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 0 | Florida A&M | 31 | Fort Valley, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 2 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 0 | Fort Valley, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 27 | Alabama A&M | 0 | Normal, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 0 | South Carolina St. | 23 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 32 | Tuskegee (AL) | 6 | Fort Valley, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 7 | Benedict (SC) | 6 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 8 | Albany St. (GA) | 0 | Albany, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 47 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 13 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 39 | Dickinson (PA) | 6 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 33 | Drexel Institute (PA) | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 6 | Albright (PA) | 0 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 13 | Lafayette (PA) | 34 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 19 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 7 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 21 | Gettysburg (PA) | 40 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin (IN) | 7 | Hanover (IN) | 19 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin (IN) | 6 | Anderson (IN) | 13 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin (IN) | 0 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 14 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin (IN) | 0 | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin (IN) | 0 | Taylor (IN) | 19 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin (IN) | 6 | Centre (KY) | 33 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Franklin (IN) | 14 | Earlham (IN) | 59 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Franklin (IN) | 12 | Manchester (IN) | 6 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Fresno St. (CA) | 21 | San Jose St. (CA) | 27 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Fresno St. (CA) | 6 | Utah St. | 46 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Fresno St. (CA) | 12 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 14 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Fresno St. (CA) | 41 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 27 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Fresno St. (CA) | 6 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 27 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Fresno St. (CA) | 47 | Nevada | 7 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Fresno St. (CA) | 20 | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Fresno St. (CA) | 27 | San Diego St. (CA) | 27 | Fresno, CA | Ratcliffe Stadium |
| 1953 | W | Fresno St. (CA) | 54 | Pepperdine (CA) | 2 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Fresno St. (CA) | 21 | Pacific (CA) | 21 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Friends (KS) | 20 | Sterling (KS) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Friends (KS) | 25 | William Penn (IA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Friends (KS) | 20 | Kansas Wesleyan | 33 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Friends (KS) | 0 | Baker (KS) | 38 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Friends (KS) | 0 | College of Emporia (KS) | 52 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Friends (KS) | 6 | Ottawa (KS) | 12 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Friends (KS) | 12 | Bethel (KS) | 7 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Friends (KS) | 32 | Bethany (KS) | 13 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Friends (KS) | 6 | McPherson (KS) | 76 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Furman (SC) | 27 | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Furman (SC) | 19 | Presbyterian (SC) | 0 | Greenville, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Furman (SC) | 13 | South Carolina | 27 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Furman (SC) | 33 | Newberry (SC) | 0 | Greenville, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Furman (SC) | 0 | Army (NY) | 41 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Furman (SC) | 34 | Davidson (NC) | 0 | Greenville, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Furman (SC) | 7 | Wofford (SC) | 6 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Furman (SC) | 14 | Florida St. | 7 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Furman (SC) | 21 | Wake Forest (NC) | 10 | Wake Forest, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Gallaudet (DC) | 6 | Montgomery JC (MD) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Gallaudet (DC) | 40 | Wesley (DE) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Gallaudet (DC) | 6 | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Gallaudet (DC) | 0 | Bridgewater (VA) | 7 | Bridgewater, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Garden City JC (KS) | 6 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 18 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Gardner-Webb (NC) | 0 | Chowan (NC) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Geneva (PA) | 26 | Grove City (PA) | 13 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Geneva (PA) | 14 | Edinboro (PA) | 0 | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Geneva (PA) | 6 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 26 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Geneva (PA) | 0 | Indiana (PA) | 7 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Geneva (PA) | 0 | Waynesburg (PA) | 9 | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Geneva (PA) | 27 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 26 | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field |
| 1953 | L | Geneva (PA) | 0 | Westminster (PA) | 8 | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Geneva (PA) | 13 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 27 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Geneva (PA) | 22 | Clarion (PA) | 7 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | W | George Washington (DC) | 20 | North Carolina St. | 7 | Alexandria, VA | |
| 1953 | L | George Washington (DC) | 6 | Maryland | 27 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | George Washington (DC) | 20 | Virginia | 24 | Alexandria, VA | |
| 1953 | W | George Washington (DC) | 14 | Virginia Military Institute | 13 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | L | George Washington (DC) | 6 | West Virginia | 27 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | George Washington (DC) | 7 | William & Mary (VA) | 12 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | George Washington (DC) | 25 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 7 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | W | George Washington (DC) | 33 | Davidson (NC) | 0 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | W | George Washington (DC) | 35 | Richmond (VA) | 7 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 12 | Texas A&M | 14 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 7 | Florida | 21 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 13 | Maryland | 40 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia | 32 | Villanova (PA) | 19 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia | 16 | Tulane (LA) | 14 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 6 | Louisiana St. | 14 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia | 27 | North Carolina | 14 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 12 | Alabama | 33 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 18 | Auburn (AL) | 39 | Columbus, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 0 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia | 12 | Georgia Tech | 28 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Military College | 20 | West Georgia | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 24 | Mississippi | 7 | New Orleans, LA | Sugar Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 6 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 4 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 20 | Clemson (SC) | 7 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 27 | Tulane (LA) | 13 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 53 | Davidson (NC) | 0 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | T | Georgia Tech | 0 | Florida | 0 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 36 | Auburn (AL) | 6 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia Tech | 14 | Notre Dame (IN) | 27 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 43 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 0 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Georgia Tech | 6 | Alabama | 13 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 13 | Duke (NC) | 10 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Georgia Tech | 28 | Georgia | 12 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 46 | McDaniel College (MD) | 7 | Hanover, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 32 | Dickinson (PA) | 0 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 27 | Albright (PA) | 0 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Gettysburg (PA) | 7 | Delaware | 19 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 22 | Lehigh (PA) | 7 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 20 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 19 | Allentown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 60 | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 19 | Annville, PA | Bologna Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 26 | Bucknell (PA) | 13 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Gettysburg (PA) | 40 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 21 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Glendale CC (CA) | 53 | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Glenville St. (WV) | 13 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 0 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Glenville St. (WV) | 13 | Fairmont St. (WV) | 18 | Fairmont, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Glenville St. (WV) | 0 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 6 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Glenville St. (WV) | 19 | Concord (WV) | 20 | Beckley, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Glenville St. (WV) | 7 | Shepherd (WV) | 0 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Glenville St. (WV) | 7 | Potomac St. (WV) | 13 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Glenville St. (WV) | 25 | Salem College (WV) | 6 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Graceland (IA) | 48 | Kansas City JC (KS) | 0 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Graceland (IA) | 7 | Drake Freshmen (IA) | 0 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Graceland (IA) | 7 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 20 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Graceland (IA) | 0 | Carthage (WI) | 25 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Graceland (IA) | 6 | Tyler JC (TX) | 54 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Graceland (IA) | 46 | Wentworth Military Academy (MO) | 0 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Graceland (IA) | 25 | Burlington JC (IA) | 6 | Burlington, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Graceland (IA) | 51 | Saint Mary of the Plains (KS) | 13 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Graceland (IA) | 25 | Kemper Military School (MO) | 0 | Boonville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 40 | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 13 | Kentucky St. | 0 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Grambling St. (LA) | 7 | Texas Southern | 22 | Grambling, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 27 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 0 | Grambling, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 60 | Leland (LA) | 0 | Baker, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 34 | Bishop (TX) | 6 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 24 | Wiley (TX) | 0 | Shreveport, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 21 | Jackson St. (MS) | 12 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Grambling St. (LA) | 0 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 32 | Prairie View, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Grambling St. (LA) | 20 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 16 | Grambling, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 7 | Hillsdale (MI) | 32 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 6 | Olivet (MI) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 0 | Adrian (MI) | 20 | Grand Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 6 | Ferris St. (MI) | 25 | Grand Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 12 | Alma (MI) | 33 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Gray All-Stars | 40 | Blue All-Stars | 20 | Montgomery, AL | Blue-Gray All-Star Classic |
| 1953 | L | Grays Harbor JC (WA) | 14 | Portland St. (OR) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 39 | Central Michigan | 16 | Saginaw, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 55 | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | North Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 33 | Wayne St. (MI) | 6 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 48 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 12 | Great Lakes, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Grinnell (IA) | 7 | Knox (IL) | 0 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Grinnell (IA) | 32 | Monmouth (IL) | 24 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Grinnell (IA) | 12 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 60 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Grinnell (IA) | 0 | Lawrence (WI) | 25 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Grinnell (IA) | 12 | Wabash (IN) | 33 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Grinnell (IA) | 27 | Cornell College (IA) | 6 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Grinnell (IA) | 7 | Carleton (MN) | 6 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Grinnell (IA) | 19 | Coe (IA) | 32 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Grove City (PA) | 13 | Geneva (PA) | 26 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Grove City (PA) | 0 | Juniata (PA) | 22 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Grove City (PA) | 0 | Hiram (OH) | 13 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Grove City (PA) | 7 | Marietta (OH) | 0 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Grove City (PA) | 14 | Westminster (PA) | 20 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Grove City (PA) | 25 | Allegheny (PA) | 6 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Grove City (PA) | 7 | Thiel (PA) | 28 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Grove City (PA) | 13 | Bethany (WV) | 19 | Bethany, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Guilford (NC) | 14 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 21 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Guilford (NC) | 14 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 12 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Guilford (NC) | 7 | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 6 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Guilford (NC) | 14 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 25 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Guilford (NC) | 0 | East Carolina (NC) | 40 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Guilford (NC) | 7 | Newberry (SC) | 19 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Guilford (NC) | 0 | Catawba (NC) | 18 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Guilford (NC) | 9 | Elon (NC) | 0 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Gulf Coast Military Academy (MS) | 17 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 20 | Hamline (MN) | 7 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 25 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 26 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 20 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 7 | Saint Peter, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 26 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 6 | Saint Peter, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 7 | Saint John's (MN) | 21 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 46 | Augsburg (MN) | 7 | Saint Peter, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 26 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 13 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 39 | Macalester (MN) | 14 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Hamilton (NY) | 7 | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Hamilton (NY) | 6 | Wagner (NY) | 7 | Clinton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Hamilton (NY) | 2 | Swarthmore (PA) | 13 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Hamilton (NY) | 13 | Haverford (PA) | 0 | Clinton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Hamilton (NY) | 0 | Hobart (NY) | 19 | Geneva, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Hamilton (NY) | 0 | Union (NY) | 27 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hamilton AFB (CA) | 6 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 0 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Hamline (MN) | 7 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 20 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Hamline (MN) | 0 | Saint John's (MN) | 27 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Hamline (MN) | 39 | Saint Mary's (MN) | 0 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Hamline (MN) | 57 | Bethel (MN) | 0 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Hamline (MN) | 6 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 7 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Hamline (MN) | 19 | Macalester (MN) | 0 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Hamline (MN) | 25 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 6 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 20 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 13 | Bristol, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 26 | Bridgewater (VA) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 18 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 6 | Guilford (NC) | 7 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 26 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | T | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 0 | McDaniel College (MD) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 20 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 12 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Hampton (VA) | 0 | North Carolina Central | 25 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Hampton (VA) | 7 | Howard (DC) | 11 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | Hampton (VA) | 26 | Delaware St. | 0 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Hampton (VA) | 19 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 13 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Hampton (VA) | 7 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 9 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Hampton (VA) | 47 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 0 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Hampton (VA) | 19 | Virginia St. | 18 | Washington, DC | National Classic |
| 1953 | W | Hampton (VA) | 57 | Lincoln (PA) | 0 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Hampton (VA) | 14 | Morgan St. (MD) | 26 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Hampton (VA) | 12 | Virginia Union | 0 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Hanover (IN) | 19 | Franklin (IN) | 7 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Hanover (IN) | 6 | Taylor (IN) | 7 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Hanover (IN) | 27 | Earlham (IN) | 14 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | T | Hanover (IN) | 13 | Ball St. (IN) | 13 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Hanover (IN) | 26 | Anderson (IN) | 0 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Hanover (IN) | 12 | Manchester (IN) | 0 | North Manchester, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Hanover (IN) | 6 | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Hanover (IN) | 6 | Wabash (IN) | 65 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Hanover (IN) | 13 | Indiana St. | 48 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 21 | Trinity (TX) | 27 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 14 | Texas-El Paso | 13 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 0 | Rice (TX) | 40 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 0 | Oklahoma St. | 20 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 33 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 13 | Tulsa (OK) | 14 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 26 | West Texas A&M | 14 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 27 | Arizona St. | 20 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 39 | New Mexico St. | 0 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 14 | North Texas | 10 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 12 | Texas Tech | 46 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | T | Hargrave Military Academy (VA) | 0 | Chowan (NC) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Harvard (MA) | 16 | Ohio | 0 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Harvard (MA) | 0 | Princeton (NJ) | 6 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Harvard (MA) | 28 | Colgate (NY) | 26 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Harvard (MA) | 0 | Columbia (NY) | 6 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Harvard (MA) | 20 | Dartmouth (NH) | 14 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Harvard (MA) | 42 | Davidson (NC) | 6 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Harvard (MA) | 27 | Brown (RI) | 20 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Harvard (MA) | 13 | Yale (CT) | 0 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Hastings (NE) | 7 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Hastings (NE) | 7 | Nebraska-Kearney | 26 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Hastings (NE) | 7 | Wayne St. (NE) | 13 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Hastings (NE) | 25 | Doane (NE) | 13 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Hastings (NE) | 26 | Buena Vista (IA) | 13 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Hastings (NE) | 20 | Peru St. (NE) | 27 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Hastings (NE) | 32 | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Hastings (NE) | 12 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 7 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Hastings (NE) | 0 | Northern Colorado | 14 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Haverford (PA) | 14 | Wagner (NY) | 6 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Haverford (PA) | 13 | Juniata (PA) | 27 | Haverford, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Haverford (PA) | 7 | Ursinus (PA) | 13 | Collegeville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Haverford (PA) | 0 | Hamilton (NY) | 13 | Clinton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Haverford (PA) | 22 | Susquehanna (PA) | 13 | Haverford, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Haverford (PA) | 7 | Swarthmore (PA) | 20 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Hawaii | 13 | Hawaii 49ers | 27 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | L | Hawaii | 24 | Utah | 47 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Hawaii | 13 | Islanders | 6 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Hawaii | 34 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 12 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Hawaii | 28 | Pacific Army | 6 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | L | Hawaii | 8 | Pacific (CA) | 26 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Hawaii | 22 | Kaneohe Marines | 13 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | L | Hawaii | 7 | San Diego St. (CA) | 40 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Hawaii | 7 | Pearl Harbor Navy (HI) | 12 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Hawaii | 26 | Barber's Point | 0 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | L | Hawaii | 7 | Pearl Harbor Marines (HI) | 27 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Hawaii 49ers | 27 | Hawaii | 13 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | L | Heidelberg (OH) | 20 | Ohio Wesleyan | 21 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Heidelberg (OH) | 27 | Bowling Green (OH) | 6 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Heidelberg (OH) | 13 | Wittenberg (OH) | 0 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Heidelberg (OH) | 6 | Bluffton (OH) | 0 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Heidelberg (OH) | 12 | Muskingum (OH) | 12 | New Concord, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Heidelberg (OH) | 47 | Capital (OH) | 0 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Heidelberg (OH) | 28 | Mount Union (OH) | 0 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Heidelberg (OH) | 28 | Charleston (WV) | 12 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Heidelberg (OH) | 26 | Akron (OH) | 0 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Henderson St. (AR) | 14 | Arkansas Tech | 13 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Henderson St. (AR) | 7 | Arkansas-Monticello | 21 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Henderson St. (AR) | 6 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 34 | Clarksville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Henderson St. (AR) | 7 | Southern Arkansas | 13 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Henderson St. (AR) | 7 | Ozarks (AR) | 37 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Henderson St. (AR) | 0 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 13 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Henderson St. (AR) | 32 | Hendrix (AR) | 6 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Henderson St. (AR) | 15 | Central Arkansas | 6 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Hendrix (AR) | 0 | Millsaps (MS) | 20 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Hendrix (AR) | 13 | Mississippi College | 39 | Clinton, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Hendrix (AR) | 0 | Ozarks (AR) | 49 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Hendrix (AR) | 19 | Little Rock JC (AR) | 14 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Hendrix (AR) | 6 | Rhodes (TN) | 7 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Hendrix (AR) | 0 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 41 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Hendrix (AR) | 6 | Henderson St. (AR) | 32 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Hillsdale (MI) | 32 | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Hillsdale (MI) | 14 | Manchester (IN) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Hillsdale (MI) | 0 | Albion (MI) | 0 | Hillsdale, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hillsdale (MI) | 20 | Alma (MI) | 7 | Hillsdale, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Hillsdale (MI) | 13 | Eastern Michigan | 28 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Hillsdale (MI) | 7 | Hope (MI) | 28 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hillsdale (MI) | 7 | Olivet (MI) | 6 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Hillsdale (MI) | 14 | Adrian (MI) | 14 | Hillsdale, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hillsdale (MI) | 13 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 6 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hinds JC (MS) | 69 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Hiram (OH) | 7 | Capital (OH) | 28 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Hiram (OH) | 21 | Kenyon (OH) | 32 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Hiram (OH) | 13 | Grove City (PA) | 0 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Hiram (OH) | 13 | Indianapolis (IN) | 25 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Hiram (OH) | 21 | Bethany (WV) | 24 | Bethany, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Hiram (OH) | 0 | Otterbein (OH) | 30 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Hiram (OH) | 7 | Wooster (OH) | 54 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Hiwassee College (TN) | 7 | West Georgia | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Hiwassee College (TN) | 6 | Maryville (TN) | 55 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Hobart (NY) | 0 | Trinity (CT) | 32 | Geneva, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hobart (NY) | 19 | Allegheny (PA) | 12 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Hobart (NY) | 20 | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hobart (NY) | 61 | Kenyon (OH) | 0 | Geneva, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hobart (NY) | 19 | Union (NY) | 13 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hobart (NY) | 19 | Hamilton (NY) | 0 | Geneva, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Hofstra (NY) | 7 | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 18 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hofstra (NY) | 33 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 6 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hofstra (NY) | 7 | Bates (ME) | 6 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Hofstra (NY) | 21 | Bridgeport (CT) | 6 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hofstra (NY) | 39 | Wilkes (PA) | 20 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Hofstra (NY) | 27 | Rhode Island | 12 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Hofstra (NY) | 18 | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 0 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Hofstra (NY) | 13 | Upsala (NJ) | 15 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Hofstra (NY) | 6 | Scranton (PA) | 20 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Holy Cross (MA) | 19 | Colgate (NY) | 6 | Hamilton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Holy Cross (MA) | 20 | Boston (MA) | 7 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Holy Cross (MA) | 40 | Bucknell (PA) | 0 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Holy Cross (MA) | 28 | Dartmouth (NH) | 6 | Lynn, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Quantico Marines (VA) | 17 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Brown (RI) | 6 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | L | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Syracuse (NY) | 21 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Holy Cross (MA) | 7 | Marquette (WI) | 13 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Holy Cross (MA) | 20 | Fordham (NY) | 7 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Boston College (MA) | 6 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Hope (MI) | 21 | Carroll (WI) | 14 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hope (MI) | 12 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 7 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hope (MI) | 20 | Adrian (MI) | 7 | Adrian, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Hope (MI) | 7 | Eastern Michigan | 20 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hope (MI) | 25 | Olivet (MI) | 0 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hope (MI) | 28 | Hillsdale (MI) | 7 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Hope (MI) | 32 | Beloit (WI) | 13 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Hope (MI) | 20 | Albion (MI) | 7 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Hope (MI) | 19 | Alma (MI) | 33 | Alma, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Houston (TX) | 7 | Texas | 28 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Houston (TX) | 33 | Tennessee | 19 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Houston (TX) | 21 | Tulsa (OK) | 23 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Houston (TX) | 25 | Detroit (MI) | 19 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Houston (TX) | 14 | Texas A&M | 14 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Houston (TX) | 7 | Oklahoma St. | 14 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Houston (TX) | 24 | Arizona St. | 20 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Houston (TX) | 37 | Baylor (TX) | 7 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Houston (TX) | 21 | Texas Tech | 41 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Howard (DC) | 0 | West Virginia St. | 20 | Institute, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Howard (DC) | 11 | Hampton (VA) | 7 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | Howard (DC) | 0 | Virginia Union | 20 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Howard (DC) | 33 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 6 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | Howard (DC) | 6 | Morgan St. (MD) | 40 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | Howard (DC) | 0 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 13 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | T | Howard (DC) | 7 | Allen (SC) | 7 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Howard (DC) | 6 | Delaware St. | 13 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | Howard (DC) | 12 | Lincoln (PA) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Howard Payne (TX) | 29 | East Central (OK) | 6 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Howard Payne (TX) | 0 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Howard Payne (TX) | 21 | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Howard Payne (TX) | 26 | McNeese St. (LA) | 34 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Howard Payne (TX) | 13 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 19 | Huntsville, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Howard Payne (TX) | 20 | Austin (TX) | 26 | Sherman, TX | Austin Forfeits |
| 1953 | L | Howard Payne (TX) | 13 | Texas St. | 54 | San Marcos, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Howard Payne (TX) | 6 | McMurry (TX) | 21 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Howard Payne (TX) | 6 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 34 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Humboldt St. (CA) | 33 | California-Davis | 13 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Humboldt St. (CA) | 0 | Hamilton AFB (CA) | 6 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Humboldt St. (CA) | 7 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 0 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Humboldt St. (CA) | 22 | Oregon Tech | 0 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Humboldt St. (CA) | 21 | Southern Oregon | 6 | Ashland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Humboldt St. (CA) | 13 | Western Oregon | 0 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Humboldt St. (CA) | 13 | Oregon Freshmen | 0 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Humboldt St. (CA) | 13 | Cal St.-Chico | 14 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Hutchinson CC (KS) | 15 | Cameron (OK) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Hutchinson CC (KS) | 32 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Idaho | 20 | Montana | 12 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 6 | Oregon | 26 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 14 | Brigham Young (UT) | 20 | Boise, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 6 | San Jose St. (CA) | 34 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 0 | Utah | 21 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 13 | Washington St. | 30 | Moscow, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 0 | Oregon St. | 19 | Moscow, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 0 | Pacific (CA) | 33 | Moscow, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho | 7 | Utah St. | 19 | Boise, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Idaho St. | 27 | Colorado College | 20 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Idaho St. | 33 | Western St. (CO) | 20 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Idaho St. | 33 | Colorado School of Mines | 21 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho St. | 6 | Eastern Washington | 14 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Idaho St. | 10 | Northern Colorado | 7 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Idaho St. | 9 | College of Idaho | 46 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Idaho St. | 13 | Montana St. | 0 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Idaho St. | 34 | Nevada | 13 | Reno, NV | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois | 33 | Stanford (CA) | 21 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois | 19 | Michigan | 3 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois | 41 | Ohio St. | 20 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Illinois | 21 | Nebraska | 21 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois | 27 | Minnesota | 7 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois | 20 | Syracuse (NY) | 13 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois | 21 | Purdue (IN) | 0 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois | 7 | Wisconsin | 34 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois | 39 | Northwestern (IL) | 14 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois College | 0 | Illinois-Chicago | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois College | 0 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 27 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois College | 0 | Shurtleff (IL) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois College | 20 | William Penn (IA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois College | 6 | Eureka (IL) | 13 | Eureka, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois College | 0 | Central Methodist (MO) | 21 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois College | 2 | Principia (IL) | 0 | Jacksonville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois College | 0 | Carthage (WI) | 40 | Jacksonville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois St. | 27 | Southern Illinois | 20 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois St. | 6 | Eastern Michigan | 27 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois St. | 10 | Beloit (WI) | 6 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois St. | 0 | Bradley (IL) | 13 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois St. | 7 | Western Illinois | 20 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois St. | 39 | Northern Illinois | 0 | DeKalb, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois St. | 19 | Central Michigan | 29 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois St. | 20 | Eastern Illinois | 0 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois St. | 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | T | Illinois Wesleyan | 13 | Elmhurst (IL) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois Wesleyan | 7 | Western Michigan | 20 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois Wesleyan | 14 | Lake Forest (IL) | 32 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois Wesleyan | 12 | North Central (IL) | 15 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois Wesleyan | 6 | Washington (MO) | 54 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois Wesleyan | 6 | Millikin (IL) | 18 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois Wesleyan | 0 | Beloit (WI) | 39 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois Wesleyan | 19 | Augustana (IL) | 13 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois Wesleyan | 6 | Illinois St. | 13 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois-Chicago | 6 | Elmhurst (IL) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Illinois-Chicago | 20 | Illinois College | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois-Chicago | 7 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 28 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois-Chicago | 7 | Iowa Wesleyan | 47 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois-Chicago | 13 | Eureka (IL) | 14 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois-Chicago | 6 | Eastern Illinois | 20 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Illinois-Chicago | 0 | Wheaton (IL) | 53 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | Illinois-Chicago | 13 | Quincy (IL) | 39 | |||
| 1953 | W | Imperial Valley College (CA) | 18 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 15 | Bonita, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Independence JC (KS) | 0 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 32 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana | 14 | Southern California | 27 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana | 20 | Minnesota | 28 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana | 21 | Marquette (WI) | 20 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana | 12 | Ohio St. | 36 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana | 18 | Michigan St. | 47 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana | 13 | Iowa | 19 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana | 7 | Missouri | 14 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana | 14 | Northwestern (IL) | 6 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana | 0 | Purdue (IN) | 30 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana (PA) | 28 | California (PA) | 20 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana (PA) | 0 | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana (PA) | 14 | Edinboro (PA) | 7 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana (PA) | 7 | Geneva (PA) | 0 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana (PA) | 6 | Thiel (PA) | 14 | Greenville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana (PA) | 0 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 14 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana (PA) | 13 | Clarion (PA) | 41 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana (PA) | 25 | Lock Haven (PA) | 0 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana St. | 31 | Evansville (IN) | 13 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana St. | 23 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 14 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana St. | 14 | Ripon (WI) | 0 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana St. | 13 | Valparaiso (IN) | 31 | Valparaiso, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana St. | 6 | Ball St. (IN) | 33 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Indiana St. | 12 | Butler (IN) | 47 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana St. | 38 | DePauw (IN) | 0 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indiana St. | 48 | Hanover (IN) | 13 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 7 | Earlham (IN) | 6 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 31 | Manchester (IN) | 14 | North Manchester, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Anderson (IN) | 0 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Taylor (IN) | 6 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Franklin (IN) | 0 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 25 | Hiram (OH) | 13 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Hanover (IN) | 6 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Indianapolis (IN) | 19 | Ferris St. (MI) | 7 | Big Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa | 54 | Washington St. | 12 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa | 26 | Purdue (IN) | 0 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa | 13 | Michigan | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa | 7 | Michigan St. | 21 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa | 21 | Wyoming | 7 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa | 19 | Indiana | 13 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa | 6 | Wisconsin | 10 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa | 27 | Minnesota | 0 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | T | Iowa | 14 | Notre Dame (IN) | 14 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa St. | 0 | Kansas | 23 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa St. | 19 | Nebraska | 27 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa St. | 12 | Kansas St. | 20 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa St. | 35 | South Dakota | 0 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa St. | 0 | Northwestern (IL) | 35 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa St. | 13 | Missouri | 6 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa St. | 7 | Drake (IA) | 12 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa St. | 34 | Colorado | 41 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Iowa St. | 0 | Oklahoma | 47 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 33 | Simpson (IA) | 14 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 47 | Illinois-Chicago | 7 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 25 | Dubuque (IA) | 0 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 27 | Upper Iowa | 7 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 20 | Central (IA) | 6 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 39 | Parsons (IA) | 6 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 19 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 13 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 103 | William Penn (IA) | 0 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Iowa Wesleyan | 33 | Wartburg (IA) | 14 | Mount Pleasant, IA | IIAC Championship Game |
| 1953 | L | Iowa Wesleyan | 0 | Western Illinois | 32 | Bloomington, IL | Corn Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Islanders | 6 | Hawaii | 13 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | L | Itawamba JC (MS) | 7 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Itawamba JC (MS) | 13 | Tennessee-Martin | 0 | Martin, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Ithaca (NY) | 12 | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 4 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Ithaca (NY) | 7 | Wilkes (PA) | 26 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Ithaca (NY) | 21 | Mansfield (PA) | 13 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Ithaca (NY) | 0 | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 32 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Ithaca (NY) | 6 | Alfred (NY) | 41 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Ithaca (NY) | 0 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 20 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Jackson St. (MS) | 14 | Keesler Field (MS) | 10 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Jackson St. (MS) | 7 | Mississippi Valley St. | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Jackson St. (MS) | 13 | Lincoln (MO) | 27 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Jackson St. (MS) | 0 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 61 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Jackson St. (MS) | 20 | Alabama A&M | 0 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Jackson St. (MS) | 0 | Texas Southern | 33 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Jackson St. (MS) | 45 | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Jackson St. (MS) | 12 | Grambling St. (LA) | 21 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Jackson St. (MS) | 19 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Jacksonville NAS (FL) | 6 | Tampa (FL) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 0 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 39 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 19 | South Georgia College | 7 | Douglas, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 7 | West Alabama | 18 | Demopolis, AL | |
| 1953 | T | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 0 | Maryville (TN) | 0 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 7 | Troy (AL) | 13 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 16 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 47 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 40 | West Georgia | 0 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 0 | North Alabama | 26 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 26 | Samford (AL) | 13 | Anniston, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Jamestown (ND) | 19 | Bismarck St. (ND) | 6 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Jamestown (ND) | 0 | Valley City St. (ND) | 33 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Jamestown (ND) | 21 | Dickinson St. (ND) | 12 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Jamestown (ND) | 0 | Mayville St. (ND) | 18 | Mayville, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Jamestown (ND) | 15 | North Dakota-Ellendale | 6 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Jamestown (ND) | 6 | Minot St. (ND) | 26 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Jamestown (ND) | 0 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 31 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Jarvis Christian (TX) | 0 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 58 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | John Carroll (OH) | 31 | Marshall (WV) | 0 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | John Carroll (OH) | 33 | Xavier (OH) | 19 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | John Carroll (OH) | 19 | Dayton (OH) | 13 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | John Carroll (OH) | 19 | Eastern Kentucky | 20 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | John Carroll (OH) | 26 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 0 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | John Carroll (OH) | 31 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 0 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | John Carroll (OH) | 23 | Bradley (IL) | 12 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | L | John Carroll (OH) | 7 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 21 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | W | John Carroll (OH) | 36 | Toledo (OH) | 7 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | T | John Muir JC (CA) | 19 | Ventura JC (CA) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | John Tarleton College (TX) | 20 | Cisco JC (TX) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | John Tarleton College (TX) | 7 | Kilgore College (TX) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | John Tarleton College (TX) | 13 | Paris JC (TX) | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | John Tarleton College (TX) | 7 | Ranger JC (TX) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | John Tarleton College (TX) | 14 | San Angelo JC (TX) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | John Tarleton College (TX) | 7 | Schreiner Institute (TX) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | John Tarleton College (TX) | 0 | Texas A&M Freshmen | 34 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | John Tarleton College (TX) | 0 | Texas Christian Freshmen | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 13 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 47 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | Swarthmore (PA) | 19 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 27 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 26 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 12 | Susquehanna (PA) | 6 | Selinsgrove, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 12 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 26 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 13 | Dickinson (PA) | 12 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | McDaniel College (MD) | 46 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 25 | Saint Paul's (VA) | 7 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 7 | North Carolina Central | 47 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 14 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 20 | Delaware St. | 0 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 13 | Howard (DC) | 0 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 20 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 19 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 6 | Morehouse (GA) | 13 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 2 | Shaw (NC) | 13 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Joliet JC (IL) | 7 | North Park JC (IL) | 7 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Jones County JC (MS) | 21 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Joplin JC (MO) | 0 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Juniata (PA) | 20 | Moravian (PA) | 6 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Juniata (PA) | 22 | Grove City (PA) | 0 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Juniata (PA) | 27 | Haverford (PA) | 13 | Haverford, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Juniata (PA) | 43 | Dickinson (PA) | 13 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Juniata (PA) | 24 | Widener (PA) | 7 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Juniata (PA) | 39 | Susquehanna (PA) | 0 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Juniata (PA) | 21 | Ursinus (PA) | 0 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Kalamazoo (MI) | 34 | North Central (IL) | 6 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Kalamazoo (MI) | 7 | Hope (MI) | 12 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Kalamazoo (MI) | 12 | Albion (MI) | 39 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Kalamazoo (MI) | 0 | Wheaton (IL) | 33 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Kalamazoo (MI) | 19 | Adrian (MI) | 21 | Adrian, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Kalamazoo (MI) | 0 | Alma (MI) | 13 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Kalamazoo (MI) | 19 | Olivet (MI) | 26 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Kalamazoo (MI) | 6 | Hillsdale (MI) | 13 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Kaneohe Marines | 13 | Hawaii | 22 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas | 23 | Iowa St. | 0 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 0 | Kansas St. | 7 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas | 27 | Colorado | 21 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 0 | Texas Christian | 13 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 7 | UCLA | 19 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 0 | Oklahoma | 45 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 6 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 14 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 0 | Nebraska | 9 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 14 | Oklahoma St. | 41 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas | 6 | Missouri | 10 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas City JC (KS) | 0 | Graceland (IA) | 48 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas St. | 27 | Nebraska | 0 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas St. | 7 | Kansas | 0 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas St. | 20 | Iowa St. | 12 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas St. | 50 | Drake (IA) | 0 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas St. | 13 | Colorado St. | 14 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas St. | 28 | Colorado | 14 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas St. | 21 | Wichita St. (KS) | 0 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas St. | 0 | Oklahoma | 34 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas St. | 6 | Missouri | 16 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | T | Kansas St. | 26 | Arizona | 26 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas Technical Institute | 25 | York (NE) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas Technical Institute | 18 | York (NE) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas Wesleyan | 33 | Friends (KS) | 20 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | T | Kansas Wesleyan | 13 | Bethel (KS) | 13 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas Wesleyan | 32 | Ottawa (KS) | 18 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas Wesleyan | 14 | Southwestern (KS) | 32 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas Wesleyan | 0 | Bethany (KS) | 13 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas Wesleyan | 6 | McPherson (KS) | 61 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas Wesleyan | 7 | College of Emporia (KS) | 41 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Kansas Wesleyan | 28 | Baker (KS) | 18 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Kansas Wesleyan | 0 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 39 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Keesler Field (MS) | 10 | Jackson St. (MS) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Keesler Field (MS) | 8 | Eglin AAB (FL) | 19 | Biloxi, MS | Electronics Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Kemper Military School (MO) | 0 | Principia (IL) | 32 | Macon, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Kemper Military School (MO) | 0 | Graceland (IA) | 25 | Boonville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Kent St. (OH) | 27 | Western Reserve (OH) | 0 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kent St. (OH) | 54 | Akron (OH) | 19 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kent St. (OH) | 14 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 13 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kent St. (OH) | 20 | Waynesburg (PA) | 10 | Waynesburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Kent St. (OH) | 6 | Fort Belvoir (VA) | 7 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Kent St. (OH) | 21 | Ohio | 40 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kent St. (OH) | 27 | Marshall (WV) | 7 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kent St. (OH) | 41 | Bowling Green (OH) | 7 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kent St. (OH) | 40 | Western Michigan | 0 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky | 26 | Florida | 13 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky | 40 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 14 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Kentucky | 6 | Louisiana St. | 6 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Kentucky | 6 | Texas A&M | 7 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Kentucky | 6 | Mississippi | 22 | Oxford, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky | 32 | Mississippi St. | 13 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky | 19 | Villanova (PA) | 0 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky | 19 | Rice (TX) | 13 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky | 20 | Memphis (TN) | 7 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky | 27 | Tennessee | 21 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky JV | 20 | Morehead St. (KY) | 13 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Kentucky St. | 0 | Grambling St. (LA) | 13 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky St. | 20 | Central St. (OH) | 19 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Kentucky St. | 6 | Lincoln (MO) | 25 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Kentucky St. | 6 | West Virginia St. | 19 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky St. | 19 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 12 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky St. | 46 | Lane (TN) | 13 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky St. | 35 | Fisk (TN) | 0 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky St. | 12 | Taylor (IN) | 7 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Kentucky St. | 32 | Knoxville (TN) | 6 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Kentucky St. | 13 | Tennessee St. | 32 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Kenyon (OH) | 13 | Wooster (OH) | 36 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kenyon (OH) | 32 | Hiram (OH) | 21 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Kenyon (OH) | 14 | Otterbein (OH) | 34 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Kenyon (OH) | 0 | Hobart (NY) | 61 | Geneva, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Kenyon (OH) | 14 | Capital (OH) | 48 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kenyon (OH) | 12 | Wilmington (OH) | 6 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kenyon (OH) | 19 | Ashland (OH) | 7 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Kilgore College (TX) | 21 | Cameron (OK) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Kilgore College (TX) | 40 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Kilgore College (TX) | 27 | Texas-Arlington | 6 | Kilgore, TX | |
| 1953 | W | King's (PA) | 13 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 0 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | T | King's (PA) | 14 | Scranton (PA) | 14 | Pittston, PA | |
| 1953 | W | King's (PA) | 16 | Mansfield (PA) | 13 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | King's (PA) | 0 | Upsala (NJ) | 19 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | King's (PA) | 13 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 7 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | King's (PA) | 12 | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 13 | Latrobe, PA | |
| 1953 | W | King's (PA) | 21 | Saint Francis (PA) | 0 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Knox (IL) | 0 | Grinnell (IA) | 7 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Knox (IL) | 28 | Cornell College (IA) | 14 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Knox (IL) | 27 | Carleton (MN) | 7 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Knox (IL) | 19 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 28 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Knox (IL) | 12 | Coe (IA) | 26 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Knox (IL) | 20 | Monmouth (IL) | 27 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Knox (IL) | 13 | Nebraska-Omaha | 48 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Knox (IL) | 0 | Lawrence (WI) | 38 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Kutztown (PA) | 13 | Cheyney (PA) | 0 | Cheyney, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Kutztown (PA) | 6 | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Kutztown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Southern Connecticut St. | 38 | Kutztown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Shippensburg (PA) | 61 | Kutztown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Mansfield (PA) | 13 | Mansfield, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Kutztown (PA) | 6 | West Chester (PA) | 53 | West Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Lock Haven (PA) | 19 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | L | La Junta JC (CO) | 0 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | La Verne (CA) | 27 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | La Verne (CA) | 20 | Chino Institute (CA) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | La Verne (CA) | 12 | Sequoias JC (CA) | 26 | ? | Olive Bowl |
| 1953 | L | La Verne (CA) | 7 | University of Mexico | 47 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | La Verne (CA) | 0 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 20 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | L | La Verne (CA) | 0 | Redlands (CA) | 27 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | L | La Verne (CA) | 0 | Pepperdine (CA) | 12 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | La Verne (CA) | 14 | Northern Arizona | 18 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | La Verne (CA) | 48 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 13 | La Verne, CA | |
| 1953 | L | La Verne (CA) | 7 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 18 | La Verne, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Lafayette (PA) | 28 | Albright (PA) | 7 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lafayette (PA) | 13 | Rutgers (NJ) | 14 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lafayette (PA) | 7 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 20 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lafayette (PA) | 14 | Princeton (NJ) | 20 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Lafayette (PA) | 28 | McDaniel College (MD) | 0 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lafayette (PA) | 7 | Bucknell (PA) | 6 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lafayette (PA) | 34 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 13 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lafayette (PA) | 7 | Delaware | 13 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lafayette (PA) | 33 | Lehigh (PA) | 13 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lake Forest (IL) | 20 | Augustana (IL) | 7 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lake Forest (IL) | 16 | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Lake Forest (IL) | 32 | Illinois Wesleyan | 14 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Lake Forest (IL) | 13 | Denison (OH) | 60 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Lake Forest (IL) | 0 | Beloit (WI) | 20 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lake Forest (IL) | 13 | North Central (IL) | 10 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Lake Forest (IL) | 13 | Wheaton (IL) | 23 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lake Forest (IL) | 46 | Elmhurst (IL) | 0 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Lakeland (WI) | 13 | Wisconsin Tech | 14 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Lakeland (WI) | 0 | Northwestern (WI) | 28 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Lakeland (WI) | 7 | Wisconsin Extension | 27 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Lakeland (WI) | 7 | Benedictine (IL) | 32 | Lisle, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lakeland (WI) | 13 | Concordia (IL) | 7 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Lakeland (WI) | 14 | Milton (WI) | 19 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Lakeland (WI) | 6 | Northern Michigan | 26 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Lamar (TX) | 19 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 14 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar (TX) | 27 | McMurry (TX) | 32 | Ballinger, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar (TX) | 13 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 32 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar (TX) | 13 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 22 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar (TX) | 6 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 12 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar (TX) | 0 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 34 | Huntsville, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar (TX) | 21 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 26 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar (TX) | 6 | Texas St. | 14 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Lamar (TX) | 21 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 0 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Lamar (TX) | 60 | Mexico Poly Institute - White | 12 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 1953 | L | Lamar JC (CO) | 6 | Mesa St. (CO) | 60 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Lamar JC (CO) | 21 | New Mexico Highlands | 18 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Lane (TN) | 19 | Miles (AL) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Lane (TN) | 0 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 14 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Lane (TN) | 14 | Fisk (TN) | 33 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Lane (TN) | 0 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 28 | Pine Bluff, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Lane (TN) | 6 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 36 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Lane (TN) | 13 | Kentucky St. | 46 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Lane (TN) | 6 | Philander-Smith (AR) | 13 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Lane (TN) | 0 | Alabama St. | 39 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Langston (OK) | 31 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Langston (OK) | 0 | Tennessee St. | 8 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Langston (OK) | 32 | Wiley (TX) | 20 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Langston (OK) | 7 | Texas College | 20 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Langston (OK) | 40 | Bishop (TX) | 6 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Langston (OK) | 6 | Lincoln (MO) | 20 | Kansas City, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Langston (OK) | 7 | Southern (LA) | 25 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Langston (OK) | 0 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Langston (OK) | 0 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 27 | Prairie View, TX | |
| 1953 | W | LaSalle-Peru JC (IL) | 26 | North Park JC (IL) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Lawrence (WI) | 20 | Carleton (MN) | 6 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | T | Lawrence (WI) | 7 | Coe (IA) | 7 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Lawrence (WI) | 64 | Cornell College (IA) | 7 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Lawrence (WI) | 20 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Lawrence (WI) | 25 | Grinnell (IA) | 0 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Lawrence (WI) | 62 | Ripon (WI) | 0 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Lawrence (WI) | 13 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 35 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Lawrence (WI) | 38 | Knox (IL) | 0 | Appleton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 15 | Wilkes (PA) | 6 | Lebanon, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 13 | Albright (PA) | 0 | Reading, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 25 | Widener (PA) | 14 | Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 14 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 39 | Allentown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 19 | Moravian (PA) | 18 | Lebanon, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 19 | Gettysburg (PA) | 60 | Annville, PA | Bologna Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 32 | McDaniel College (MD) | 20 | Lebanon, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lehigh (PA) | 13 | Delaware | 26 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | W | Lehigh (PA) | 13 | Muhlenberg (PA) | 0 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lehigh (PA) | 27 | Buffalo (NY) | 0 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lehigh (PA) | 7 | Columbia (NY) | 14 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lehigh (PA) | 7 | Gettysburg (PA) | 22 | Gettysburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lehigh (PA) | 12 | Boston (MA) | 52 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Lehigh (PA) | 20 | Bucknell (PA) | 6 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lehigh (PA) | 26 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 13 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lehigh (PA) | 13 | Lafayette (PA) | 33 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | T | Leland (LA) | 6 | Butler College (TX) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Leland (LA) | 0 | Dillard (LA) | 30 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Leland (LA) | 0 | Rust (MS) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Leland (LA) | 24 | Tougaloo (MS) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Leland (LA) | 0 | Grambling St. (LA) | 60 | Baker, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Leland (LA) | 0 | Philander-Smith (AR) | 20 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 0 | Newberry (SC) | 13 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 6 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 32 | Boone, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 7 | Wofford (SC) | 20 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 0 | East Carolina (NC) | 34 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 25 | Guilford (NC) | 14 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 21 | Western Carolina (NC) | 20 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 21 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 7 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 27 | Elon (NC) | 13 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 0 | Catawba (NC) | 14 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 19 | Whitman (WA) | 7 | Walla Walla, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 12 | Hawaii | 34 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 14 | Pacific (OR) | 0 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 7 | Linfield (OR) | 12 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 24 | Eastern Washington | 25 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | T | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 6 | Western Washington | 6 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 7 | Willamette (OR) | 14 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 14 | College of Idaho | 40 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 19 | Seattle Ramblers (WA) | 0 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 12 | Central Washington | 7 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis & Clark JV (OR) | 66 | George Fox (OR) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis (IL) | 33 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 14 | Romeoville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis (IL) | 20 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 0 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Lewis (IL) | 13 | Quincy (IL) | 40 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis (IL) | 12 | Northern Illinois | 6 | Lockport, IL | |
| 1953 | T | Lewis (IL) | 7 | Loras (IA) | 7 | Romeoville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis (IL) | 14 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 7 | Lockport, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Lewis (IL) | 0 | Arkansas St. | 34 | Lockport, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lewis (IL) | 33 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 28 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 40 | Central St. (OH) | 13 | Wilberforce, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 27 | Jackson St. (MS) | 13 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 25 | Kentucky St. | 6 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | T | Lincoln (MO) | 19 | Tennessee St. | 19 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 30 | Eastern Illinois | 0 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 20 | Langston (OK) | 6 | Kansas City, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 26 | Texas Southern | 7 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 46 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (MO) | 33 | South Carolina St. | 13 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Lincoln (PA) | 12 | Upsala (NJ) | 33 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Lincoln (PA) | 0 | Morgan St. (MD) | 26 | Lincoln, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (PA) | 13 | Fort George G Meade (MD) | 0 | Lincoln, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lincoln (PA) | 6 | Virginia Union | 26 | Lincoln, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (PA) | 19 | Delaware St. | 12 | Dover, DE | |
| 1953 | L | Lincoln (PA) | 0 | Hampton (VA) | 57 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Lincoln (PA) | 33 | Shaw (NC) | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Lincoln (PA) | 7 | Howard (DC) | 12 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Linfield (OR) | 19 | Western Oregon | 8 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Linfield (OR) | 20 | Cal St.-Chico | 13 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Linfield (OR) | 12 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 7 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Linfield (OR) | 0 | Whitworth (WA) | 20 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Linfield (OR) | 9 | College of Idaho | 39 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Linfield (OR) | 7 | Whitman (WA) | 21 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Linfield (OR) | 20 | Southern Oregon | 21 | Ashland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Linfield (OR) | 20 | Pacific (OR) | 6 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Linfield (OR) | 21 | Willamette (OR) | 6 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Little Rock JC (AR) | 0 | Cameron (OK) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Little Rock JC (AR) | 13 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Little Rock JC (AR) | 19 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Little Rock JC (AR) | 38 | Tennessee-Martin | 7 | Martin, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Little Rock JC (AR) | 14 | Hendrix (AR) | 19 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Little Rock JC (AR) | 12 | Arkansas Tech | 40 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Little Rock JC (AR) | 14 | Central Arkansas | 25 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Livingstone (NC) | 27 | South Carolina Trade | 0 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Livingstone (NC) | 6 | Voorhees College (SC) | 13 | Denmark, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Livingstone (NC) | 26 | Paine (GA) | 0 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Livingstone (NC) | 0 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 25 | Elizabeth City, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Livingstone (NC) | 6 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 26 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Livingstone (NC) | 20 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 14 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Livingstone (NC) | 18 | Morristown College (TN) | 34 | Morristown, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Lock Haven (PA) | 24 | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Millersville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lock Haven (PA) | 13 | California (PA) | 6 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lock Haven (PA) | 14 | Shippensburg (PA) | 23 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lock Haven (PA) | 7 | West Chester (PA) | 54 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lock Haven (PA) | 13 | Cheyney (PA) | 0 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lock Haven (PA) | 0 | Indiana (PA) | 25 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Lock Haven (PA) | 19 | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Lock Haven (PA) | 13 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 46 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Loras (IA) | 14 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 20 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Loras (IA) | 16 | Buena Vista (IA) | 9 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Loras (IA) | 14 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 13 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Loras (IA) | 21 | Luther (IA) | 14 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Loras (IA) | 6 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 14 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | T | Loras (IA) | 7 | Lewis (IL) | 7 | Romeoville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Loras (IA) | 13 | Quincy (IL) | 9 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Loras (IA) | 26 | Wartburg (IA) | 2 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Los Angeles City College (CA) | 21 | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana College | 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana College | 6 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 19 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana College | 7 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 9 | Alexandria, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana College | 6 | Louisiana Tech | 20 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana College | 25 | Central Arkansas | 20 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana College | 9 | McNeese St. (LA) | 33 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana College | 24 | Camp Polk (LA) | 25 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana College | 60 | Alexander AFB | 6 | Pineville, LA | Cosmopolitan Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana College | 21 | Louisiana-Monroe | 19 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana College | 41 | Rhodes (TN) | 7 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana St. | 42 | Boston College (MA) | 6 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana St. | 14 | Tennessee | 32 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Louisiana St. | 6 | Kentucky | 6 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana St. | 20 | Texas | 7 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | T | Louisiana St. | 7 | Alabama | 7 | Mobile, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana St. | 14 | Georgia | 6 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | T | Louisiana St. | 21 | Florida | 21 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana St. | 16 | Mississippi | 27 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana St. | 13 | Mississippi St. | 26 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana St. | 9 | Arkansas | 8 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana St. | 32 | Tulane (LA) | 13 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana Tech | 7 | Memphis (TN) | 13 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana Tech | 12 | Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana Tech | 20 | Louisiana College | 6 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana Tech | 61 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana Tech | 32 | Florida St. | 21 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana Tech | 7 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 15 | Shreveport, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana Tech | 27 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana Tech | 0 | Southern Mississippi | 30 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana Tech | 56 | McNeese St. (LA) | 21 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 41 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana-Lafayette | 19 | Louisiana College | 6 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | Southern Mississippi | 41 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana-Lafayette | 22 | Lamar (TX) | 13 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | Southeastern Louisiana | 39 | Hammond, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | Arkansas St. | 13 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 7 | Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | Louisiana Tech | 27 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 12 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana-Lafayette | 47 | McNeese St. (LA) | 13 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | Louisiana-Monroe | 35 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 7 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | McNeese St. (LA) | 38 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | Southeastern Louisiana | 28 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | Louisiana Tech | 61 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | Western Kentucky | 28 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | Arkansas-Monticello | 21 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 20 | West Alabama | 32 | Livingston, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 19 | Louisiana College | 21 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisiana-Monroe | 20 | Tennessee Tech | 42 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Louisiana-Monroe | 35 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 0 | Florida St. | 59 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 0 | Cincinnati (OH) | 41 | Louisville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 13 | Xavier (OH) | 19 | Louisville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Louisville (KY) | 19 | Murray St. (KY) | 14 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 7 | Camp Atterbury (IN) | 15 | Louisville, KY | Exhibition Game |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 13 | Dayton (OH) | 20 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 6 | Tennessee | 59 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 6 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 44 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Louisville (KY) | 13 | Eastern Kentucky | 20 | Louisville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Lower Columbia JC (WA) | 6 | Portland St. (OR) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Luther (IA) | 6 | Wartburg (IA) | 14 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Luther (IA) | 13 | Central (IA) | 6 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Luther (IA) | 14 | Loras (IA) | 21 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Luther (IA) | 27 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 7 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Luther (IA) | 27 | Northland (WI) | 0 | Ashland, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Luther (IA) | 16 | Buena Vista (IA) | 0 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Luther (IA) | 53 | Upper Iowa | 20 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Luther (IA) | 0 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 14 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Macalester (MN) | 6 | Augsburg (MN) | 0 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Macalester (MN) | 27 | Carleton (MN) | 13 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Macalester (MN) | 20 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 13 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Macalester (MN) | 0 | Beloit (WI) | 20 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Macalester (MN) | 12 | Minnesota-Duluth | 9 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Macalester (MN) | 13 | Saint Mary's (MN) | 7 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Macalester (MN) | 0 | Hamline (MN) | 19 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Macalester (MN) | 14 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 39 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Maine | 13 | Vermont | 0 | Orono, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Maine | 35 | Bowdoin (ME) | 7 | Orono, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Maine | 6 | New Hampshire | 21 | Durham, NH | |
| 1953 | L | Maine | 6 | Rhode Island | 13 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | T | Maine | 18 | Connecticut | 18 | Orono, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Maine | 37 | Bates (ME) | 7 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Maine | 45 | Colby (ME) | 13 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Maine Central Institute | 13 | Maine Maritime | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Maine Freshmen | 19 | Maine Maritime | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Maine Maritime | 19 | Colby Freshmen (ME) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Maine Maritime | 33 | Maine Central Institute | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Maine Maritime | 7 | Maine Freshmen | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Maine Maritime | 6 | Massachusetts Maritime | 35 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Maine Maritime | 7 | Newport NTS (RI) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Maine Maritime | 13 | Quonset NAS (RI) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Maine Maritime | 6 | Worcester Tech (MA) | 13 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Maine Maritime | 0 | Norwich (VT) | 29 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 0 | Hillsdale (MI) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 0 | Wilmington (OH) | 28 | North Manchester, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 14 | Indianapolis (IN) | 31 | North Manchester, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 0 | Taylor (IN) | 18 | Upland, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 19 | Earlham (IN) | 25 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 0 | Hanover (IN) | 12 | North Manchester, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 8 | Anderson (IN) | 12 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 7 | Centre (KY) | 39 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Manchester (IN) | 6 | Franklin (IN) | 12 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Mansfield (PA) | 7 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 26 | Mansfield, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Mansfield (PA) | 13 | King's (PA) | 16 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Mansfield (PA) | 13 | Ithaca (NY) | 21 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Mansfield (PA) | 0 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 9 | Mansfield, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Mansfield (PA) | 13 | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Mansfield, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Mansfield (PA) | 6 | Edinboro (PA) | 19 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Mansfield (PA) | 26 | Millersville (PA) | 7 | Millersville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Marietta (OH) | 14 | Bethany (WV) | 7 | Marietta, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Marietta (OH) | 0 | Capital (OH) | 19 | Marietta, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Marietta (OH) | 0 | Grove City (PA) | 7 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Marietta (OH) | 0 | Wittenberg (OH) | 63 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Marietta (OH) | 7 | Otterbein (OH) | 19 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Marietta (OH) | 6 | Muskingum (OH) | 48 | Marietta, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Marietta (OH) | 7 | Wilmington (OH) | 26 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Marion Military Institute (AL) | 13 | West Georgia | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Marquette (WI) | 11 | Wisconsin | 13 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Marquette (WI) | 19 | Detroit (MI) | 0 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Marquette (WI) | 20 | Indiana | 21 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Marquette (WI) | 46 | South Dakota St. | 13 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Marquette (WI) | 31 | Cincinnati (OH) | 7 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Marquette (WI) | 14 | Arizona | 0 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | T | Marquette (WI) | 20 | Pacific (CA) | 20 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Marquette (WI) | 7 | Boston (MA) | 6 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Marquette (WI) | 13 | Holy Cross (MA) | 7 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Marquette (WI) | 15 | Michigan St. | 21 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Mars Hill JC (NC) | 19 | Chowan (NC) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Marshall (WV) | 0 | John Carroll (OH) | 31 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Marshall (WV) | 7 | Dayton (OH) | 21 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | T | Marshall (WV) | 14 | Charleston (WV) | 14 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Marshall (WV) | 0 | Virginia Tech | 7 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Marshall (WV) | 40 | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Marshall (WV) | 6 | Miami (OH) | 48 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Marshall (WV) | 7 | Kent St. (OH) | 27 | Kent, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Marshall (WV) | 26 | Wofford (SC) | 26 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Marshall (WV) | 9 | Ohio | 6 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Mary Allen JC (TX) | 0 | Bishop (TX) | 98 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 20 | Clemson (SC) | 0 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 27 | George Washington (DC) | 6 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 40 | Georgia | 13 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 20 | Missouri | 6 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 52 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 0 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 26 | North Carolina | 0 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 30 | Miami (FL) | 0 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 24 | South Carolina | 6 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 38 | Mississippi | 0 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland | 21 | Alabama | 0 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 7 | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | South Carolina St. | 12 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 19 | North Carolina A&T | 0 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 47 | Ohio Northern | 0 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 9 | Hampton (VA) | 7 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 20 | North Carolina Central | 7 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 26 | Shaw (NC) | 6 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 7 | Virginia Union | 15 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Maryville (TN) | 13 | Centre (KY) | 7 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Maryville (TN) | 0 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 7 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Maryville (TN) | 26 | East Tennessee St. | 20 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Maryville (TN) | 55 | Hiwassee College (TN) | 6 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Maryville (TN) | 0 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 0 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Maryville (TN) | 0 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 7 | Bristol, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Maryville (TN) | 7 | Newberry (SC) | 13 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Maryville (TN) | 7 | Tennessee B Team | 0 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Maryville (TN) | 6 | Concord (WV) | 6 | Athens, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Massachusetts | 0 | Connecticut | 41 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Massachusetts | 7 | Springfield (MA) | 20 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Massachusetts | 34 | Bates (ME) | 12 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Massachusetts | 14 | Rhode Island | 41 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Massachusetts | 14 | Northeastern (MA) | 41 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Massachusetts | 14 | Brandeis (MA) | 38 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Massachusetts | 6 | Tufts (MA) | 14 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Massachusetts | 12 | New Hampshire | 32 | Durham, NH | |
| 1953 | W | Massachusetts Maritime | 35 | Maine Maritime | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Mather Field (CA) | 0 | College of Idaho | 64 | Mille, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Mayville St. (ND) | 30 | North Dakota-Ellendale | 0 | Ellendale, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Mayville St. (ND) | 13 | North Dakota Science | 25 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Mayville St. (ND) | 52 | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 6 | Mayville, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Mayville St. (ND) | 18 | Jamestown (ND) | 0 | Mayville, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Mayville St. (ND) | 6 | Valley City St. (ND) | 39 | Mayville, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Mayville St. (ND) | 14 | Dickinson St. (ND) | 0 | Dickinson, ND | |
| 1953 | L | McDaniel College (MD) | 7 | Gettysburg (PA) | 46 | Hanover, PA | |
| 1953 | W | McDaniel College (MD) | 20 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 7 | Westminster, MD | |
| 1953 | W | McDaniel College (MD) | 14 | Dickinson (PA) | 0 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | L | McDaniel College (MD) | 0 | Lafayette (PA) | 28 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | T | McDaniel College (MD) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney, VA | |
| 1953 | W | McDaniel College (MD) | 33 | Widener (PA) | 7 | Westminster, MD | |
| 1953 | L | McDaniel College (MD) | 20 | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 32 | Lebanon, PA | |
| 1953 | W | McDaniel College (MD) | 46 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | McGill (QC) | 22 | British Columbia (BC) | 4 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 25 | Eastern New Mexico | 6 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 32 | Lamar (TX) | 27 | Ballinger, TX | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 26 | New Mexico St. | 12 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 13 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 7 | Midland, TX | |
| 1953 | T | McMurry (TX) | 20 | West Texas A&M | 20 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | L | McMurry (TX) | 6 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 28 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 19 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 14 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 47 | Austin (TX) | 21 | Sherman, TX | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 21 | Howard Payne (TX) | 6 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | McMurry (TX) | 52 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | McNeese St. (LA) | 6 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 20 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | W | McNeese St. (LA) | 38 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | W | McNeese St. (LA) | 34 | Howard Payne (TX) | 26 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | McNeese St. (LA) | 14 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 16 | Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1953 | W | McNeese St. (LA) | 33 | Louisiana College | 9 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | L | McNeese St. (LA) | 7 | Tampa (FL) | 25 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | McNeese St. (LA) | 0 | Trinity (TX) | 20 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | McNeese St. (LA) | 0 | Southeastern Louisiana | 20 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | McNeese St. (LA) | 13 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 47 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | L | McNeese St. (LA) | 21 | Louisiana Tech | 56 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 42 | Baker (KS) | 12 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 27 | Bethany (KS) | 6 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | McPherson (KS) | 21 | College of Emporia (KS) | 28 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 33 | Nebraska-Kearney | 14 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 46 | Bethel (KS) | 0 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 61 | Kansas Wesleyan | 6 | Salina, KS | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 27 | William Jewell (MO) | 21 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 46 | Ottawa (KS) | 7 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | McPherson (KS) | 76 | Friends (KS) | 6 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis (TN) | 13 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Memphis (TN) | 0 | Arkansas St. | 20 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis (TN) | 20 | Murray St. (KY) | 0 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Memphis (TN) | 6 | Mississippi St. | 34 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis (TN) | 7 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis (TN) | 14 | Tennessee Tech | 7 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Memphis (TN) | 20 | Middle Tennessee St. | 26 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis (TN) | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Memphis (TN) | 7 | Kentucky | 20 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis (TN) | 21 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | Hammond, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Memphis NAS (TN) | 19 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 27 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis NAS (TN) | 33 | Tennessee-Martin | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Memphis NAS (TN) | 21 | West Alabama | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Memphis NAS (TN) | 6 | Central Arkansas | 20 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Merchant Marine (NY) | 6 | Army B Team (NY) | 13 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Merchant Marine (NY) | 6 | Hofstra (NY) | 33 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Merchant Marine (NY) | 24 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 6 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Merchant Marine (NY) | 6 | Wagner (NY) | 0 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Merchant Marine (NY) | 7 | King's (PA) | 13 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Merchant Marine (NY) | 40 | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Merchant Marine (NY) | 10 | Rochester (NY) | 25 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Merchant Marine (NY) | 7 | Adelphi (NY) | 13 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Mesa St. (CO) | 19 | Carbon County JC (UT) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mesa St. (CO) | 40 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mesa St. (CO) | 60 | Lamar JC (CO) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Mesa St. (CO) | 6 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mesa St. (CO) | 28 | Pueblo JC (CO) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mesa St. (CO) | 19 | Scottsbluff JC (NE) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Mesa St. (CO) | 0 | Snow College (UT) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Mesa St. (CO) | 13 | Trinidad St. JC (CO) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Mesa St. Alumni (CO) | 0 | Mesa St. (CO) | 22 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mexican All-Stars | 45 | Eastern New Mexico | 26 | Mexico City, Mexico | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Mexico Poly Institute - White | 13 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Mexico Poly Institute - White | 12 | Lamar (TX) | 60 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 1953 | L | Miami (FL) | 13 | Baylor (TX) | 21 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Miami (FL) | 20 | Auburn (AL) | 29 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (FL) | 39 | Clemson (SC) | 7 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (FL) | 27 | Florida St. | 0 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Miami (FL) | 16 | Nebraska | 20 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Miami (FL) | 0 | Maryland | 30 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Miami (FL) | 0 | Fordham (NY) | 20 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (FL) | 26 | Virginia Tech | 0 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (FL) | 14 | Florida | 10 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (OH) | 28 | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (OH) | 44 | Tennessee Tech | 6 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (OH) | 52 | Western Michigan | 6 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (OH) | 47 | Bowling Green (OH) | 0 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (OH) | 48 | Marshall (WV) | 6 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | T | Miami (OH) | 7 | Ohio | 7 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (OH) | 81 | Toledo (OH) | 0 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Miami (OH) | 20 | Dayton (OH) | 7 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Miami (OH) | 0 | Cincinnati (OH) | 14 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan | 26 | Tulane (LA) | 7 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan | 3 | Illinois | 19 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan | 14 | Iowa | 13 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan | 50 | Washington | 0 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan | 20 | Northwestern (IL) | 12 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan | 0 | Minnesota | 22 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan | 24 | Pennsylvania | 14 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan | 6 | Michigan St. | 14 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan | 20 | Ohio St. | 0 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 21 | Minnesota | 0 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 28 | Ohio St. | 13 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 26 | Texas Christian | 19 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 21 | Iowa | 7 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 47 | Indiana | 18 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan St. | 0 | Purdue (IN) | 6 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 34 | Oregon St. | 6 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 14 | Michigan | 6 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan St. | 21 | Marquette (WI) | 15 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan Tech | 0 | Wheaton (IL) | 29 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan Tech | 6 | Quincy (IL) | 42 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan Tech | 12 | Ferris St. (MI) | 0 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan Tech | 7 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 24 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Michigan Tech | 18 | Northland (WI) | 0 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan Tech | 18 | Northern Michigan | 19 | Marquette, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Michigan Tech | 16 | Wisconsin-Superior | 34 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Georgia College | 45 | West Georgia | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Tennessee St. | 33 | Sewart AFB (TN) | 0 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Tennessee St. | 28 | Murray St. (KY) | 25 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Tennessee St. | 6 | Troy (AL) | 0 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Tennessee St. | 13 | Western Kentucky | 0 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Middle Tennessee St. | 6 | Eastern Kentucky | 15 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Tennessee St. | 14 | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Tennessee St. | 26 | Memphis (TN) | 20 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Middle Tennessee St. | 0 | North Alabama | 14 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Middle Tennessee St. | 34 | East Tennessee St. | 28 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Middle Tennessee St. | 13 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 31 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Middle Tennessee St. | 13 | Tennessee Tech | 46 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Middlebury (VT) | 0 | Bates (ME) | 13 | Middlebury, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Middlebury (VT) | 7 | Vermont | 0 | Middlebury, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Middlebury (VT) | 0 | Williams (MA) | 7 | Middlebury, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Middlebury (VT) | 12 | Wesleyan (CT) | 7 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Middlebury (VT) | 6 | Tufts (MA) | 47 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Middlebury (VT) | 7 | Trinity (CT) | 33 | Hartford, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Middlebury (VT) | 27 | Norwich (VT) | 38 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 20 | Hastings (NE) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 6 | Doane (NE) | 19 | Fremont, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 19 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13 | Fremont, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 6 | Wayne St. (NE) | 0 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 26 | Dana (NE) | 14 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 13 | Concordia (NE) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 13 | Nebraska-Kearney | 32 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 7 | Peru St. (NE) | 25 | Fremont, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 44 | Chadron St. (NE) | 7 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 13 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 14 | West Texas A&M | 20 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Midwestern St. (TX) | 27 | University of Mexico | 19 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Midwestern St. (TX) | 32 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 14 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 33 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | North Texas | 39 | Denton, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 14 | McMurry (TX) | 19 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | Texas-El Paso | 27 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | Trinity (TX) | 62 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | T | Midwestern St. (TX) | 12 | Arizona St. | 12 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. (TX) | 18 | Austin (TX) | 19 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Midwestern St. JV (TX) | 13 | Cameron (OK) | 46 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Miles (AL) | 50 | Florida N&I | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Miles (AL) | 0 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Miles (AL) | 6 | Knoxville (TN) | 16 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Miles (AL) | 6 | Lane (TN) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Miles (AL) | 33 | Mississippi Valley St. | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Miles (AL) | 46 | Paine (GA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Miles (AL) | 60 | Rust (MS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Miles (AL) | 6 | Albany St. (GA) | 0 | Albany, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Miles (AL) | 0 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 14 | Holly Springs, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Lock Haven (PA) | 24 | Millersville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Kutztown (PA) | 6 | Kutztown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Millersville (PA) | 0 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 31 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Cheyney (PA) | 6 | Millersville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Shippensburg (PA) | 65 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Millersville (PA) | 7 | Mansfield (PA) | 26 | Millersville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Millikin (IL) | 27 | Wittenberg (OH) | 19 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Millikin (IL) | 26 | North Central (IL) | 27 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Millikin (IL) | 33 | Elmhurst (IL) | 6 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Millikin (IL) | 13 | Ball St. (IN) | 19 | Muncie, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Millikin (IL) | 14 | Augustana (IL) | 32 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Millikin (IL) | 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Millikin (IL) | 7 | Upper Iowa | 14 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Millikin (IL) | 6 | Wheaton (IL) | 33 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Millsaps (MS) | 20 | Hendrix (AR) | 0 | Conway, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Millsaps (MS) | 21 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 13 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Millsaps (MS) | 35 | Sewanee (TN) | 6 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Millsaps (MS) | 6 | Delta St. (MS) | 27 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Millsaps (MS) | 16 | Samford (AL) | 13 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Millsaps (MS) | 19 | Mississippi College | 20 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Millsaps (MS) | 40 | Rhodes (TN) | 0 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Milton (WI) | 14 | Concordia (IL) | 13 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Milton (WI) | 0 | Wisconsin Extension | 14 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Milton (WI) | 13 | Benedictine (IL) | 6 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Milton (WI) | 6 | Northwestern (WI) | 33 | Watertown, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Milton (WI) | 7 | Wisconsin Tech | 27 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Milton (WI) | 19 | Lakeland (WI) | 14 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota | 0 | Michigan St. | 21 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota | 28 | Indiana | 20 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota | 30 | Northwestern (IL) | 13 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota | 7 | Southern California | 17 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota | 7 | Illinois | 27 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota | 22 | Michigan | 0 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota | 35 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 14 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota | 0 | Iowa | 27 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | T | Minnesota | 21 | Wisconsin | 21 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 0 | Lewis (IL) | 20 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 14 | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 25 | Saint Cloud, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 0 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 21 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 6 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 26 | Saint Peter, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 0 | Winona St. (MN) | 14 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 7 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 27 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 19 | Bemidji St. (MN) | 14 | Bemidji, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 6 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 20 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota-Duluth | 25 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 27 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota-Duluth | 21 | Saint Mary's (MN) | 7 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota-Duluth | 33 | Saint John's (MN) | 6 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota-Duluth | 13 | Wisconsin-Superior | 14 | Superior, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota-Duluth | 9 | Macalester (MN) | 12 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Minnesota-Duluth | 14 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 16 | Duluth, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minnesota-Duluth | 14 | Augsburg (MN) | 6 | Duluth, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Minot St. (ND) | 7 | Dickinson St. (ND) | 6 | Dickinson, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Minot St. (ND) | 27 | Bismarck St. (ND) | 6 | Bismarck, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Minot St. (ND) | 2 | Valley City St. (ND) | 12 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Minot St. (ND) | 6 | Northern St. (SD) | 44 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Minot St. (ND) | 60 | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 6 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Minot St. (ND) | 26 | Jamestown (ND) | 6 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Minot St. (ND) | 27 | North Dakota Science | 7 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 0 | Dickinson St. (ND) | 26 | Bottineau, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 6 | Mayville St. (ND) | 52 | Mayville, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 6 | North Dakota-Ellendale | 30 | Bottineau, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 6 | Minot St. (ND) | 60 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 7 | Valley City St. (ND) | 68 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi | 7 | Georgia Tech | 24 | New Orleans, LA | Sugar Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi | 0 | Auburn (AL) | 13 | Auburn, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi | 40 | North Texas | 7 | Oxford, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi | 28 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 6 | Oxford, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi | 39 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi | 22 | Kentucky | 6 | Oxford, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi | 45 | Tulane (LA) | 14 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi | 28 | Arkansas | 0 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi | 27 | Louisiana St. | 16 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi | 0 | Maryland | 38 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | T | Mississippi | 7 | Mississippi St. | 7 | Starkville, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi College | 20 | University of Mexico | 34 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi College | 20 | Rhodes (TN) | 9 | Clinton, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi College | 39 | Hendrix (AR) | 13 | Clinton, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi College | 25 | Samford (AL) | 6 | Clinton, MS | |
| 1953 | T | Mississippi College | 19 | Austin (TX) | 19 | Sherman, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi College | 14 | Sewanee (TN) | 12 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi College | 20 | Millsaps (MS) | 19 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi College | 14 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 19 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Delta JC | 40 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 33 | Mississippi Valley St. | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 14 | Lane (TN) | 0 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 14 | Miles (AL) | 0 | Holly Springs, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 13 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 19 | Meridian, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 33 | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Tougaloo, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 19 | Philander-Smith (AR) | 6 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | T | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 19 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 19 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 25 | Rust (MS) | 0 | Holly Springs, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi St. | 21 | North Texas | 6 | Starkville, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi St. | 21 | Tulane (LA) | 0 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | T | Mississippi St. | 21 | Auburn (AL) | 21 | Starkville, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi St. | 34 | Memphis (TN) | 6 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi St. | 26 | Tennessee | 0 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi St. | 13 | Kentucky | 32 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | T | Mississippi St. | 7 | Alabama | 7 | Tuscaloosa, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi St. | 20 | Texas Tech | 27 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi St. | 26 | Louisiana St. | 13 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | T | Mississippi St. | 7 | Mississippi | 7 | Starkville, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi Valley St. | 6 | Jackson St. (MS) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi Valley St. | 0 | Miles (AL) | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi Valley St. | 13 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Mississippi Valley St. | 0 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Valley St. | 20 | Rust (MS) | 8 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mississippi Valley St. | 20 | Philander-Smith (AR) | 12 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri | 27 | Colorado | 16 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri | 7 | Oklahoma | 14 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri | 7 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 20 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri | 6 | Maryland | 20 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri | 14 | Purdue (IN) | 7 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri | 6 | Iowa St. | 13 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri | 23 | Nebraska | 7 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri | 14 | Indiana | 7 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri | 16 | Kansas St. | 6 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri | 10 | Kansas | 6 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri S&T | 7 | Northwest Missouri St. | 12 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri S&T | 28 | Southern Illinois | 7 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri S&T | 20 | Central Missouri St. | 0 | Rolla, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri S&T | 6 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 25 | Rolla, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri S&T | 7 | Washington (MO) | 26 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri S&T | 6 | Southeast Missouri St. | 0 | Rolla, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri S&T | 20 | Truman St. (MO) | 28 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri S&T | 6 | Missouri St. | 19 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri St. | 7 | Truman St. (MO) | 27 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri St. | 19 | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri St. | 13 | Northwest Missouri St. | 0 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri St. | 6 | Benedictine (KS) | 14 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri St. | 0 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 6 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri St. | 12 | Eastern New Mexico | 29 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri St. | 7 | Southeast Missouri St. | 28 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri St. | 19 | Missouri S&T | 6 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri St. | 7 | Washburn (KS) | 27 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri Valley | 37 | Olathe NAS (KS) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Missouri Valley | 14 | William Jewell (MO) | 16 | Marshall, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri Valley | 53 | Central Methodist (MO) | 0 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri Valley | 19 | Truman St. (MO) | 0 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri Valley | 26 | Ottawa (KS) | 0 | Marshall, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri Valley | 71 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 6 | Marshall, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri Valley | 47 | Tarkio (MO) | 13 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Missouri Valley | 40 | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Moffett Field (CA) | 13 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 20 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Monmouth (IL) | 24 | Cornell College (IA) | 0 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Monmouth (IL) | 24 | Grinnell (IA) | 32 | Grinnell, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Monmouth (IL) | 36 | Ripon (WI) | 15 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Monmouth (IL) | 14 | Augustana (IL) | 0 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Monmouth (IL) | 25 | Carleton (MN) | 7 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Monmouth (IL) | 27 | Knox (IL) | 20 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Monmouth (IL) | 7 | Coe (IA) | 12 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Monmouth (IL) | 0 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 34 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Montana | 12 | Idaho | 20 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Montana | 32 | Montana St. | 13 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Montana | 22 | Denver (CO) | 13 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Montana | 13 | Brigham Young (UT) | 27 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Montana | 7 | Wyoming | 27 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Montana | 32 | Colorado St. | 31 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Montana | 13 | New Mexico | 41 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Montana | 14 | Utah St. | 33 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Montana St. | 14 | Western St. (CO) | 13 | Gunnison, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Montana St. | 13 | Montana | 32 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Montana St. | 26 | Northern Colorado | 0 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Montana St. | 26 | College of Idaho | 38 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Montana St. | 25 | Colorado School of Mines | 7 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Montana St. | 20 | Colorado College | 0 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Montana St. | 7 | North Dakota | 14 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Montana St. | 0 | Idaho St. | 13 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | T | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | Montana Tech | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | Montana Western | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | Northwest CC (WY) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Montana St.-Billings | 22 | Northwest CC (WY) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 22 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Montana St.-Billings | 12 | Carroll (MT) | 45 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | T | Montana Tech | 6 | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Montana Tech | 0 | Carroll (MT) | 50 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Montana Western | 0 | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Montana Western | 0 | Carroll (MT) | 31 | Dillon, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Montclair St. (NJ) | 18 | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Montclair St. (NJ) | 34 | New Jersey (NJ) | 14 | Ewing, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Montclair St. (NJ) | 25 | Cheyney (PA) | 0 | Cheyney, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Montclair St. (NJ) | 12 | Central Connecticut St. | 38 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Montclair St. (NJ) | 20 | Montgomery JC (MD) | 25 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Montclair St. (NJ) | 32 | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 7 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Montgomery JC (MD) | 13 | Gallaudet (DC) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Montgomery JC (MD) | 13 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Montgomery JC (MD) | 31 | Shepherd (WV) | 19 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Montgomery JC (MD) | 25 | Montclair St. (NJ) | 20 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Montgomery JC (MD) | 38 | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Moorhead St. (MN) | 0 | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 20 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Moorhead St. (MN) | 33 | Valley City St. (ND) | 2 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Moorhead St. (MN) | 19 | Winona St. (MN) | 0 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Moorhead St. (MN) | 6 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 14 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Moorhead St. (MN) | 6 | Bemidji St. (MN) | 13 | Bemidji, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Moorhead St. (MN) | 27 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 7 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Moorhead St. (MN) | 25 | Si Tanka (SD) | 0 | Huron, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Moorhead St. (MN) | 31 | Jamestown (ND) | 0 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Moravian (PA) | 6 | Juniata (PA) | 20 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Moravian (PA) | 20 | Upsala (NJ) | 13 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Moravian (PA) | 7 | Widener (PA) | 13 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Moravian (PA) | 18 | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 19 | Lebanon, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Moravian (PA) | 13 | Albright (PA) | 21 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Moravian (PA) | 34 | Wagner (NY) | 19 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Moravian (PA) | 14 | Wilkes (PA) | 6 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Tennessee Tech | 27 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Stetson (FL) | 41 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Western Kentucky | 48 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 13 | Kentucky JV | 20 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Marshall (WV) | 40 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Middle Tennessee St. | 14 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 7 | Eastern Kentucky | 25 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Murray St. (KY) | 33 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Morehouse (GA) | 20 | Alabama A&M | 34 | Normal, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Morehouse (GA) | 13 | Knoxville (TN) | 7 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Morehouse (GA) | 26 | Dillard (LA) | 0 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Morehouse (GA) | 0 | Alabama St. | 7 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Morehouse (GA) | 32 | Tuskegee (AL) | 12 | Columbus, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Morehouse (GA) | 0 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 35 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Morehouse (GA) | 13 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 6 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Morehouse (GA) | 24 | Fisk (TN) | 19 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Morgan St. (MD) | 7 | Virginia Union | 6 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Morgan St. (MD) | 26 | Lincoln (PA) | 0 | Lincoln, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Morgan St. (MD) | 26 | Central St. (OH) | 0 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Morgan St. (MD) | 40 | Howard (DC) | 6 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | Morgan St. (MD) | 13 | West Virginia St. | 0 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Morgan St. (MD) | 7 | North Carolina A&T | 20 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Morgan St. (MD) | 26 | Hampton (VA) | 14 | Hampton, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Morgan St. (MD) | 7 | Virginia St. | 20 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Morningside (IA) | 20 | North Dakota St. | 14 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Morningside (IA) | 29 | South Dakota St. | 31 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Morningside (IA) | 20 | North Dakota | 21 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Morningside (IA) | 21 | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Morningside (IA) | 19 | Nebraska-Omaha | 28 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Morningside (IA) | 19 | Augustana (SD) | 0 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Morningside (IA) | 7 | South Dakota | 35 | Vermillion, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Morningside (IA) | 20 | Northern Iowa | 34 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Morris (SC) | 13 | Claflin (SC) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Morris (SC) | 19 | Florida N&I | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Morris (SC) | 25 | Paine (GA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Morris (SC) | 18 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 34 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Morris (SC) | 18 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 12 | Sumter, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Morris (SC) | 25 | Allen (SC) | 13 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Morris (SC) | 65 | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Sumter, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Morris (SC) | 0 | Albany St. (GA) | 19 | Albany, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Morris (SC) | 26 | Edward Waters (FL) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | Grambling St. (LA) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 7 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Morris Brown (GA) | 40 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 0 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | T | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 0 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Morris Brown (GA) | 20 | Benedict (SC) | 7 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Morris Brown (GA) | 0 | Florida A&M | 20 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Morris Brown (GA) | 15 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 27 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Morris Brown (GA) | 7 | Tennessee St. | 34 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Morris Brown (GA) | 40 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 6 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Morris Brown (GA) | 20 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 0 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | T | Morristown College (TN) | 0 | Edward Waters (FL) | 0 | ? | Score Unknown |
| 1953 | T | Morristown College (TN) | 7 | Knoxville (TN) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Morristown College (TN) | 12 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 7 | Morristown, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Morristown College (TN) | 0 | South Carolina Trade | 0 | ? | Score Unknown |
| 1953 | W | Morristown College (TN) | 56 | Swift Memorial JC (TN) | 9 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Morristown College (TN) | 0 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 7 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Morristown College (TN) | 8 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 13 | Morristown, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Morristown College (TN) | 13 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 0 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Morristown College (TN) | 34 | Livingstone (NC) | 18 | Morristown, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Mount San Antonio College (CA) | 34 | Ventura JC (CA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Mount Union (OH) | 28 | Denison (OH) | 27 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Mount Union (OH) | 0 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 33 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Mount Union (OH) | 35 | Findlay (OH) | 13 | Findlay, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Mount Union (OH) | 39 | Salem College (WV) | 6 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Mount Union (OH) | 25 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 13 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Mount Union (OH) | 15 | Akron (OH) | 16 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Mount Union (OH) | 0 | Heidelberg (OH) | 28 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Mount Union (OH) | 6 | Ohio Wesleyan | 17 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Mount Union (OH) | 28 | Muskingum (OH) | 23 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Muhlenberg (PA) | 18 | Bucknell (PA) | 13 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Muhlenberg (PA) | 0 | Lehigh (PA) | 13 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Muhlenberg (PA) | 20 | Lafayette (PA) | 7 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Muhlenberg (PA) | 0 | Albright (PA) | 6 | Allentown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Muhlenberg (PA) | 39 | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 14 | Allentown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Muhlenberg (PA) | 19 | Gettysburg (PA) | 20 | Allentown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Muhlenberg (PA) | 6 | Delaware | 18 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | L | Muhlenberg (PA) | 7 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 19 | Lancaster, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Murray St. (KY) | 14 | Eastern Kentucky | 19 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Murray St. (KY) | 25 | Middle Tennessee St. | 28 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Murray St. (KY) | 0 | Memphis (TN) | 20 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Murray St. (KY) | 14 | Louisville (KY) | 19 | Murray, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Murray St. (KY) | 0 | Tennessee Tech | 9 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Murray St. (KY) | 14 | Evansville (IN) | 7 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Murray St. (KY) | 33 | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Murray St. (KY) | 34 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 13 | Clarksville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Murray St. (KY) | 7 | Western Kentucky | 13 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Muskingum (OH) | 13 | Akron (OH) | 26 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Muskingum (OH) | 35 | Otterbein (OH) | 13 | New Concord, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Muskingum (OH) | 19 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 32 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | T | Muskingum (OH) | 12 | Heidelberg (OH) | 12 | New Concord, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Muskingum (OH) | 14 | Wooster (OH) | 7 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Muskingum (OH) | 0 | Denison (OH) | 7 | New Concord, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Muskingum (OH) | 48 | Marietta (OH) | 6 | Marietta, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Muskingum (OH) | 23 | Mount Union (OH) | 28 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Navarro JC (TX) | 7 | Texas-Arlington | 27 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Navy (MD) | 55 | Dartmouth (NH) | 7 | Annapolis, MD | |
| 1953 | T | Navy (MD) | 0 | Duke (NC) | 0 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Navy (MD) | 26 | Cornell (NY) | 6 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | T | Navy (MD) | 6 | William & Mary (VA) | 6 | Annapolis, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Navy (MD) | 65 | Princeton (NJ) | 7 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Navy (MD) | 6 | Pennsylvania | 9 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Navy (MD) | 7 | Notre Dame (IN) | 38 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Navy (MD) | 14 | Columbia (NY) | 6 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Navy (MD) | 7 | Army (NY) | 20 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska | 0 | Kansas St. | 27 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska | 27 | Iowa St. | 19 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska | 6 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 14 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska | 12 | Oregon | 20 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Nebraska | 21 | Illinois | 21 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska | 20 | Miami (FL) | 16 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska | 7 | Missouri | 23 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska | 9 | Kansas | 0 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska | 10 | Colorado | 14 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska | 7 | Oklahoma | 30 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska Wesleyan | 7 | Wayne St. (NE) | 14 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 19 | Fremont, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13 | Peru St. (NE) | 30 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Nebraska Wesleyan | 20 | Buena Vista (IA) | 20 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska Wesleyan | 27 | Northwest Missouri St. | 13 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska Wesleyan | 14 | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13 | Doane (NE) | 13 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Nebraska Wesleyan | 20 | Nebraska-Kearney | 20 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska Wesleyan | 7 | Hastings (NE) | 12 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Kearney | 26 | Hastings (NE) | 7 | Hastings, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Kearney | 53 | Chadron St. (NE) | 13 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska-Kearney | 14 | McPherson (KS) | 33 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Kearney | 32 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 13 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska-Kearney | 0 | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Nebraska-Kearney | 20 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 20 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska-Kearney | 12 | Doane (NE) | 13 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska-Kearney | 19 | College of Emporia (KS) | 32 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska-Kearney | 0 | Arkansas St. | 32 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska-Omaha | 6 | Washburn (KS) | 14 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Nebraska-Omaha | 6 | Colorado College | 26 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Omaha | 20 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 12 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Omaha | 28 | Morningside (IA) | 19 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Omaha | 32 | Emporia St. (KS) | 7 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Omaha | 48 | Knox (IL) | 13 | Galesburg, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Omaha | 47 | Northern Illinois | 14 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Nebraska-Omaha | 41 | Doane (NE) | 6 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Nevada | 27 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 28 | Reno, NV | |
| 1953 | W | Nevada | 27 | Cal St.-Chico | 7 | Reno, NV | |
| 1953 | L | Nevada | 7 | Fresno St. (CA) | 47 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Nevada | 13 | California-Davis | 0 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Nevada | 13 | Idaho St. | 34 | Reno, NV | |
| 1953 | W | New Hampshire | 14 | Rhode Island | 13 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | W | New Hampshire | 21 | Maine | 6 | Durham, NH | |
| 1953 | W | New Hampshire | 27 | Upsala (NJ) | 13 | Durham, NH | |
| 1953 | L | New Hampshire | 0 | Delaware | 48 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | W | New Hampshire | 34 | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 0 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | New Hampshire | 0 | Connecticut | 6 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | W | New Hampshire | 7 | Springfield (MA) | 6 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | New Hampshire | 32 | Massachusetts | 12 | Durham, NH | |
| 1953 | W | New Jersey (NJ) | 13 | Cheyney (PA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | New Jersey (NJ) | 27 | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | New Jersey (NJ) | 6 | Central Connecticut St. | 6 | Ewing, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | New Jersey (NJ) | 14 | Montclair St. (NJ) | 34 | Ewing, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | New Jersey (NJ) | 0 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 48 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | New Jersey (NJ) | 7 | Wilkes (PA) | 31 | Ewing, NJ | |
| 1953 | T | New Mexico | 12 | Brigham Young (UT) | 12 | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico | 28 | New Mexico St. | 6 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico | 0 | Arizona | 20 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico | 0 | Utah St. | 6 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico | 41 | San Diego St. (CA) | 12 | Albuquerque, NM | Zimmerman Field |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico | 41 | Montana | 13 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico | 20 | Denver (CO) | 18 | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico | 9 | Wyoming | 7 | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico | 3 | Colorado St. | 9 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 0 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 45 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 6 | Adams St. (CO) | 27 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 7 | New Mexico Military Institute | 20 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 18 | Lamar JC (CO) | 21 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 6 | Western New Mexico | 43 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 8 | Northern Arizona | 12 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | Eastern New Mexico | 47 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Highlands | 7 | Fort Bliss (TX) | 53 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Military Institute | 7 | Colorado School of Mines | 20 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico Military Institute | 20 | New Mexico Highlands | 7 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Military Institute | 13 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 19 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico Military Institute | 14 | Adams St. (CO) | 37 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico Military Institute | 32 | Western New Mexico | 22 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico Military Institute | 7 | Eastern New Mexico | 6 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico Military Institute | 45 | Northern Arizona | 21 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico St. | 7 | Arizona | 46 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico St. | 6 | New Mexico | 28 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico St. | 12 | McMurry (TX) | 26 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico St. | 0 | Wyoming | 47 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico St. | 12 | Colorado College | 7 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico St. | 0 | Texas-El Paso | 39 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico St. | 0 | Texas Tech | 71 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | L | New Mexico St. | 0 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 39 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | New Mexico St. | 19 | West Texas A&M | 13 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Newberry (SC) | 13 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 0 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Newberry (SC) | 33 | Elon (NC) | 6 | Burlington, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Newberry (SC) | 0 | Furman (SC) | 33 | Greenville, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Newberry (SC) | 14 | Catawba (NC) | 2 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Newberry (SC) | 7 | Wofford (SC) | 6 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Newberry (SC) | 13 | Maryville (TN) | 7 | Maryville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Newberry (SC) | 19 | Guilford (NC) | 7 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Newberry (SC) | 13 | Troy (AL) | 0 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | T | Newberry (SC) | 7 | Presbyterian (SC) | 7 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Montgomery JC (MD) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | William & Mary Freshmen (VA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 7 | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 24 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Bridgewater (VA) | 6 | Newport News, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 6 | Chowan (NC) | 52 | Murfreesboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 18 | Hampden-Sydney, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 28 | Newport News, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Shepherd (WV) | 15 | Newport News, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Norfolk JC (NE) | 6 | Concordia (NE) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Norfolk St. (VA) | 7 | Morristown College (TN) | 12 | Morristown, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Norfolk St. (VA) | 0 | Delaware St. | 18 | Dover, DE | |
| 1953 | L | Norfolk St. (VA) | 0 | Virginia Union | 45 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Norfolk St. (VA) | 2 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 12 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Norfolk St. (VA) | 14 | Livingstone (NC) | 20 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Norfolk St. (VA) | 26 | South Carolina Trade | 0 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Norfolk St. (VA) | 6 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 13 | Elizabeth City, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Normal | 0 | University of Mexico | 69 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | North Alabama | 14 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 13 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | W | North Alabama | 26 | Troy (AL) | 6 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | T | North Alabama | 13 | Arkansas St. | 13 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | L | North Alabama | 7 | Tennessee Tech | 14 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | North Alabama | 40 | West Alabama | 6 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | W | North Alabama | 40 | Samford (AL) | 7 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | W | North Alabama | 14 | Middle Tennessee St. | 0 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | W | North Alabama | 26 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 0 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | W | North All-Stars | 28 | South All-Stars | 13 | Mobile, AL | Senior Bowl |
| 1953 | L | North All-Stars | 0 | South All-Stars | 20 | Miami, FL | N-S All-Star Shrine Game |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina | 39 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 0 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina | 0 | South Carolina | 18 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina | 18 | Wake Forest (NC) | 13 | Wake Forest, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina | 29 | North Carolina St. | 7 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina | 0 | Maryland | 26 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina | 14 | Georgia | 27 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina | 6 | Tennessee | 20 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina | 14 | Notre Dame (IN) | 34 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina | 33 | Virginia | 7 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina | 20 | Duke (NC) | 35 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina A&T | 26 | Virginia Union | 6 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina A&T | 13 | Florida A&M | 33 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina A&T | 0 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 19 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina A&T | 40 | Shaw (NC) | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina A&T | 26 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 6 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina A&T | 20 | Morgan St. (MD) | 7 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina A&T | 7 | Virginia St. | 21 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina A&T | 6 | North Carolina Central | 15 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina Central | 25 | Hampton (VA) | 0 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina Central | 47 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 7 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina Central | 31 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina Central | 7 | Virginia St. | 15 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina Central | 7 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 20 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina Central | 0 | Tennessee St. | 19 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina Central | 19 | West Virginia St. | 13 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina Central | 15 | North Carolina A&T | 6 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 7 | George Washington (DC) | 20 | Alexandria, VA | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 7 | Army (NY) | 27 | West Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina St. | 27 | Davidson (NC) | 7 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 7 | North Carolina | 29 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 7 | Wake Forest (NC) | 20 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 0 | Duke (NC) | 31 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 6 | William & Mary (VA) | 7 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 6 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 40 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 0 | West Virginia | 61 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | North Carolina St. | 13 | Florida St. | 23 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | W | North Carolina St. Freshmen | 38 | Chowan (NC) | 0 | ? | Goober Bowl |
| 1953 | L | North Central (IL) | 6 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 34 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | W | North Central (IL) | 27 | Millikin (IL) | 26 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Central (IL) | 20 | Augustana (IL) | 26 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | W | North Central (IL) | 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 12 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Central (IL) | 10 | Lake Forest (IL) | 13 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Central (IL) | 0 | Carroll (WI) | 33 | Naperville, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Central (IL) | 20 | Wheaton (IL) | 53 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Central (IL) | 3 | Elmhurst (IL) | 14 | Elmhurst, IL | |
| 1953 | T | North Dakota | 13 | South Dakota St. | 13 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota | 21 | Morningside (IA) | 20 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota | 21 | Bemidji St. (MN) | 13 | Bemidji, MN | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota | 35 | Augustana (SD) | 0 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota | 6 | Northern Iowa | 34 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota | 14 | Montana St. | 7 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota | 26 | North Dakota St. | 6 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota | 18 | South Dakota | 14 | Vermillion, SD | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota Science | 0 | Valley City St. (ND) | 13 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota Science | 25 | Mayville St. (ND) | 13 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota Science | 26 | Bethel (MN) | 0 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota Science | 33 | Dickinson St. (ND) | 0 | Dickinson, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota Science | 26 | North Dakota-Ellendale | 0 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota Science | 7 | Minot St. (ND) | 27 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota St. | 14 | Morningside (IA) | 20 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota St. | 34 | Augustana (SD) | 18 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota St. | 21 | Northern Iowa | 27 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota St. | 7 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 6 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota St. | 6 | Detroit (MI) | 33 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota St. | 12 | South Dakota | 6 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota St. | 14 | South Dakota St. | 32 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota St. | 6 | North Dakota | 26 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota-Ellendale | 0 | South Dakota-Springfield | 32 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota-Ellendale | 0 | Mayville St. (ND) | 30 | Ellendale, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota-Ellendale | 19 | Bismarck St. (ND) | 20 | Bismarck, ND | |
| 1953 | W | North Dakota-Ellendale | 30 | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 6 | Bottineau, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota-Ellendale | 6 | Jamestown (ND) | 15 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota-Ellendale | 0 | North Dakota Science | 26 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Dakota-Ellendale | 0 | Dickinson St. (ND) | 12 | Ellendale, ND | |
| 1953 | L | North Greenville (SC) | 0 | West Georgia | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | North Park JC (IL) | 7 | Joliet JC (IL) | 7 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Park JC (IL) | 6 | Northern Illinois JV | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | North Park JC (IL) | 13 | Thornton JC (IL) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | North Park JC (IL) | 15 | Wilber Wright JC (IL) | 27 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Park JC (IL) | 6 | Wilson JC (IL) | 12 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | North Park JC (IL) | 0 | LaSalle-Peru JC (IL) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | North Park JC (IL) | 19 | Wheaton JV (IL) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | North Texas | 6 | Mississippi St. | 21 | Starkville, MS | |
| 1953 | L | North Texas | 7 | Mississippi | 40 | Oxford, MS | |
| 1953 | W | North Texas | 27 | San Diego NTS (CA) | 12 | San Diego, CA | |
| 1953 | L | North Texas | 0 | Arizona St. | 14 | Denton, TX | |
| 1953 | W | North Texas | 39 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | Denton, TX | |
| 1953 | L | North Texas | 21 | Texas-El Paso | 26 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | T | North Texas | 13 | San Jose St. (CA) | 13 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | W | North Texas | 38 | West Texas A&M | 6 | Denton, TX | |
| 1953 | L | North Texas | 10 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 14 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | North Texas | 6 | Trinity (TX) | 14 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 13 | East Central JC (MS) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 13 | East Mississippi JC | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 13 | East Mississippi JC | 17 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 0 | Gulf Coast Military Academy (MS) | 17 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 0 | Hinds JC (MS) | 69 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Northeast Mississippi JC | 19 | Itawamba JC (MS) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 6 | Jones County JC (MS) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Northeast Mississippi JC | 26 | Little Rock JC (AR) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 21 | Mississippi Delta JC | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Northeast Mississippi JC | 14 | Northwest Mississippi JC | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northeast Mississippi JC | 0 | Pearl River CC (MS) | 52 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Northeast Mississippi JC | 26 | Tennessee-Martin | 14 | Booneville, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern (MA) | 24 | American International (MA) | 0 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern (MA) | 48 | Brandeis (MA) | 6 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Northeastern (MA) | 7 | Rhode Island | 13 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern (MA) | 34 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 0 | Brookline, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern (MA) | 19 | Bates (ME) | 0 | Lewiston, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern (MA) | 41 | Massachusetts | 14 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern (MA) | 33 | Vermont | 18 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 6 | Bakersfield College (CA) | 13 | Pasadena, CA | Junior Rose Bowl |
| 1953 | T | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 6 | Mesa St. (CO) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 20 | Graceland (IA) | 7 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern St. (OK) | 50 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern St. (OK) | 20 | Central Oklahoma | 19 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern St. (OK) | 47 | Arkansas Tech | 13 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern St. (OK) | 19 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 14 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | T | Northeastern St. (OK) | 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | Durant, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern St. (OK) | 46 | East Central (OK) | 7 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern St. (OK) | 6 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northeastern St. (OK) | 13 | Henderson St. (AR) | 0 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Northeastern St. (OK) | 0 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 19 | Huntsville, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Arizona | 7 | Whittier (CA) | 13 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Arizona | 20 | Western New Mexico | 7 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Arizona | 7 | Western St. (CO) | 26 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Arizona | 20 | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Arizona | 0 | Eastern New Mexico | 20 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Arizona | 18 | La Verne (CA) | 14 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Arizona | 12 | New Mexico Highlands | 8 | Las Vegas, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Arizona | 21 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 26 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Arizona | 21 | New Mexico Military Institute | 45 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Colorado | 13 | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Colorado | 20 | Colorado School of Mines | 26 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Colorado | 0 | Montana St. | 26 | Bozeman, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Colorado | 7 | Western St. (CO) | 25 | Gunnison, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Colorado | 7 | Idaho St. | 10 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Colorado | 7 | Colorado College | 13 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Colorado | 14 | Hastings (NE) | 0 | Greeley, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 7 | Beloit (WI) | 31 | Beloit, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 0 | Central Michigan | 46 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 14 | Southern Illinois | 27 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 6 | Lewis (IL) | 12 | Lockport, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 14 | Eastern Michigan | 20 | DeKalb, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 0 | Illinois St. | 39 | DeKalb, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 14 | Nebraska-Omaha | 47 | Omaha, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Illinois | 0 | Western Illinois | 27 | DeKalb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Illinois | 19 | Eastern Illinois | 6 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Illinois JV | 20 | North Park JC (IL) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Iowa | 21 | Coe (IA) | 7 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Iowa | 34 | South Dakota | 27 | Vermillion, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Iowa | 27 | North Dakota St. | 21 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Iowa | 20 | Central Michigan | 34 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Iowa | 19 | South Dakota St. | 52 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Iowa | 34 | North Dakota | 6 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Iowa | 39 | Augustana (SD) | 13 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Iowa | 34 | Morningside (IA) | 20 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Iowa | 20 | Drake (IA) | 27 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Michigan | 36 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 24 | Marquette, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Michigan | 21 | Bethel (MN) | 7 | Marquette, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Northern Michigan | 7 | Ohio Northern | 7 | Ada, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Michigan | 19 | Michigan Tech | 18 | Marquette, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Northern Michigan | 2 | Ferris St. (MI) | 7 | Big Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Michigan | 33 | Northland (WI) | 13 | Ashland, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Northern Michigan | 26 | Lakeland (WI) | 6 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 37 | Si Tanka (SD) | 6 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 48 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 6 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 34 | South Dakota Tech | 19 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 46 | Valley City St. (ND) | 0 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 44 | Minot St. (ND) | 6 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 32 | South Dakota-Springfield | 9 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 58 | Yankton (SD) | 26 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northern St. (SD) | 39 | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 7 | Mitchell, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Northland (WI) | 19 | Ferris St. (MI) | 6 | Big Rapids, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Northland (WI) | 0 | Carroll (WI) | 52 | Waukesha, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Northland (WI) | 0 | Luther (IA) | 27 | Ashland, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Northland (WI) | 0 | Michigan Tech | 18 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Northland (WI) | 12 | Bethel (MN) | 7 | Ashland, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Northland (WI) | 13 | Northern Michigan | 33 | Ashland, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Northwest CC (WY) | 13 | Montana St.-Billings | 22 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Northwest CC (WY) | 25 | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northwest Mississippi JC | 12 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Northwest Mississippi JC | 7 | Tennessee-Martin | 19 | Martin, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Northwest Missouri St. | 12 | Missouri S&T | 7 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Northwest Missouri St. | 26 | Truman St. (MO) | 39 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Northwest Missouri St. | 0 | Missouri St. | 13 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Northwest Missouri St. | 13 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 27 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Northwest Missouri St. | 7 | William Jewell (MO) | 26 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Northwest Missouri St. | 21 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 7 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Northwest Missouri St. | 27 | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | T | Northwest Missouri St. | 7 | Southeast Missouri St. | 7 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (IL) | 33 | Army (NY) | 20 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern (IL) | 13 | Wisconsin | 34 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern (IL) | 13 | Minnesota | 30 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (IL) | 35 | Iowa St. | 0 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern (IL) | 12 | Michigan | 20 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (IL) | 27 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 21 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern (IL) | 13 | Ohio St. | 27 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern (IL) | 6 | Indiana | 14 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern (IL) | 14 | Illinois | 39 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (WI) | 27 | Benedictine (IL) | 12 | Lisle, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (WI) | 28 | Lakeland (WI) | 0 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (WI) | 28 | Concordia (IL) | 6 | River Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (WI) | 26 | Wisconsin Tech | 0 | Watertown, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (WI) | 33 | Milton (WI) | 6 | Watertown, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern (WI) | 10 | Wisconsin Extension | 0 | Watertown, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 50 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | East Central (OK) | 7 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 26 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | Bethany (KS) | 7 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Central Oklahoma | 34 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 14 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 13 | Southwestern (KS) | 7 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 80 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 19 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 26 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern St. (LA) | 20 | McNeese St. (LA) | 6 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern St. (LA) | 7 | Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern St. (LA) | 9 | Louisiana College | 7 | Alexandria, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern St. (LA) | 0 | Central Oklahoma | 7 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern St. (LA) | 12 | Lamar (TX) | 6 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern St. (LA) | 15 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | Shreveport, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Northwestern St. (LA) | 19 | Southeastern Louisiana | 27 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Northwestern St. (LA) | 12 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Norwich (VT) | 0 | Springfield (MA) | 19 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Norwich (VT) | 40 | Worcester Tech (MA) | 6 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Norwich (VT) | 7 | Colby (ME) | 20 | Waterville, ME | |
| 1953 | W | Norwich (VT) | 29 | Maine Maritime | 0 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Norwich (VT) | 13 | Saint Michael's (VT) | 31 | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Norwich (VT) | 13 | Vermont | 26 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Norwich (VT) | 38 | Middlebury (VT) | 27 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Norwich (VT) | 40 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 20 | Troy, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 37 | Purdue (IN) | 7 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 40 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 14 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 28 | Pennsylvania | 20 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 28 | Oklahoma | 21 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 23 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 14 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 27 | Georgia Tech | 14 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 38 | Navy (MD) | 7 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 34 | North Carolina | 14 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Notre Dame (IN) | 14 | Iowa | 14 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Notre Dame (IN) | 48 | Southern California | 14 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Oberlin (OH) | 6 | Otterbein (OH) | 12 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Oberlin (OH) | 26 | Wittenberg (OH) | 39 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Oberlin (OH) | 7 | DePauw (IN) | 7 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Oberlin (OH) | 31 | Allegheny (PA) | 13 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Oberlin (OH) | 13 | Ohio Wesleyan | 27 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Oberlin (OH) | 12 | Rochester (NY) | 25 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Oberlin (OH) | 20 | Denison (OH) | 22 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Oberlin (OH) | 3 | Wooster (OH) | 34 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Occidental (CA) | 6 | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Occidental (CA) | 7 | San Diego St. (CA) | 14 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Occidental (CA) | 7 | Whittier (CA) | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Occidental (CA) | 14 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Occidental (CA) | 20 | Pepperdine (CA) | 12 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Occidental (CA) | 38 | Redlands (CA) | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Occidental (CA) | 18 | California Tech | 12 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Occidental (CA) | 14 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 30 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Oceanside JC (CA) | 0 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Oceanside JC (CA) | 12 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio | 0 | Harvard (MA) | 16 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio | 38 | Charleston (WV) | 7 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio | 39 | Western Reserve (OH) | 0 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio | 26 | Toledo (OH) | 0 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio | 40 | Kent St. (OH) | 21 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Ohio | 7 | Miami (OH) | 7 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio | 67 | Western Michigan | 12 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio | 22 | Bowling Green (OH) | 14 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio | 6 | Marshall (WV) | 9 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio Northern | 7 | Ashland (OH) | 14 | Ashland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Northern | 20 | Findlay (OH) | 0 | Findlay, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Ohio Northern | 7 | Northern Michigan | 7 | Ada, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio Northern | 0 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 47 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio Northern | 0 | Capital (OH) | 7 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio Northern | 12 | Bluffton (OH) | 18 | Bluffton, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio Northern | 7 | Defiance (OH) | 28 | Ada, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio Northern | 13 | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 47 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio Northern | 0 | Buffalo (NY) | 20 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio St. | 33 | California | 19 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio St. | 13 | Michigan St. | 28 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio St. | 20 | Illinois | 41 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio St. | 36 | Indiana | 12 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio St. | 12 | Pennsylvania | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio St. | 20 | Wisconsin | 19 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio St. | 27 | Northwestern (IL) | 13 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio St. | 21 | Purdue (IN) | 6 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Ohio St. | 0 | Michigan | 20 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 21 | Heidelberg (OH) | 20 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Ohio Wesleyan | 20 | Wabash (IN) | 20 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 27 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 6 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 50 | Otterbein (OH) | 7 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 21 | Denison (OH) | 20 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 27 | Oberlin (OH) | 13 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 17 | Mount Union (OH) | 6 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 34 | Wittenberg (OH) | 7 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ohio Wesleyan | 28 | Akron (OH) | 14 | Akron, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Oklahoma | 7 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 7 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 14 | Missouri | 7 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 19 | Texas | 14 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Oklahoma | 21 | Notre Dame (IN) | 28 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 45 | Kansas | 0 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 27 | Colorado | 20 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 34 | Kansas St. | 0 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 47 | Iowa St. | 0 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 30 | Nebraska | 7 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma | 42 | Oklahoma St. | 7 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | T | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 6 | Oklahoma St. JV | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 45 | New Mexico Highlands | 0 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 14 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 41 | Western New Mexico | 13 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 6 | Peru St. (NE) | 13 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 24 | Eastern New Mexico | 20 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 19 | New Mexico Military Institute | 13 | Roswell, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 20 | Adams St. (CO) | 18 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 26 | Northern Arizona | 21 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 65 | Bethel (KS) | 6 | Goodwell, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Oklahoma St. | 13 | Texas Tech | 27 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma St. | 20 | Wyoming | 14 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma St. | 14 | Wichita St. (KS) | 7 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma St. | 20 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 0 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma St. | 7 | Arkansas | 6 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma St. | 14 | Houston (TX) | 7 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Oklahoma St. | 14 | Detroit (MI) | 18 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma St. | 28 | Tulsa (OK) | 14 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Oklahoma St. | 41 | Kansas | 14 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Oklahoma St. | 7 | Oklahoma | 42 | Norman, OK | |
| 1953 | T | Oklahoma St. JV | 6 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Okolona Industrial School (MS) | 0 | Coahoma CC (MS) | 78 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Olathe NAS (KS) | 0 | Cameron (OK) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Olathe NAS (KS) | 6 | Missouri Valley | 37 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Olathe NAS (KS) | 6 | William Jewell (MO) | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Olathe NAS (KS) | 2 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 12 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | T | Olathe NAS (KS) | 13 | Central Missouri St. | 13 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Olathe NAS (KS) | 0 | Washburn (KS) | 64 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Olivet (MI) | 21 | Grand Rapids JC (MI) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Olivet (MI) | 0 | Albion (MI) | 52 | Albion, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Olivet (MI) | 6 | Ferris St. (MI) | 0 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Olivet (MI) | 13 | Bluffton (OH) | 20 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Olivet (MI) | 7 | Adrian (MI) | 6 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Olivet (MI) | 0 | Hope (MI) | 25 | Holland, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Olivet (MI) | 6 | Hillsdale (MI) | 7 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Olivet (MI) | 26 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 19 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Olivet (MI) | 0 | Alma (MI) | 7 | Olivet, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Olympic JC (WA) | 0 | Boise JC (ID) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Olympic JC (WA) | 21 | Portland St. (OR) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon | 0 | UCLA | 12 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon | 26 | Idaho | 6 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon | 0 | Washington St. | 7 | Pullman, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon | 20 | Nebraska | 12 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon | 0 | Stanford (CA) | 7 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon | 6 | Washington | 14 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon | 26 | San Jose St. (CA) | 13 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon | 13 | Southern California | 7 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | T | Oregon | 0 | California | 0 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon | 0 | Oregon St. | 7 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon Freshmen | 0 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 13 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon St. | 0 | Washington | 28 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon St. | 0 | Stanford (CA) | 21 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon St. | 0 | UCLA | 41 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon St. | 0 | California | 26 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon St. | 0 | Southern California | 37 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon St. | 19 | Idaho | 0 | Moscow, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon St. | 6 | Michigan St. | 34 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon St. | 7 | Washington St. | 0 | Corvallis, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon St. | 7 | Oregon | 0 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon Tech | 0 | Boise JC (ID) | 22 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon Tech | 12 | Portland St. (OR) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Oregon Tech | 14 | Eastern Oregon | 6 | Klamath Falls, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon Tech | 0 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 22 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Oregon Tech | 0 | Western Oregon | 19 | Klamath Falls, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Ottawa (KS) | 53 | Bethel (KS) | 6 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Ottawa (KS) | 6 | College of Emporia (KS) | 34 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Ottawa (KS) | 18 | Kansas Wesleyan | 32 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Ottawa (KS) | 20 | Central Methodist (MO) | 6 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Ottawa (KS) | 12 | Friends (KS) | 6 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Ottawa (KS) | 0 | Missouri Valley | 26 | Marshall, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Ottawa (KS) | 13 | Bethany (KS) | 19 | Ottawa, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Ottawa (KS) | 7 | McPherson (KS) | 46 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Ottawa (KS) | 0 | Baker (KS) | 21 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Otterbein (OH) | 12 | Oberlin (OH) | 6 | Oberlin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Otterbein (OH) | 13 | Muskingum (OH) | 35 | New Concord, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Otterbein (OH) | 34 | Kenyon (OH) | 14 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Otterbein (OH) | 7 | Ohio Wesleyan | 50 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Otterbein (OH) | 0 | Wilmington (OH) | 19 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Otterbein (OH) | 19 | Marietta (OH) | 7 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Otterbein (OH) | 30 | Hiram (OH) | 0 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Otterbein (OH) | 20 | Capital (OH) | 19 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 20 | Little Rock JC (AR) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 27 | Memphis NAS (TN) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 40 | Rhodes (TN) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 21 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 13 | Millsaps (MS) | 21 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 41 | Hendrix (AR) | 0 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 19 | Mississippi College | 14 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 13 | Central Oklahoma | 0 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Ozarks (AR) | 28 | East Central (OK) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ozarks (AR) | 0 | Austin (TX) | 21 | Sherman, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Ozarks (AR) | 7 | Arkansas-Monticello | 19 | Monticello, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Ozarks (AR) | 49 | Hendrix (AR) | 0 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Ozarks (AR) | 24 | Southern Arkansas | 7 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Ozarks (AR) | 37 | Henderson St. (AR) | 7 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Ozarks (AR) | 14 | Central Arkansas | 13 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | T | Ozarks (AR) | 13 | Arkansas Tech | 13 | Russellville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific (CA) | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | El Paso, TX | Sun Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (CA) | 13 | Tulsa (OK) | 22 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (CA) | 6 | San Jose St. (CA) | 7 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific (CA) | 26 | Hawaii | 8 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific (CA) | 25 | Stanford (CA) | 20 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (CA) | 20 | Washington St. | 26 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (CA) | 7 | Texas Tech | 34 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | T | Pacific (CA) | 20 | Marquette (WI) | 20 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific (CA) | 33 | Idaho | 0 | Moscow, ID | |
| 1953 | T | Pacific (CA) | 21 | Fresno St. (CA) | 21 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific (CA) | 20 | Utah St. | 14 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (OR) | 0 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 14 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | T | Pacific (OR) | 6 | Willamette (OR) | 6 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | T | Pacific (OR) | 12 | Western Washington | 12 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific (OR) | 26 | Western Oregon | 14 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (OR) | 13 | College of Idaho | 41 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific (OR) | 19 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 6 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (OR) | 6 | Linfield (OR) | 20 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific (OR) | 6 | Whitman (WA) | 13 | Walla Walla, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific Army | 6 | Hawaii | 28 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 7 | Western Washington | 8 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 7 | Whitworth (WA) | 6 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 7 | Central Washington | 6 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 0 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 7 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 0 | Puget Sound (WA) | 20 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 13 | Eastern Washington | 14 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 6 | Pacific (OR) | 19 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 19 | British Columbia (BC) | 6 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | L | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 6 | Puget Sound (WA) | 27 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Paine (GA) | 0 | Claflin (SC) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Paine (GA) | 0 | Miles (AL) | 46 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Paine (GA) | 0 | Morris (SC) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Paine (GA) | 0 | Livingstone (NC) | 26 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Paine (GA) | 13 | Albany St. (GA) | 13 | Augusta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Paine (GA) | 13 | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Augusta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Palo Verde JC (CA) | 20 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Palomar JC (CA) | 7 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 31 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Palomar JC (CA) | 14 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 6 | Escondido, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Paris JC (TX) | 26 | Cameron (OK) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Paris JC (TX) | 33 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Parris Island Marines (SC) | 6 | Wofford (SC) | 19 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Parris Island Marines (SC) | 0 | Southern Mississippi | 40 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Parsons (IA) | 0 | Upper Iowa | 18 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Parsons (IA) | 37 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 26 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Parsons (IA) | 18 | Central (IA) | 34 | Pella, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Parsons (IA) | 13 | Dubuque (IA) | 21 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Parsons (IA) | 6 | Dana (NE) | 32 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Parsons (IA) | 6 | Iowa Wesleyan | 39 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Parsons (IA) | 24 | Simpson (IA) | 14 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Parsons (IA) | 20 | Central Methodist (MO) | 14 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Parsons JC (KS) | 12 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Pasadena City College (CA) | 6 | Boise JC (ID) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Pasadena City College (CA) | 51 | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Paul Quinn (TX) | 54 | Butler College (TX) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Paul Quinn (TX) | 58 | Jarvis Christian (TX) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Paul Quinn (TX) | 0 | Langston (OK) | 31 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Paul Quinn (TX) | 13 | Mississippi Valley St. | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Paul Quinn (TX) | 7 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 0 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Paul Quinn (TX) | 6 | Allen (SC) | 33 | Charleston, SC | Iodine Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Paul Quinn (TX) | 6 | Texas Southern | 13 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Paul Quinn (TX) | 12 | Southern (LA) | 18 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Paul Quinn (TX) | 0 | Grambling St. (LA) | 27 | Grambling, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Paul Quinn (TX) | 0 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Paul Quinn (TX) | 19 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 19 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Paul Quinn (TX) | 6 | Wiley (TX) | 24 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Pearl Harbor Marines (HI) | 27 | Hawaii | 7 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Pearl Harbor Navy (HI) | 12 | Hawaii | 7 | Honolulu, HI | |
| 1953 | W | Pearl River CC (MS) | 52 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Penn St. | 7 | Pennsylvania | 13 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Penn St. | 28 | Fordham (NY) | 21 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Penn St. | 35 | Boston (MA) | 13 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Penn St. | 0 | Wisconsin | 20 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Penn St. | 20 | Syracuse (NY) | 14 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Penn St. | 27 | Texas Christian | 21 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Penn St. | 19 | West Virginia | 20 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Penn St. | 54 | Rutgers (NJ) | 26 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Penn St. | 17 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 0 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Pennsylvania | 13 | Penn St. | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Pennsylvania | 20 | Notre Dame (IN) | 28 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Pennsylvania | 0 | California | 40 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Pennsylvania | 13 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Pennsylvania | 6 | Ohio St. | 12 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Pennsylvania | 9 | Navy (MD) | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Pennsylvania | 14 | Michigan | 24 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Pennsylvania | 14 | Army (NY) | 21 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | T | Pennsylvania | 7 | Cornell (NY) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Pepperdine (CA) | 13 | California-Santa Barbara | 12 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pepperdine (CA) | 0 | San Diego St. (CA) | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | El Camino JC Stadium |
| 1953 | W | Pepperdine (CA) | 12 | La Verne (CA) | 0 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pepperdine (CA) | 12 | Occidental (CA) | 20 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pepperdine (CA) | 0 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 45 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pepperdine (CA) | 6 | San Francisco St. (CA) | 13 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pepperdine (CA) | 2 | Fresno St. (CA) | 54 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pepperdine (CA) | 13 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pepperdine (CA) | 13 | Whittier (CA) | 40 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 33 | Chadron St. (NE) | 6 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 30 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 13 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 6 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 33 | Central (IA) | 7 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 27 | Hastings (NE) | 20 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 25 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 7 | Fremont, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 27 | Doane (NE) | 19 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Peru St. (NE) | 13 | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | T | Philander-Smith (AR) | 14 | Tougaloo (MS) | 14 | Tougaloo, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Philander-Smith (AR) | 12 | Mississippi Valley St. | 20 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Philander-Smith (AR) | 12 | Rust (MS) | 0 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Philander-Smith (AR) | 6 | Wiley (TX) | 54 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Philander-Smith (AR) | 6 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 19 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Philander-Smith (AR) | 13 | Lane (TN) | 6 | Jackson, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Philander-Smith (AR) | 6 | Knoxville (TN) | 12 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Philander-Smith (AR) | 20 | Leland (LA) | 0 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | T | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 12 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 12 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 19 | Eastern New Mexico | 7 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 13 | Washburn (KS) | 36 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 12 | Olathe NAS (KS) | 2 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 14 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 19 | Tahlequah, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 25 | Missouri S&T | 6 | Rolla, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 6 | Missouri St. | 0 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 12 | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 6 | Benedictine (KS) | 13 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 19 | Emporia St. (KS) | 6 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburg St. JV (KS) | 13 | Missouri Southern St. | 20 | Joplin, MO | |
| 1953 | T | Pittsburgh (PA) | 7 | Oklahoma | 7 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburgh (PA) | 26 | Virginia | 0 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburgh (PA) | 14 | Nebraska | 6 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburgh (PA) | 7 | West Virginia | 17 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburgh (PA) | 14 | Notre Dame (IN) | 23 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburgh (PA) | 21 | Northwestern (IL) | 27 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburgh (PA) | 14 | Minnesota | 35 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Pittsburgh (PA) | 40 | North Carolina St. | 6 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Pittsburgh (PA) | 0 | Penn St. | 17 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 20 | La Verne (CA) | 0 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 27 | Whittier (CA) | 7 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 28 | California Tech | 0 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 40 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 0 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 10 | Redlands (CA) | 13 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 26 | California Tech | 6 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 18 | La Verne (CA) | 7 | La Verne, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 30 | Occidental (CA) | 14 | Claremont, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Porterville JC (CA) | 10 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Portland St. (OR) | 26 | Grays Harbor JC (WA) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Portland St. (OR) | 19 | Lower Columbia JC (WA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Portland St. (OR) | 25 | Olympic JC (WA) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Portland St. (OR) | 14 | Oregon Tech | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Portland St. (OR) | 0 | Western Oregon | 27 | Monmouth, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Portland St. (OR) | 32 | Eastern Oregon | 20 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Portland St. (OR) | 0 | Southern Oregon | 12 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Portsmouth Marines (VA) | 14 | Chowan (NC) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Potomac St. (WV) | 7 | Salem College (WV) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Potomac St. (WV) | 31 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 0 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Potomac St. (WV) | 0 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 34 | Keyser, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Potomac St. (WV) | 13 | West Virginia Tech | 19 | Keyser, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Potomac St. (WV) | 13 | Glenville St. (WV) | 7 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Potomac St. (WV) | 0 | Shepherd (WV) | 14 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Potomac St. (WV) | 0 | Concord (WV) | 29 | Keyser, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 21 | Fort Hood (TX) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 12 | Texas Southern | 13 | Houston, TX | Prairie View Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 40 | Bishop (TX) | 19 | Prairie View, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 33 | Florida A&M | 27 | Miami, FL | Orange Blossom Classic |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 27 | Texas College | 7 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 61 | Jackson St. (MS) | 0 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 32 | Wiley (TX) | 0 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 27 | Morris Brown (GA) | 15 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 34 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | Pine Bluff, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 32 | Grambling St. (LA) | 0 | Prairie View, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 27 | Langston (OK) | 0 | Prairie View, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 20 | Southern (LA) | 0 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Presbyterian (SC) | 0 | Furman (SC) | 19 | Greenville, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Presbyterian (SC) | 7 | Wofford (SC) | 6 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Presbyterian (SC) | 7 | Clemson (SC) | 33 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Presbyterian (SC) | 13 | West Alabama | 7 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Presbyterian (SC) | 19 | Davidson (NC) | 18 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Presbyterian (SC) | 14 | Citadel (SC) | 20 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Presbyterian (SC) | 26 | Catawba (NC) | 19 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Presbyterian (SC) | 20 | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | T | Presbyterian (SC) | 7 | Newberry (SC) | 7 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Presidio of San Francisco (CA) | 7 | Cal St.-Chico | 14 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Princeton (NJ) | 20 | Columbia (NY) | 19 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Princeton (NJ) | 6 | Harvard (MA) | 0 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Princeton (NJ) | 9 | Rutgers (NJ) | 7 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Princeton (NJ) | 20 | Lafayette (PA) | 14 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Princeton (NJ) | 7 | Navy (MD) | 65 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Princeton (NJ) | 19 | Cornell (NY) | 26 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Princeton (NJ) | 27 | Brown (RI) | 13 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Princeton (NJ) | 24 | Yale (CT) | 26 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Princeton (NJ) | 12 | Dartmouth (NH) | 34 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Principia (IL) | 21 | Shurtleff (IL) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Principia (IL) | 7 | Carthage (WI) | 21 | Elsah, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Principia (IL) | 0 | Illinois College | 2 | Jacksonville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Principia (IL) | 32 | Kemper Military School (MO) | 0 | Macon, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Principia (IL) | 21 | Wentworth Military Academy (MO) | 7 | Elsah, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Principia (IL) | 14 | Eureka (IL) | 22 | Eureka, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Principia (IL) | 13 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 26 | Elsah, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Pueblo JC (CO) | 7 | Mesa St. (CO) | 28 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Puget Sound (WA) | 20 | Eastern Washington | 13 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Puget Sound (WA) | 7 | Whitworth (WA) | 28 | Richland, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Puget Sound (WA) | 14 | Willamette (OR) | 0 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Puget Sound (WA) | 20 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 0 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Puget Sound (WA) | 40 | British Columbia (BC) | 27 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Puget Sound (WA) | 20 | Central Washington | 19 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Puget Sound (WA) | 33 | Western Washington | 0 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Puget Sound (WA) | 27 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 6 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Purdue (IN) | 7 | Notre Dame (IN) | 37 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Purdue (IN) | 0 | Iowa | 26 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Purdue (IN) | 14 | Duke (NC) | 20 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Purdue (IN) | 7 | Missouri | 14 | Columbia, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Purdue (IN) | 19 | Wisconsin | 28 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Purdue (IN) | 6 | Michigan St. | 0 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Purdue (IN) | 0 | Illinois | 21 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Purdue (IN) | 6 | Ohio St. | 21 | Columbus, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Purdue (IN) | 30 | Indiana | 0 | Bloomington, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Quantico Marines (VA) | 31 | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Quantico Marines (VA) | 13 | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Quantico Marines (VA) | 17 | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Quantico Marines (VA) | 19 | Fort Ord (CA) | 55 | San Diego, CA | Poinsettia Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Quincy (IL) | 0 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 15 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Quincy (IL) | 42 | Michigan Tech | 6 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Quincy (IL) | 40 | Lewis (IL) | 13 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | T | Quincy (IL) | 19 | Emporia St. (KS) | 19 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Quincy (IL) | 6 | Benedictine (KS) | 20 | Atchison, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Quincy (IL) | 9 | Loras (IA) | 13 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Quincy (IL) | 0 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 21 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Quincy (IL) | 12 | Carthage (WI) | 19 | Carthage, IL | |
| 1953 | Quincy (IL) | 13 | Illinois-Chicago | 13 | |||
| 1953 | L | Quonset NAS (RI) | 6 | Maine Maritime | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Quonset NAS (RI) | 6 | American International (MA) | 27 | Quonset Point, RI | |
| 1953 | T | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 13 | Shepherd (WV) | 13 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 7 | McDaniel College (MD) | 20 | Westminster, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 0 | Richmond (VA) | 28 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 28 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Newport News, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 27 | Bridgewater (VA) | 12 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | T | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 7 | Drexel Institute (PA) | 7 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 26 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 12 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 12 | Hampden-Sydney (VA) | 20 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 0 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 12 | Ashland, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Ranger JC (TX) | 12 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ranger JC (TX) | 6 | Texas-Arlington | 13 | Ranger, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Redlands (CA) | 34 | University of Mexico | 39 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Redlands (CA) | 34 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 13 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Redlands (CA) | 41 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 6 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Redlands (CA) | 27 | La Verne (CA) | 0 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Redlands (CA) | 33 | California Tech | 13 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Redlands (CA) | 27 | California Tech | 6 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Redlands (CA) | 13 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 10 | Redlands, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Redlands (CA) | 7 | Occidental (CA) | 38 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Redlands (CA) | 6 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 51 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Redlands (CA) | 0 | Whittier (CA) | 20 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 7 | Alfred (NY) | 55 | Troy, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 6 | Coast Guard (CT) | 12 | Troy, NY | Shot Glass Trophy |
| 1953 | L | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 6 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 24 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 0 | Northeastern (MA) | 34 | Brookline, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 6 | Union (NY) | 32 | Troy, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 32 | Rochester (NY) | 31 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | T | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 12 | Worcester Tech (MA) | 12 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 20 | Norwich (VT) | 40 | Troy, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Rhode Island | 13 | New Hampshire | 14 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Rhode Island | 19 | Brown (RI) | 13 | Providence, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Rhode Island | 13 | Northeastern (MA) | 7 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Rhode Island | 13 | Maine | 6 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Rhode Island | 41 | Massachusetts | 14 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Rhode Island | 12 | Hofstra (NY) | 27 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rhode Island | 18 | Springfield (MA) | 6 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | W | Rhode Island | 19 | Connecticut | 13 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Rhodes (TN) | 6 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Rhodes (TN) | 9 | Mississippi College | 20 | Clinton, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Rhodes (TN) | 7 | Samford (AL) | 34 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Rhodes (TN) | 0 | Centre (KY) | 32 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Rhodes (TN) | 7 | Hendrix (AR) | 6 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Rhodes (TN) | 0 | Millsaps (MS) | 40 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Rhodes (TN) | 0 | Sewanee (TN) | 41 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Rhodes (TN) | 7 | Louisiana College | 41 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 28 | Cornell (NY) | 7 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 47 | Arkansas | 0 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 40 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 0 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 20 | Florida | 16 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Rice (TX) | 7 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 12 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 18 | Texas | 13 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Rice (TX) | 13 | Kentucky | 19 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 34 | Texas A&M | 7 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 19 | Texas Christian | 6 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Rice (TX) | 41 | Baylor (TX) | 19 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Richmond (VA) | 13 | Virginia Military Institute | 7 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Richmond (VA) | 7 | Virginia Tech | 21 | Blacksburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Richmond (VA) | 28 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 0 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Richmond (VA) | 16 | Davidson (NC) | 0 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Richmond (VA) | 27 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 19 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | T | Richmond (VA) | 13 | Wake Forest (NC) | 13 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Richmond (VA) | 14 | Boston College (MA) | 0 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Richmond (VA) | 0 | William & Mary (VA) | 21 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Richmond (VA) | 7 | George Washington (DC) | 35 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | Ricks JC (ID) | 0 | Boise JC (ID) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Ricks JC (ID) | 11 | Westminster College (UT) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Ricks JC (ID) | 34 | Carroll (MT) | 21 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Ripon (WI) | 0 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 58 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Ripon (WI) | 15 | Monmouth (IL) | 36 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Ripon (WI) | 0 | Indiana St. | 14 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Ripon (WI) | 14 | Cornell College (IA) | 6 | Mount Vernon, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Ripon (WI) | 0 | Lawrence (WI) | 62 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Ripon (WI) | 7 | Carleton (MN) | 14 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Ripon (WI) | 12 | Coe (IA) | 39 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Rochester (NY) | 6 | Williams (MA) | 14 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rochester (NY) | 21 | Union (NY) | 7 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rochester (NY) | 13 | Allegheny (PA) | 6 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Rochester (NY) | 7 | Vermont | 28 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Rochester (NY) | 31 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 32 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rochester (NY) | 25 | Oberlin (OH) | 12 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rochester (NY) | 25 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 10 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 22 | Montana St.-Billings | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 6 | Carroll (MT) | 31 | Billings, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 46 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 13 | Billings, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 27 | Illinois College | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 28 | Illinois-Chicago | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 13 | Shurtleff (IL) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 14 | Franklin (IN) | 0 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 6 | Earlham (IN) | 7 | Richmond, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 0 | Taylor (IN) | 21 | Upland, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 21 | Eureka (IL) | 16 | Eureka, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 26 | Principia (IL) | 13 | Elsah, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Rust (MS) | 12 | Leland (LA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Rust (MS) | 0 | Miles (AL) | 60 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Rust (MS) | 8 | Mississippi Valley St. | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Rust (MS) | 0 | Tougaloo (MS) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Rust (MS) | 0 | Dillard (LA) | 16 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Rust (MS) | 0 | Philander-Smith (AR) | 12 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Rust (MS) | 0 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 25 | Holly Springs, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Rutgers (NJ) | 20 | Virginia Tech | 13 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Rutgers (NJ) | 14 | Lafayette (PA) | 13 | Easton, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Rutgers (NJ) | 7 | Princeton (NJ) | 9 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Rutgers (NJ) | 20 | Brown (RI) | 27 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Rutgers (NJ) | 13 | Fordham (NY) | 40 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Rutgers (NJ) | 13 | Colgate (NY) | 33 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Rutgers (NJ) | 26 | Penn St. | 54 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Rutgers (NJ) | 13 | Columbia (NY) | 27 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 14 | Lewis (IL) | 33 | Romeoville, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 15 | Quincy (IL) | 0 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 13 | Loras (IA) | 14 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 14 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 26 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 0 | Western Illinois | 32 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 7 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 14 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 13 | Iowa Wesleyan | 19 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 19 | Bradley (IL) | 12 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 6 | Shaw (NC) | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 6 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 0 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 14 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 0 | North Carolina Central | 31 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 12 | Saint Paul's (VA) | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 6 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 6 | Elizabeth City, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 19 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 24 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 12 | Delaware St. | 19 | Dover, DE | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 20 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 0 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 25 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 14 | Saint Cloud, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 7 | Saint John's (MN) | 0 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 14 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 0 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 18 | Bemidji St. (MN) | 12 | Saint Cloud, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 18 | Winona St. (MN) | 0 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 7 | Wisconsin-Stout | 19 | Saint Cloud, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Francis (PA) | 13 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 20 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Indiana (PA) | 0 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Francis (PA) | 6 | Clarion (PA) | 7 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Francis (PA) | 18 | West Virginia Tech | 13 | Montgomery, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Francis (PA) | 6 | California (PA) | 7 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 13 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Francis (PA) | 13 | Edinboro (PA) | 7 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 32 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Scranton (PA) | 27 | Scranton, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Francis (PA) | 0 | King's (PA) | 21 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint John's (MN) | 14 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 6 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint John's (MN) | 27 | Hamline (MN) | 0 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint John's (MN) | 6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 33 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint John's (MN) | 0 | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 7 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint John's (MN) | 22 | Saint Mary's (MN) | 6 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint John's (MN) | 21 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 7 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint John's (MN) | 26 | South Dakota St. | 13 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Saint John's (MN) | 7 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 6 | Collegeville, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 7 | Valparaiso (IN) | 45 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 12 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 7 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 14 | Indiana St. | 23 | Terre Haute, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 14 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 7 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 13 | Butler (IN) | 47 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 6 | Evansville (IN) | 26 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 6 | Ball St. (IN) | 14 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 28 | Lewis (IL) | 33 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 18 | Hofstra (NY) | 7 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 6 | Connecticut | 26 | Storrs, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 25 | Union (NY) | 7 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 26 | Alfred (NY) | 7 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 0 | New Hampshire | 34 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 47 | Ohio Northern | 13 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Mary of the Plains (KS) | 33 | York (NE) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary of the Plains (KS) | 13 | Graceland (IA) | 51 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary's (MN) | 7 | Minnesota-Duluth | 21 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary's (MN) | 0 | Hamline (MN) | 39 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary's (MN) | 6 | Saint John's (MN) | 22 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary's (MN) | 7 | Concordia-Moorhead (MN) | 32 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary's (MN) | 7 | Macalester (MN) | 13 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary's (MN) | 6 | Augsburg (MN) | 34 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Mary's (MN) | 6 | Winona St. (MN) | 13 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Michael's (VT) | 7 | American International (MA) | 20 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | T | Saint Michael's (VT) | 13 | Vermont | 13 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Michael's (VT) | 31 | Norwich (VT) | 13 | Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Michael's (VT) | 20 | Springfield (MA) | 34 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Michael's (VT) | 20 | Bridgeport (CT) | 19 | Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Michael's (VT) | 6 | Coast Guard (CT) | 7 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Norbert (WI) | 20 | Loras (IA) | 14 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Norbert (WI) | 25 | Wisconsin-Superior | 6 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Norbert (WI) | 7 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 12 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Norbert (WI) | 26 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 14 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Norbert (WI) | 7 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 12 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Norbert (WI) | 12 | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 48 | Great Lakes, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Norbert (WI) | 7 | Lewis (IL) | 14 | Lockport, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Norbert (WI) | 21 | Quincy (IL) | 0 | Quincy, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 78 | Bethel (MN) | 0 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 58 | Ripon (WI) | 0 | Ripon, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 60 | Grinnell (IA) | 12 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 28 | Knox (IL) | 19 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 35 | Wartburg (IA) | 14 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 34 | Carleton (MN) | 0 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 35 | Lawrence (WI) | 13 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Olaf (MN) | 34 | Monmouth (IL) | 0 | Monmouth, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Paul's (VA) | 7 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 25 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Paul's (VA) | 0 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 18 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Paul's (VA) | 0 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 12 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Paul's (VA) | 0 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 2 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Paul's (VA) | 7 | Delaware St. | 6 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Paul's (VA) | 6 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 13 | Lawrenceville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Paul's (VA) | 16 | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 25 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Thomas (MN) | 6 | Saint John's (MN) | 14 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Thomas (MN) | 19 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 34 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Thomas (MN) | 13 | Macalester (MN) | 20 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Thomas (MN) | 14 | Loras (IA) | 6 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Thomas (MN) | 25 | Augsburg (MN) | 0 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Thomas (MN) | 16 | Minnesota-Duluth | 14 | Duluth, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Thomas (MN) | 13 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 26 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Thomas (MN) | 6 | Hamline (MN) | 25 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 7 | Clarion (PA) | 20 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 7 | Scranton (PA) | 32 | Latrobe, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 25 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 14 | Latrobe, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 13 | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Loretto, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 0 | Waynesburg (PA) | 12 | Waynesburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 7 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 13 | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field |
| 1953 | W | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 13 | King's (PA) | 12 | Latrobe, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 0 | Potomac St. (WV) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 7 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 19 | Salem, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 6 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 20 | Salem, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 0 | Charleston (WV) | 20 | Spencer, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 6 | Mount Union (OH) | 39 | Alliance, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 0 | Concord (WV) | 31 | Hinton, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 6 | Fairmont St. (WV) | 19 | Salem, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Salem College (WV) | 6 | Glenville St. (WV) | 25 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Salzburg Army | 12 | Wiesbaden AFC | 7 | Leghorn, Italy | Spaghetti Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 0 | Delta St. (MS) | 40 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Samford (AL) | 34 | Rhodes (TN) | 7 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 6 | Mississippi College | 25 | Clinton, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 7 | Sewanee (TN) | 13 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 13 | Millsaps (MS) | 16 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 7 | North Alabama | 40 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 7 | Troy (AL) | 31 | Andalusia, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 14 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 20 | Jefferson City, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Samford (AL) | 13 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 26 | Anniston, AL | |
| 1953 | L | San Angelo JC (TX) | 12 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | San Diego Marines (CA) | 14 | San Diego St. (CA) | 7 | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium |
| 1953 | W | San Diego NTS (CA) | 81 | 101st Airborne | 21 | Phoenix, AZ | Salad Bowl |
| 1953 | L | San Diego NTS (CA) | 12 | North Texas | 27 | San Diego, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Diego NTS (CA) | 19 | Arizona St. | 14 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | San Diego St. (CA) | 12 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 33 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | W | San Diego St. (CA) | 14 | Occidental (CA) | 7 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | W | San Diego St. (CA) | 6 | Pepperdine (CA) | 0 | Torrance, CA | El Camino JC Stadium |
| 1953 | W | San Diego St. (CA) | 40 | Hawaii | 7 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | L | San Diego St. (CA) | 12 | New Mexico | 41 | Albuquerque, NM | Zimmerman Field |
| 1953 | W | San Diego St. (CA) | 40 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 13 | Los Angeles, CA | Snyder Field |
| 1953 | T | San Diego St. (CA) | 27 | Fresno St. (CA) | 27 | Fresno, CA | Ratcliffe Stadium |
| 1953 | L | San Diego St. (CA) | 7 | San Diego Marines (CA) | 14 | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium |
| 1953 | W | San Diego St. (CA) | 72 | California-Santa Barbara | 0 | San Diego, CA | Aztec Bowl |
| 1953 | W | San Francisco St. (CA) | 52 | California Tech | 0 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Francisco St. (CA) | 28 | Nevada | 27 | Reno, NV | |
| 1953 | W | San Francisco St. (CA) | 20 | Moffett Field (CA) | 13 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | L | San Francisco St. (CA) | 27 | Fresno St. (CA) | 41 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | L | San Francisco St. (CA) | 14 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 46 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | L | San Francisco St. (CA) | 0 | Cal St.-Chico | 13 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Francisco St. (CA) | 13 | Pepperdine (CA) | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Francisco St. (CA) | 26 | California-Santa Barbara | 13 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Jose St. (CA) | 27 | Fresno St. (CA) | 21 | Fresno, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Jose St. (CA) | 7 | Pacific (CA) | 6 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | L | San Jose St. (CA) | 20 | Arizona St. | 35 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Jose St. (CA) | 34 | Idaho | 6 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | W | San Jose St. (CA) | 28 | Brigham Young (UT) | 25 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | L | San Jose St. (CA) | 14 | California | 34 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | L | San Jose St. (CA) | 13 | Oregon | 26 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | T | San Jose St. (CA) | 13 | North Texas | 13 | San Jose, CA | |
| 1953 | L | San Jose St. (CA) | 0 | Stanford (CA) | 54 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Santa Monica College (CA) | 6 | Ventura JC (CA) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 42 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Alabama St. | 74 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Morris (SC) | 65 | Sumter, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 98 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 6 | Albany St. (GA) | 37 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Florida N&I | 55 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Claflin (SC) | 51 | Savannah, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Savannah St. (GA) | 0 | Paine (GA) | 13 | Augusta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Schreiner Institute (TX) | 6 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Schreiner Institute (TX) | 16 | Texas Lutheran | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Schreiner Institute (TX) | 2 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Scottsbluff JC (NE) | 12 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Scottsbluff JC (NE) | 13 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 32 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Scottsbluff JC (NE) | 7 | Mesa St. (CO) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Scranton (PA) | 14 | King's (PA) | 14 | Pittston, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Scranton (PA) | 32 | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 7 | Latrobe, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Scranton (PA) | 7 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 12 | Scranton, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Scranton (PA) | 25 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 7 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Scranton (PA) | 7 | Temple (PA) | 33 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Scranton (PA) | 20 | Upsala (NJ) | 19 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Scranton (PA) | 27 | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Scranton, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Scranton (PA) | 0 | Albright (PA) | 19 | Scranton, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Scranton (PA) | 20 | Hofstra (NY) | 6 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Seattle Ramblers (WA) | 13 | Whitworth (WA) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Seattle Ramblers (WA) | 0 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 19 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Sequoias JC (CA) | 26 | La Verne (CA) | 12 | ? | Olive Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Sewanee (TN) | 20 | Washington (MO) | 40 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Sewanee (TN) | 20 | Centre (KY) | 14 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Sewanee (TN) | 6 | Millsaps (MS) | 35 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Sewanee (TN) | 13 | Samford (AL) | 7 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Sewanee (TN) | 12 | Mississippi College | 14 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Sewanee (TN) | 7 | Wabash (IN) | 28 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Sewanee (TN) | 41 | Rhodes (TN) | 0 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Sewanee (TN) | 20 | Trinity (CT) | 32 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Sewanee JV (TN) | 0 | Tennessee-Martin | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Sewart AFB (TN) | 0 | Middle Tennessee St. | 33 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Shaw (NC) | 0 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 6 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Shaw (NC) | 13 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 6 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Shaw (NC) | 0 | Virginia St. | 41 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Shaw (NC) | 0 | North Carolina A&T | 40 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Shaw (NC) | 6 | Allen (SC) | 20 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Shaw (NC) | 6 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 26 | Princess Anne, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Shaw (NC) | 0 | Lincoln (PA) | 33 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Shaw (NC) | 13 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 2 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Shaw (NC) | 6 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 20 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | T | Shepherd (WV) | 13 | Randolph-Macon (VA) | 13 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Shepherd (WV) | 7 | Bridgewater (VA) | 9 | Bridgewater, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Shepherd (WV) | 19 | Montgomery JC (MD) | 31 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Shepherd (WV) | 0 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 47 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Shepherd (WV) | 0 | Glenville St. (WV) | 7 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Shepherd (WV) | 15 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | Newport News, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Shepherd (WV) | 14 | Potomac St. (WV) | 0 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Shepherd (WV) | 14 | Fort George G Meade (MD) | 19 | Shepherdstown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 28 | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 0 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 30 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 0 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 20 | Cheyney (PA) | 7 | Cheyney, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 23 | Lock Haven (PA) | 14 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 61 | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Kutztown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 20 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 14 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 65 | Millersville (PA) | 0 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Shippensburg (PA) | 52 | Bridgewater (VA) | 0 | Bridgewater, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Shurtleff (IL) | 6 | Illinois College | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Shurtleff (IL) | 0 | Principia (IL) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Shurtleff (IL) | 6 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Shurtleff (IL) | 26 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 0 | Alton, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Shurtleff (IL) | 7 | Carthage (WI) | 32 | Alton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Shurtleff (IL) | 9 | Eureka (IL) | 3 | Alton, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Si Tanka (SD) | 6 | Northern St. (SD) | 37 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Si Tanka (SD) | 19 | Yankton (SD) | 12 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Si Tanka (SD) | 26 | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 6 | Mitchell, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Si Tanka (SD) | 19 | South Dakota Tech | 13 | Huron, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Si Tanka (SD) | 14 | Augustana (SD) | 7 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Si Tanka (SD) | 25 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 6 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Si Tanka (SD) | 26 | Sioux Falls (SD) | 0 | Huron, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Si Tanka (SD) | 0 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 25 | Huron, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Si Tanka (SD) | 7 | South Dakota-Springfield | 19 | Springfield, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 14 | Iowa Wesleyan | 33 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Wartburg (IA) | 38 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Baker (KS) | 21 | Baldwin City, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Doane (NE) | 7 | Crete, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 7 | Central Methodist (MO) | 13 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Dubuque (IA) | 27 | Dubuque, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 14 | Parsons (IA) | 24 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Simpson (IA) | 14 | Central (IA) | 15 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Sioux Falls (SD) | 13 | Dakota St. (SD) | 0 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Sioux Falls (SD) | 6 | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 25 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Sioux Falls (SD) | 27 | York (NE) | 0 | York, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Sioux Falls (SD) | 13 | South Dakota Tech | 33 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Sioux Falls (SD) | 0 | Si Tanka (SD) | 26 | Huron, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Sioux Falls (SD) | 14 | Westmar (IA) | 30 | LeMars, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Sioux Falls (SD) | 12 | Yankton (SD) | 34 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | T | Slippery Rock (PA) | 6 | Edinboro (PA) | 6 | Edinboro, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Slippery Rock (PA) | 0 | Clarion (PA) | 30 | Clarion, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Slippery Rock (PA) | 32 | Muskingum (OH) | 19 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Slippery Rock (PA) | 32 | Ashland (OH) | 6 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Slippery Rock (PA) | 14 | Indiana (PA) | 0 | Indiana, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Slippery Rock (PA) | 14 | Shippensburg (PA) | 20 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Slippery Rock (PA) | 27 | Geneva (PA) | 13 | Slippery Rock, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Slippery Rock (PA) | 6 | Westminster (PA) | 13 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Snow College (UT) | 20 | Mesa St. (CO) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | South All-Stars | 13 | North All-Stars | 28 | Mobile, AL | Senior Bowl |
| 1953 | W | South All-Stars | 20 | North All-Stars | 0 | Miami, FL | N-S All-Star Shrine Game |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina | 19 | Virginia | 0 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina | 18 | North Carolina | 0 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina | 27 | Furman (SC) | 13 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina | 7 | Duke (NC) | 20 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina | 25 | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina | 14 | Clemson (SC) | 7 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina | 6 | Maryland | 24 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina | 20 | West Virginia | 14 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina | 49 | Wofford (SC) | 0 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina | 13 | Wake Forest (NC) | 19 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina St. | 25 | Allen (SC) | 14 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina St. | 12 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina St. | 13 | Claflin (SC) | 7 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina St. | 38 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 0 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina St. | 9 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 20 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina St. | 23 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 0 | Orangeburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina St. | 21 | Alabama A&M | 6 | Normal, AL | |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina St. | 13 | Lincoln (MO) | 33 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| 1953 | W | South Carolina St. | 26 | Benedict (SC) | 6 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | T | South Carolina Trade | 0 | Florida N&I | 0 | ? | Score unknown |
| 1953 | T | South Carolina Trade | 0 | Morristown College (TN) | 0 | ? | Score Unknown |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina Trade | 0 | Livingstone (NC) | 27 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | South Carolina Trade | 0 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 26 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota | 33 | Augustana (SD) | 0 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota | 27 | Northern Iowa | 34 | Vermillion, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota | 0 | Drake (IA) | 18 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota | 0 | Iowa St. | 35 | Ames, IA | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota | 6 | North Dakota St. | 12 | Fargo, ND | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota | 35 | Morningside (IA) | 7 | Vermillion, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota | 0 | South Dakota St. | 25 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota | 14 | North Dakota | 18 | Vermillion, SD | |
| 1953 | T | South Dakota St. | 13 | North Dakota | 13 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota St. | 31 | Morningside (IA) | 29 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota St. | 55 | Augustana (SD) | 0 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota St. | 13 | Marquette (WI) | 46 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota St. | 52 | Northern Iowa | 19 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota St. | 13 | Saint John's (MN) | 26 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota St. | 32 | North Dakota St. | 14 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota St. | 25 | South Dakota | 0 | Brookings, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota St. | 13 | Wichita St. (KS) | 39 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota Tech | 14 | South Dakota-Springfield | 13 | Rapid City, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota Tech | 19 | Northern St. (SD) | 34 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota Tech | 19 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 6 | Rapid City, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota Tech | 13 | Si Tanka (SD) | 19 | Huron, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota Tech | 6 | Chadron St. (NE) | 33 | Chadron, NE | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota Tech | 33 | Sioux Falls (SD) | 13 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | W | South Dakota Tech | 33 | Dakota St. (SD) | 6 | Madison, SD | |
| 1953 | T | South Dakota Tech | 31 | Carroll (MT) | 31 | Rapid City, SD | |
| 1953 | L | South Dakota Tech | 12 | Augustana (SD) | 38 | Rapid City, SD | |
| 1953 | W | South Georgia College | 21 | West Alabama | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | South Georgia College | 7 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 19 | Douglas, GA | |
| 1953 | L | South Georgia College | 0 | Tampa (FL) | 33 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | T | Southeast Missouri St. | 7 | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Southeast Missouri St. | 14 | Austin Peay St. (TN) | 8 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Southeast Missouri St. | 0 | Truman St. (MO) | 14 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Southeast Missouri St. | 27 | Central Arkansas | 14 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Southeast Missouri St. | 32 | Southern Illinois | 6 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Southeast Missouri St. | 0 | Missouri S&T | 6 | Rolla, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Southeast Missouri St. | 28 | Missouri St. | 7 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | T | Southeast Missouri St. | 7 | Northwest Missouri St. | 7 | Maryville, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Southeast Missouri St. | 0 | Arkansas-Monticello | 6 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | Louisiana College | 6 | Pineville, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Louisiana | 35 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 0 | Hammond, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Louisiana | 28 | Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Louisiana | 39 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | Hammond, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Louisiana | 27 | Northwestern St. (LA) | 19 | Natchitoches, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Louisiana | 20 | McNeese St. (LA) | 0 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | Memphis (TN) | 21 | Hammond, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 0 | East Central (OK) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Ouachita Baptist (AR) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 21 | Central Oklahoma | 13 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Southern Arkansas | 6 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | Austin (TX) | 41 | Denison, TX | |
| 1953 | T | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 7 | Durant, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 14 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Durant, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 33 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 79 | Bishop (TX) | 0 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 18 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 12 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 28 | Texas Southern | 6 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 60 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 0 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 25 | Langston (OK) | 7 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 58 | Texas College | 0 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 70 | Wiley (TX) | 13 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Southern (LA) | 25 | Florida A&M | 33 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Southern (LA) | 0 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 20 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern (LA) | 41 | Xavier (LA) | 15 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Arkansas | 30 | Arkansas Tech | 7 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Arkansas | 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Arkansas | 25 | East Central (OK) | 13 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Arkansas | 7 | Ozarks (AR) | 24 | Clarksville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Arkansas | 13 | Henderson St. (AR) | 7 | Arkadelphia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Arkansas | 12 | Central Arkansas | 19 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Arkansas | 0 | Arkansas St. | 49 | Jonesboro, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Arkansas | 0 | Delta St. (MS) | 42 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Arkansas | 18 | West Alabama | 2 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Arkansas | 14 | Arkansas-Monticello | 31 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Southern California | 7 | Wisconsin | 0 | Pasadena, CA | Rose Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Southern California | 27 | Indiana | 14 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern California | 23 | Stanford (CA) | 20 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Southern California | 13 | Washington | 13 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern California | 29 | Washington St. | 13 | Pullman, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern California | 17 | Minnesota | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern California | 37 | Oregon St. | 0 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern California | 32 | California | 20 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Southern California | 7 | Oregon | 13 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern California | 0 | UCLA | 13 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Southern California | 14 | Notre Dame (IN) | 48 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern California B Team | 53 | Ventura JC (CA) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Connecticut St. | 18 | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 0 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Connecticut St. | 38 | Kutztown (PA) | 0 | Kutztown, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Connecticut St. | 9 | Bridgeport (CT) | 7 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Connecticut St. | 12 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 14 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Connecticut St. | 7 | Brandeis (MA) | 6 | Waltham, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Connecticut St. | 47 | Central Connecticut St. | 0 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Illinois | 20 | Illinois St. | 27 | Normal, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Illinois | 7 | Missouri S&T | 28 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Illinois | 27 | Northern Illinois | 14 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Illinois | 6 | Southeast Missouri St. | 32 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Illinois | 6 | Central Michigan | 19 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Illinois | 0 | Eastern Michigan | 37 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Illinois | 6 | Eastern Illinois | 0 | Carbondale, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Illinois | 6 | Washington (MO) | 28 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Illinois | 19 | Western Illinois | 47 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Methodist (TX) | 4 | Georgia Tech | 6 | Atlanta, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Methodist (TX) | 14 | Notre Dame (IN) | 40 | South Bend, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Methodist (TX) | 23 | Texas A&M | 0 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Methodist (TX) | 20 | Missouri | 7 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Methodist (TX) | 12 | Rice (TX) | 7 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Methodist (TX) | 14 | Kansas | 6 | Lawrence, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Methodist (TX) | 7 | Texas | 16 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Methodist (TX) | 13 | Arkansas | 7 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Methodist (TX) | 21 | Baylor (TX) | 27 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Methodist (TX) | 0 | Texas Christian | 13 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Mississippi | 7 | Pacific (CA) | 26 | El Paso, TX | Sun Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 42 | Tampa (FL) | 6 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 21 | Florida St. | 0 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 41 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 25 | Alabama | 19 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 40 | Parris Island Marines (SC) | 0 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Mississippi | 13 | Memphis (TN) | 27 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 30 | Louisiana Tech | 0 | Ruston, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 14 | Georgia | 0 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Mississippi | 33 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 19 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Oregon | 14 | Western Oregon | 40 | Monmouth, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Oregon | 6 | California-Davis | 25 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Oregon | 20 | Eastern Oregon | 19 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Oregon | 6 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 21 | Ashland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Oregon | 7 | Cal St.-Chico | 26 | Ashland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Oregon | 21 | Linfield (OR) | 20 | Ashland, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Oregon | 12 | Portland St. (OR) | 0 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Southern Utah | 0 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Southern Utah | 33 | Westminster College (UT) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 13 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 20 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 13 | Washburn (KS) | 27 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Emporia St. (KS) | 40 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Southwestern (KS) | 32 | Kansas Wesleyan | 14 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 33 | Hays, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 12 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 7 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 13 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 7 | Benedictine (KS) | 40 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern (KS) | 6 | Central Oklahoma | 43 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 20 | Southwestern (KS) | 13 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 14 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 19 | Eastern New Mexico | 0 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 26 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 14 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 32 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 12 | East Central (OK) | 13 | Ada, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 27 | Central Oklahoma | 33 | Edmond, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Northeastern St. (OK) | 6 | Weatherford, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma St. | 7 | Durant, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 26 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 19 | Alva, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Springfield (MA) | 19 | Norwich (VT) | 0 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Springfield (MA) | 19 | Brandeis (MA) | 26 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Springfield (MA) | 20 | Massachusetts | 7 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Springfield (MA) | 34 | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 6 | Cortland, NY | |
| 1953 | T | Springfield (MA) | 0 | Williams (MA) | 0 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | T | Springfield (MA) | 0 | American International (MA) | 0 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Springfield (MA) | 34 | Saint Michael's (VT) | 20 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Springfield (MA) | 6 | Rhode Island | 18 | Kingston, RI | |
| 1953 | L | Springfield (MA) | 6 | New Hampshire | 7 | Springfield, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Stanford (CA) | 21 | Illinois | 33 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Stanford (CA) | 20 | Southern California | 23 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Stanford (CA) | 21 | Oregon St. | 0 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Stanford (CA) | 20 | Pacific (CA) | 25 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Stanford (CA) | 7 | Oregon | 0 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Stanford (CA) | 21 | UCLA | 20 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Stanford (CA) | 13 | Washington | 7 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Stanford (CA) | 48 | Washington St. | 19 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Stanford (CA) | 54 | San Jose St. (CA) | 0 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Stanford (CA) | 21 | California | 21 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 14 | Lamar (TX) | 19 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 39 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 0 | Southeastern Louisiana | 35 | Hammond, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 6 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | Kingsville, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 16 | McNeese St. (LA) | 14 | Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 7 | Texas St. | 34 | Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 7 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 14 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 31 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 14 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 25 | Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Sterling (KS) | 14 | Friends (KS) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Sterling (KS) | 6 | Concordia (NE) | 24 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Sterling (KS) | 6 | Bethel (KS) | 31 | North Newton, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Stetson (FL) | 18 | Western Kentucky | 7 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Stetson (FL) | 41 | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Stetson (FL) | 0 | Florida | 45 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Stetson (FL) | 0 | Auburn (AL) | 47 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Stetson (FL) | 14 | Tampa (FL) | 7 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Stetson (FL) | 0 | Wofford (SC) | 26 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Stetson (FL) | 6 | East Carolina (NC) | 40 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Stetson (FL) | 6 | Florida St. | 13 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Stetson (FL) | 26 | Eastern Kentucky | 30 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 40 | Mexico Poly Institute - White | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 0 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 12 | Huntsville, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 0 | Trinity (TX) | 14 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 13 | Texas St. | 33 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 7 | McMurry (TX) | 13 | Midland, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 7 | Texas-El Paso | 26 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 39 | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 38 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 0 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 31 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 14 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 0 | Lamar (TX) | 21 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 7 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 27 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 4 | Ithaca (NY) | 12 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 0 | Southern Connecticut St. | 18 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 0 | Alfred (NY) | 39 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 7 | Clarion (PA) | 51 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 0 | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 62 | Cortland, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 7 | Edinboro (PA) | 33 | Brockport, NY | |
| 1953 | T | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 12 | Buffalo (NY) | 12 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 0 | Alfred (NY) | 19 | Alfred, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 6 | Springfield (MA) | 34 | Cortland, NY | |
| 1953 | W | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 32 | Ithaca (NY) | 0 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 62 | SUNY-Brockport (NY) | 0 | Cortland, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Cortland (NY) | 0 | Hofstra (NY) | 18 | Hempstead, NY | |
| 1953 | L | SUNY-Farmingdale (NY) | 12 | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Susquehanna (PA) | 14 | Ursinus (PA) | 32 | Collegeville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Susquehanna (PA) | 7 | Swarthmore (PA) | 27 | Selinsgrove, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Susquehanna (PA) | 7 | Delaware Valley (PA) | 13 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Susquehanna (PA) | 6 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 12 | Selinsgrove, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Susquehanna (PA) | 0 | Juniata (PA) | 39 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Susquehanna (PA) | 13 | Haverford (PA) | 22 | Haverford, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Swarthmore (PA) | 19 | Johns Hopkins (MD) | 0 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Swarthmore (PA) | 27 | Susquehanna (PA) | 7 | Selinsgrove, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Swarthmore (PA) | 13 | Hamilton (NY) | 2 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Swarthmore (PA) | 21 | Ursinus (PA) | 38 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Swarthmore (PA) | 13 | Wesleyan (CT) | 27 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Swarthmore (PA) | 7 | Drexel Institute (PA) | 20 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Swarthmore (PA) | 20 | Haverford (PA) | 7 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Swift Memorial JC (TN) | 9 | Morristown College (TN) | 56 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Syracuse (NY) | 6 | Alabama | 61 | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl |
| 1953 | T | Syracuse (NY) | 14 | Boston (MA) | 14 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Syracuse (NY) | 26 | Cornell (NY) | 0 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Syracuse (NY) | 20 | Fordham (NY) | 13 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Syracuse (NY) | 42 | Temple (PA) | 0 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Syracuse (NY) | 14 | Penn St. | 20 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Syracuse (NY) | 13 | Illinois | 20 | Champaign, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Syracuse (NY) | 21 | Holy Cross (MA) | 0 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Syracuse (NY) | 34 | Colgate (NY) | 18 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Syracuse (NY) | 13 | Villanova (PA) | 14 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Tampa (FL) | 6 | Southern Mississippi | 42 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Tampa (FL) | 6 | Florida St. | 41 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Tampa (FL) | 18 | East Carolina (NC) | 13 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Tampa (FL) | 26 | Jacksonville NAS (FL) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Tampa (FL) | 21 | Troy (AL) | 7 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Tampa (FL) | 33 | South Georgia College | 0 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Tampa (FL) | 7 | Stetson (FL) | 14 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Tampa (FL) | 25 | McNeese St. (LA) | 7 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tampa (FL) | 6 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 26 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Tampa (FL) | 26 | Arkansas Tech | 20 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Tampa (FL) | 12 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 35 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Tampa (FL) | 6 | Delta St. (MS) | 13 | Tampa, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Tarkio (MO) | 12 | Central Methodist (MO) | 7 | Fayette, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Tarkio (MO) | 7 | William Jewell (MO) | 33 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Tarkio (MO) | 0 | Dana (NE) | 13 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Tarkio (MO) | 7 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 6 | Canton, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Tarkio (MO) | 13 | Concordia (NE) | 20 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Tarkio (MO) | 0 | Dana (NE) | 38 | Blair, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Tarkio (MO) | 13 | Missouri Valley | 47 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | T | Tarkio (MO) | 7 | Concordia (NE) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Tarleton St. (TX) | 0 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Taylor (IN) | 0 | Anderson (IN) | 8 | Anderson, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Taylor (IN) | 7 | Hanover (IN) | 6 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Taylor (IN) | 18 | Manchester (IN) | 0 | Upland, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Taylor (IN) | 6 | Indianapolis (IN) | 18 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Taylor (IN) | 21 | Rose-Hulman Tech (IN) | 0 | Upland, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Taylor (IN) | 19 | Franklin (IN) | 0 | Franklin, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Taylor (IN) | 13 | Earlham (IN) | 18 | Upland, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Taylor (IN) | 7 | Kentucky St. | 12 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Temple (PA) | 27 | Bowling Green (OH) | 0 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Temple (PA) | 6 | Yale (CT) | 32 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Temple (PA) | 34 | Albright (PA) | 0 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Temple (PA) | 0 | Syracuse (NY) | 42 | Syracuse, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Temple (PA) | 27 | Bucknell (PA) | 21 | Lewisburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Temple (PA) | 33 | Scranton (PA) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | T | Temple (PA) | 7 | Bainbridge NTS (MD) | 7 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Temple (PA) | 0 | Fordham (NY) | 28 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Temple (PA) | 0 | Boston (MA) | 20 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee | 0 | Texas | 16 | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee | 7 | Duke (NC) | 21 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee | 19 | Houston (TX) | 33 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee | 32 | Louisiana St. | 14 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee | 40 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 7 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee | 0 | Mississippi St. | 26 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Tennessee | 0 | Alabama | 0 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee | 59 | Louisville (KY) | 6 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee | 20 | North Carolina | 6 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee | 9 | Florida | 7 | Gainesville, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee | 21 | Kentucky | 27 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee | 33 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 6 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee JV | 0 | Maryville (TN) | 7 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 8 | Langston (OK) | 0 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 44 | Allen (SC) | 0 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Tennessee St. | 19 | Lincoln (MO) | 19 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 25 | Virginia St. | 7 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 13 | West Virginia St. | 8 | Institute, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 31 | Central St. (OH) | 6 | Wilberforce, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 19 | North Carolina Central | 0 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 34 | Morris Brown (GA) | 7 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee St. | 32 | Kentucky St. | 13 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee Tech | 0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 33 | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Tech | 27 | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Morehead, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee Tech | 6 | Miami (OH) | 44 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Tech | 7 | Eastern Kentucky | 0 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Tech | 14 | North Alabama | 7 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Tech | 9 | Murray St. (KY) | 0 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee Tech | 7 | Memphis (TN) | 14 | Memphis, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Tech | 34 | Western Kentucky | 21 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee Tech | 13 | East Tennessee St. | 21 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee Tech | 7 | Arkansas St. | 14 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Tech | 42 | Louisiana-Monroe | 20 | Cookeville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Tech | 46 | Middle Tennessee St. | 13 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee Wesleyan | 0 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 27 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Wesleyan | 26 | West Georgia | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee Wesleyan | 20 | Tennessee-Martin | 7 | Athens, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 39 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 0 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | Alabama | 21 | Tuscaloosa, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 7 | Tennessee | 40 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6 | Mississippi | 39 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6 | Memphis (TN) | 7 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 7 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 19 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6 | Dayton (OH) | 19 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 44 | Louisville (KY) | 6 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16 | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 19 | Southern Mississippi | 33 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Martin | 0 | Itawamba JC (MS) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Martin | 7 | Little Rock JC (AR) | 38 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Martin | 0 | Memphis NAS (TN) | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Martin | 14 | Northeast Mississippi JC | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee-Martin | 19 | Northwest Mississippi JC | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Tennessee-Martin | 6 | Sewanee JV (TN) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Tennessee-Martin | 7 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Terminal Island Navy | 20 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 16 | Tennessee | 0 | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 28 | Houston (TX) | 7 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 21 | Baylor (TX) | 20 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas | 14 | Oklahoma | 19 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas | 7 | Louisiana St. | 20 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 41 | Villanova (PA) | 12 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 16 | Arkansas | 7 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Texas | 13 | Rice (TX) | 18 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 16 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 7 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 13 | Texas Christian | 3 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas | 21 | Texas A&M | 12 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M | 14 | Georgia | 12 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M | 0 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 23 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M | 27 | Texas Tech | 14 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M | 7 | Kentucky | 6 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | T | Texas A&M | 14 | Houston (TX) | 14 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M | 20 | Texas Christian | 7 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M | 13 | Baylor (TX) | 14 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M | 14 | Arkansas | 41 | Little Rock, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M | 7 | Rice (TX) | 34 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M | 12 | Texas | 21 | College Station, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M Freshmen | 34 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 33 | Tennessee Tech | 0 | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 41 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | Lafayette, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 39 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 0 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 32 | Lamar (TX) | 13 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 28 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 27 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 20 | Trinity (TX) | 19 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 19 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 7 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 32 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 6 | Huntsville, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 80 | Northwestern Oklahoma St. | 0 | Commerce, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 40 | Texas St. | 19 | San Marcos, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Commerce | 27 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 7 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 6 | Texas Lutheran | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6 | Howard Payne (TX) | 0 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 25 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 49 | Kingsville, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 6 | Kingsville, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 20 | Texas St. | 34 | San Marcos, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12 | Trinity (TX) | 19 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 0 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 38 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 25 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 14 | Kingsville, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 19 | Austin (TX) | 18 | Kingsville, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6 | McMurry (TX) | 52 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Christian | 6 | Arkansas | 13 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Christian | 21 | Washington St. | 7 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Christian | 19 | Michigan St. | 26 | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Christian | 13 | Kansas | 0 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Christian | 7 | Texas A&M | 20 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Christian | 21 | Penn St. | 27 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Christian | 7 | Baylor (TX) | 25 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Christian | 3 | Texas | 13 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Christian | 6 | Rice (TX) | 19 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Christian | 13 | Southern Methodist (TX) | 0 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Christian Freshmen | 40 | John Tarleton College (TX) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Texas College | 6 | Texas Southern | 27 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas College | 46 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 13 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas College | 7 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 27 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas College | 20 | Langston (OK) | 7 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas College | 0 | Florida A&M | 33 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Texas College | 6 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 0 | Lorman, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Texas College | 0 | Southern (LA) | 58 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Texas College | 13 | Bishop (TX) | 0 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas College | 38 | Wiley (TX) | 13 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Del Mar JC (TX) | 41 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Schreiner Institute (TX) | 16 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Lutheran | 26 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Lutheran | 19 | Victoria JC (TX) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Wharton County JC (TX) | 28 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Texas-Arlington | 7 | Seguin, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Howard Payne (TX) | 21 | Brownwood, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 39 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Lutheran | 7 | Austin (TX) | 19 | Seguin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 13 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 12 | Houston, TX | Prairie View Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 27 | Texas College | 6 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 13 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 6 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 22 | Grambling St. (LA) | 7 | Grambling, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Southern | 6 | Southern (LA) | 28 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 33 | Jackson St. (MS) | 0 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Southern | 7 | Lincoln (MO) | 26 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 10 | Xavier (LA) | 7 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 14 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 6 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Southern | 20 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 12 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas St. | 13 | Sam Houston St. (TX) | 21 | San Marcos, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas St. | 33 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 13 | Alpine, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas St. | 19 | Abilene Christian (TX) | 26 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas St. | 21 | Trinity (TX) | 40 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas St. | 34 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 20 | San Marcos, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas St. | 34 | Stephen F. Austin (TX) | 7 | Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas St. | 54 | Howard Payne (TX) | 13 | San Marcos, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas St. | 14 | Lamar (TX) | 6 | Beaumont, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas St. | 19 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 40 | San Marcos, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 27 | Oklahoma St. | 13 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 52 | Arizona | 27 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas Tech | 14 | Texas A&M | 27 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 40 | West Texas A&M | 14 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 6 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 34 | Pacific (CA) | 7 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 71 | New Mexico St. | 0 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 27 | Mississippi St. | 20 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 49 | Tulsa (OK) | 7 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 41 | Houston (TX) | 21 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas Tech | 46 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 12 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 7 | Texas Lutheran | 0 | Seguin, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 13 | Ranger JC (TX) | 6 | Ranger, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 27 | Navarro JC (TX) | 7 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 21 | Wharton County JC (TX) | 13 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas-Arlington | 6 | Kilgore College (TX) | 27 | Kilgore, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 30 | Del Mar JC (TX) | 7 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 14 | Schreiner Institute (TX) | 2 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 28 | Angelo St. (TX) | 7 | San Angelo, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-Arlington | 14 | Tarleton St. (TX) | 0 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-El Paso | 28 | Arizona St. | 27 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas-El Paso | 13 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 14 | Abilene, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-El Paso | 26 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 7 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Texas-El Paso | 6 | Texas Tech | 27 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-El Paso | 39 | New Mexico St. | 0 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-El Paso | 26 | North Texas | 21 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-El Paso | 27 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | El Paso, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-El Paso | 28 | Arizona | 20 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Texas-El Paso | 27 | West Texas A&M | 7 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Thiel (PA) | 26 | Capital (OH) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Thiel (PA) | 7 | Westminster (PA) | 32 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Thiel (PA) | 14 | Indiana (PA) | 6 | Greenville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Thiel (PA) | 34 | Bethany (WV) | 6 | Greenville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Thiel (PA) | 21 | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 27 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Thiel (PA) | 28 | Grove City (PA) | 7 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Thiel (PA) | 52 | Allegheny (PA) | 6 | Greenville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Thornton JC (IL) | 0 | North Park JC (IL) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Toledo (OH) | 13 | Fort Belvoir (VA) | 62 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Toledo (OH) | 27 | Bradley (IL) | 12 | Peoria, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Toledo (OH) | 7 | Cincinnati (OH) | 41 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Toledo (OH) | 0 | Ohio | 26 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Toledo (OH) | 20 | Western Reserve (OH) | 21 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Toledo (OH) | 19 | Western Michigan | 7 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Toledo (OH) | 20 | Bowling Green (OH) | 19 | Bowling Green, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Toledo (OH) | 0 | Miami (OH) | 81 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Toledo (OH) | 7 | John Carroll (OH) | 36 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Alcorn St. (MS) | 76 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Dillard (LA) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Tougaloo (MS) | 12 | Leland (LA) | 24 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Tougaloo (MS) | 12 | Rust (MS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Tougaloo (MS) | 14 | Philander-Smith (AR) | 14 | Tougaloo, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Tuskegee (AL) | 39 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Mississippi Industrial Training School | 33 | Tougaloo, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Xavier (LA) | 99 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Jackson St. (MS) | 45 | Jackson, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Treasure Island Navy (CA) | 0 | Cal St.-Chico | 21 | Chico, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Trinidad St. JC (CO) | 0 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Trinidad St. JC (CO) | 13 | Mesa St. (CO) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (CT) | 32 | Hobart (NY) | 0 | Geneva, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Trinity (CT) | 14 | Amherst (MA) | 20 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (CT) | 27 | Tufts (MA) | 14 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (CT) | 34 | Colby (ME) | 0 | Hartford, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (CT) | 33 | Middlebury (VT) | 7 | Hartford, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Trinity (CT) | 14 | Coast Guard (CT) | 25 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Trinity (CT) | 7 | Wesleyan (CT) | 12 | Hartford, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (CT) | 32 | Sewanee (TN) | 20 | Sewanee, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 27 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 21 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 14 | Sul Ross St. (TX) | 0 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 14 | West Texas A&M | 6 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 40 | Texas St. | 21 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Trinity (TX) | 19 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 20 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 19 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 20 | McNeese St. (LA) | 0 | Lake Charles, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 62 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 7 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Trinity (TX) | 14 | North Texas | 6 | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Troy (AL) | 7 | West Alabama | 0 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Troy (AL) | 6 | North Alabama | 26 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Troy (AL) | 0 | Middle Tennessee St. | 6 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Troy (AL) | 7 | Tampa (FL) | 21 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Troy (AL) | 13 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 7 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Troy (AL) | 31 | Samford (AL) | 7 | Andalusia, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Troy (AL) | 0 | Newberry (SC) | 13 | Newberry, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Troy (AL) | 2 | Delta St. (MS) | 6 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Truman St. (MO) | 27 | Missouri St. | 7 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Truman St. (MO) | 39 | Northwest Missouri St. | 26 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Truman St. (MO) | 14 | Southeast Missouri St. | 0 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Truman St. (MO) | 0 | Missouri Valley | 19 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Truman St. (MO) | 13 | Western Illinois | 19 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Truman St. (MO) | 7 | Eastern Illinois | 2 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Truman St. (MO) | 28 | Missouri S&T | 20 | Kirksville, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Truman St. (MO) | 25 | Central Missouri St. | 6 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Tufts (MA) | 6 | Worcester Tech (MA) | 0 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Tufts (MA) | 14 | Trinity (CT) | 27 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Tufts (MA) | 6 | Bowdoin (ME) | 32 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Tufts (MA) | 47 | Middlebury (VT) | 6 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Tufts (MA) | 12 | Williams (MA) | 9 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Tufts (MA) | 6 | Amherst (MA) | 13 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Tufts (MA) | 14 | Massachusetts | 6 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 7 | Michigan | 26 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 0 | Mississippi St. | 21 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 13 | Georgia Tech | 27 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Tulane (LA) | 54 | Citadel (SC) | 6 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 14 | Georgia | 16 | Athens, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 14 | Mississippi | 45 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 7 | Auburn (AL) | 34 | Mobile, AL | |
| 1953 | T | Tulane (LA) | 0 | Army (NY) | 0 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 7 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 21 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulane (LA) | 13 | Louisiana St. | 32 | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 13 | Florida | 14 | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Tulsa (OK) | 22 | Pacific (CA) | 13 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Tulsa (OK) | 23 | Houston (TX) | 21 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 13 | Alabama | 41 | Tuscaloosa, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 7 | Cincinnati (OH) | 14 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 10 | Wichita St. (KS) | 19 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Tulsa (OK) | 14 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 13 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 14 | Oklahoma St. | 28 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 7 | Texas Tech | 49 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 0 | Detroit (MI) | 33 | Tulsa, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Tulsa (OK) | 7 | Arkansas | 27 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Tuskegee (AL) | 7 | Fisk (TN) | 12 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Tuskegee (AL) | 39 | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Tuskegee (AL) | 0 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 18 | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Tuskegee (AL) | 6 | Alabama A&M | 2 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | T | Tuskegee (AL) | 0 | Xavier (LA) | 0 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | T | Tuskegee (AL) | 7 | Knoxville (TN) | 7 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | L | Tuskegee (AL) | 12 | Morehouse (GA) | 32 | Columbus, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Tuskegee (AL) | 6 | Fort Valley St. (GA) | 32 | Fort Valley, GA | |
| 1953 | L | Tuskegee (AL) | 8 | Dillard (LA) | 25 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Tuskegee (AL) | 2 | Alabama St. | 6 | Montgomery, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Tyler JC (TX) | 54 | Graceland (IA) | 6 | Tyler, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Tyndall AFB (FL) | 0 | Florida A&M | 8 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 12 | Oregon | 0 | Eugene, OR | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 13 | Wisconsin | 0 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 41 | Oregon St. | 0 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 19 | Kansas | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | UCLA | 20 | Stanford (CA) | 21 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 44 | Washington St. | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 20 | California | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 22 | Washington | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | UCLA | 13 | Southern California | 0 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Union (NY) | 0 | Amherst (MA) | 21 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Union (NY) | 7 | Rochester (NY) | 21 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Union (NY) | 7 | Saint Lawrence (NY) | 25 | Canton, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Union (NY) | 32 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 6 | Troy, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Union (NY) | 13 | Hobart (NY) | 19 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Union (NY) | 20 | Williams (MA) | 27 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Union (NY) | 27 | Hamilton (NY) | 0 | Schenectady, NY | |
| 1953 | W | University of Mexico | 47 | La Verne (CA) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | University of Mexico | 34 | Mississippi College | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | University of Mexico | 69 | Normal | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | University of Mexico | 39 | Redlands (CA) | 34 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | University of Mexico | 30 | Austin (TX) | 38 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 1953 | L | University of Mexico | 19 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 27 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | W | University of Mexico | 52 | Cal St.-Chico | 28 | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico University Stadium |
| 1953 | W | University Prep School (OK) | 13 | Coffeyville CC (KS) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Upper Iowa | 18 | Parsons (IA) | 0 | Fairfield, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Upper Iowa | 7 | Augustana (IL) | 20 | Rock Island, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Upper Iowa | 0 | Wartburg (IA) | 21 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Upper Iowa | 7 | Iowa Wesleyan | 27 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Upper Iowa | 6 | Dubuque (IA) | 14 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Upper Iowa | 20 | Luther (IA) | 53 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Upper Iowa | 14 | Buena Vista (IA) | 13 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Upper Iowa | 14 | Millikin (IL) | 7 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Upsala (NJ) | 33 | Lincoln (PA) | 12 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Upsala (NJ) | 67 | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Upsala (NJ) | 13 | Moravian (PA) | 20 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Upsala (NJ) | 6 | Bridgeport (CT) | 13 | Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Upsala (NJ) | 13 | New Hampshire | 27 | Durham, NH | |
| 1953 | W | Upsala (NJ) | 19 | King's (PA) | 0 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Upsala (NJ) | 35 | Adelphi (NY) | 13 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Upsala (NJ) | 19 | Scranton (PA) | 20 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Upsala (NJ) | 15 | Hofstra (NY) | 13 | East Orange, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Ursinus (PA) | 32 | Susquehanna (PA) | 14 | Collegeville, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Ursinus (PA) | 6 | Drexel Institute (PA) | 20 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Ursinus (PA) | 13 | Haverford (PA) | 7 | Collegeville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Ursinus (PA) | 38 | Swarthmore (PA) | 21 | Swarthmore, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Ursinus (PA) | 14 | Wagner (NY) | 6 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Ursinus (PA) | 0 | Juniata (PA) | 21 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Ursinus (PA) | 13 | Dickinson (PA) | 19 | Collegeville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 47 | Hawaii | 24 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Utah | 0 | Colorado | 21 | Boulder, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 33 | Utah St. | 13 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 28 | Arizona | 7 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 21 | Idaho | 0 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 40 | Denver (CO) | 6 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 13 | Wyoming | 12 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Utah | 14 | Washington | 21 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 35 | Colorado St. | 14 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah | 33 | Brigham Young (UT) | 32 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Utah St. | 13 | Wyoming | 20 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 46 | Fresno St. (CA) | 6 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | L | Utah St. | 13 | Utah | 33 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 14 | Wichita St. (KS) | 7 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 6 | New Mexico | 0 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 14 | Brigham Young (UT) | 7 | Provo, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 14 | Colorado St. | 13 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 33 | Montana | 14 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 21 | Denver (CO) | 12 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Utah St. | 19 | Idaho | 7 | Boise, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Utah St. | 14 | Pacific (CA) | 20 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Valley City St. (ND) | 13 | North Dakota Science | 0 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Valley City St. (ND) | 2 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 33 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Valley City St. (ND) | 33 | Jamestown (ND) | 0 | Jamestown, ND | |
| 1953 | L | Valley City St. (ND) | 0 | Northern St. (SD) | 46 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Valley City St. (ND) | 12 | Minot St. (ND) | 2 | Minot, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Valley City St. (ND) | 44 | Bismarck St. (ND) | 6 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Valley City St. (ND) | 39 | Mayville St. (ND) | 6 | Mayville, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Valley City St. (ND) | 68 | Minot St.-Bottineau (ND) | 7 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Valley City St. (ND) | 26 | Bemidji St. (MN) | 6 | Valley City, ND | |
| 1953 | W | Valparaiso (IN) | 45 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | 7 | Rensselaer, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Valparaiso (IN) | 32 | Wheaton (IL) | 0 | Valparaiso, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Valparaiso (IN) | 6 | Evansville (IN) | 9 | Valparaiso, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Valparaiso (IN) | 34 | Wabash (IN) | 14 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Valparaiso (IN) | 31 | Indiana St. | 13 | Valparaiso, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Valparaiso (IN) | 27 | Ball St. (IN) | 7 | Michigan City, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Valparaiso (IN) | 20 | Butler (IN) | 32 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | T | Valparaiso (IN) | 14 | Wayne St. (MI) | 14 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Vancouver Int. | 1 | British Columbia (BC) | 11 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Vanderbilt (TN) | 12 | Alabama | 21 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Vanderbilt (TN) | 14 | Kentucky | 40 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Vanderbilt (TN) | 6 | Mississippi | 28 | Oxford, MS | |
| 1953 | L | Vanderbilt (TN) | 7 | Pennsylvania | 13 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Vanderbilt (TN) | 6 | Baylor (TX) | 47 | Waco, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Vanderbilt (TN) | 28 | Virginia | 13 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Vanderbilt (TN) | 0 | Georgia Tech | 43 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Vanderbilt (TN) | 21 | Tulane (LA) | 7 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Vanderbilt (TN) | 31 | Middle Tennessee St. | 13 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Vanderbilt (TN) | 6 | Tennessee | 33 | Knoxville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Ventura JC (CA) | 0 | Compton JC (CA) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | El Camino College (CA) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | Glendale CC (CA) | 53 | ? | |
| 1953 | T | Ventura JC (CA) | 19 | John Muir JC (CA) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | Los Angeles City College (CA) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ventura JC (CA) | 0 | Mount San Antonio College (CA) | 34 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ventura JC (CA) | 6 | Pasadena City College (CA) | 51 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Ventura JC (CA) | 7 | Santa Monica College (CA) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Ventura JC (CA) | 7 | Southern California B Team | 53 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Vermont | 0 | Maine | 13 | Orono, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Vermont | 0 | Middlebury (VT) | 7 | Middlebury, VT | |
| 1953 | T | Vermont | 13 | Saint Michael's (VT) | 13 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Vermont | 38 | Dartmouth JV (NH) | 13 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Vermont | 28 | Rochester (NY) | 7 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Vermont | 26 | Norwich (VT) | 13 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Vermont | 18 | Northeastern (MA) | 33 | Burlington, VT | |
| 1953 | L | Victoria JC (TX) | 7 | Texas Lutheran | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Villanova (PA) | 12 | Wake Forest (NC) | 18 | Wake Forest, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Villanova (PA) | 15 | Boston College (MA) | 7 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Villanova (PA) | 19 | Georgia | 32 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Villanova (PA) | 12 | Texas | 41 | Austin, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Villanova (PA) | 0 | Detroit (MI) | 27 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Villanova (PA) | 0 | Kentucky | 19 | Lexington, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Villanova (PA) | 21 | Xavier (OH) | 14 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Villanova (PA) | 19 | Boston (MA) | 31 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Villanova (PA) | 14 | Syracuse (NY) | 13 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Villanova (PA) | 20 | Fordham (NY) | 13 | New York, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 0 | South Carolina | 19 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 0 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 26 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia | 24 | George Washington (DC) | 20 | Alexandria, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 6 | Virginia Tech | 20 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 6 | Virginia Military Institute | 21 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 13 | Vanderbilt (TN) | 28 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 6 | Duke (NC) | 48 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 13 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 27 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia | 7 | North Carolina | 33 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Military Institute | 7 | Richmond (VA) | 13 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Military Institute | 20 | William & Mary (VA) | 19 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Military Institute | 14 | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Charleston, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Military Institute | 44 | Catawba (NC) | 0 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Military Institute | 13 | George Washington (DC) | 14 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Military Institute | 21 | Virginia | 6 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Military Institute | 7 | Florida St. | 12 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Military Institute | 20 | West Virginia | 52 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Military Institute | 0 | Cincinnati (OH) | 67 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Military Institute | 28 | Virginia Tech | 13 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 47 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 0 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia St. | 6 | North Carolina A&T | 26 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia St. | 6 | Morgan St. (MD) | 7 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia St. | 6 | West Virginia St. | 13 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 20 | Howard (DC) | 0 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 41 | Shaw (NC) | 0 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 13 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 0 | Jacksonville, FL | Tropical Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 45 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 0 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia St. | 7 | Tennessee St. | 25 | Nashville, TN | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia St. | 6 | West Virginia St. | 7 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 26 | Lincoln (PA) | 6 | Lincoln, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 15 | North Carolina Central | 7 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia St. | 18 | Hampton (VA) | 19 | Washington, DC | National Classic |
| 1953 | T | Virginia St. | 6 | Virginia St. | 6 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | T | Virginia St. | 6 | Virginia Union | 6 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 15 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 7 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 21 | North Carolina A&T | 7 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia St. | 0 | Hampton (VA) | 12 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia St. | 20 | Morgan St. (MD) | 7 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Tech | 13 | Rutgers (NJ) | 20 | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Tech | 7 | West Virginia | 12 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Tech | 21 | Richmond (VA) | 7 | Blacksburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Tech | 7 | Marshall (WV) | 0 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Tech | 20 | Virginia | 6 | Charlottesville, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Tech | 7 | William & Mary (VA) | 13 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Tech | 32 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 12 | Blacksburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Tech | 22 | Citadel (SC) | 0 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Tech | 0 | Miami (FL) | 26 | Miami, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Tech | 13 | Virginia Military Institute | 28 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Union | 6 | North Carolina A&T | 26 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Union | 6 | Morgan St. (MD) | 7 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Union | 20 | Howard (DC) | 0 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Union | 13 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 0 | Jacksonville, FL | Tropical Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Union | 45 | Norfolk St. (VA) | 0 | Norfolk, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Union | 6 | West Virginia St. | 7 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Union | 26 | Lincoln (PA) | 6 | Lincoln, PA | |
| 1953 | T | Virginia Union | 6 | Virginia St. | 6 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Virginia Union | 15 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 7 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Virginia Union | 0 | Hampton (VA) | 12 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Voorhees College (SC) | 6 | Florida N&I | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Voorhees College (SC) | 13 | Livingstone (NC) | 6 | Denmark, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Wabash (IN) | 20 | Butler (IN) | 24 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | T | Wabash (IN) | 20 | Ohio Wesleyan | 20 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Wabash (IN) | 25 | Coe (IA) | 7 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wabash (IN) | 14 | Valparaiso (IN) | 34 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Wabash (IN) | 27 | Albion (MI) | 18 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Wabash (IN) | 33 | Grinnell (IA) | 12 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Wabash (IN) | 28 | Sewanee (TN) | 7 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Wabash (IN) | 65 | Hanover (IN) | 6 | Hanover, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Wabash (IN) | 41 | DePauw (IN) | 0 | Greencastle, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Wagner (NY) | 6 | Haverford (PA) | 14 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Wagner (NY) | 7 | Hamilton (NY) | 6 | Clinton, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Wagner (NY) | 0 | Merchant Marine (NY) | 6 | Kings Point, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Wagner (NY) | 38 | Brooklyn (NY) | 0 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Wagner (NY) | 6 | Ursinus (PA) | 14 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Wagner (NY) | 19 | Moravian (PA) | 34 | Staten Island, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Wake Forest (NC) | 18 | Villanova (PA) | 12 | Wake Forest, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Wake Forest (NC) | 7 | Boston College (MA) | 20 | Boston, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Wake Forest (NC) | 13 | North Carolina | 18 | Wake Forest, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Wake Forest (NC) | 14 | William & Mary (VA) | 16 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Wake Forest (NC) | 0 | Duke (NC) | 19 | Durham, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Wake Forest (NC) | 20 | North Carolina St. | 7 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | T | Wake Forest (NC) | 13 | Richmond (VA) | 13 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Wake Forest (NC) | 0 | Clemson (SC) | 18 | Clemson, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Wake Forest (NC) | 10 | Furman (SC) | 21 | Wake Forest, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Wake Forest (NC) | 19 | South Carolina | 13 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Wartburg (IA) | 14 | Luther (IA) | 6 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Wartburg (IA) | 38 | Simpson (IA) | 6 | Indianola, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Wartburg (IA) | 21 | Upper Iowa | 0 | Fayette, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wartburg (IA) | 12 | Augsburg (MN) | 14 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wartburg (IA) | 14 | Saint Olaf (MN) | 35 | Northfield, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Wartburg (IA) | 15 | Buena Vista (IA) | 0 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wartburg (IA) | 2 | Loras (IA) | 26 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wartburg (IA) | 0 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 24 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wartburg (IA) | 14 | Iowa Wesleyan | 33 | Mount Pleasant, IA | IIAC Championship Game |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 14 | Nebraska-Omaha | 6 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 27 | Southwestern (KS) | 13 | Winfield, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 36 | Pittsburg St. (KS) | 13 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 13 | Colorado School of Mines | 0 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 21 | Emporia St. (KS) | 0 | Emporia, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 26 | Benedictine (KS) | 0 | Atchison, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 64 | Olathe NAS (KS) | 0 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Washburn (KS) | 6 | Fort Hays St. (KS) | 7 | Topeka, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Washburn (KS) | 27 | Missouri St. | 7 | Springfield, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Washington | 28 | Oregon St. | 0 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington | 25 | California | 53 | Berkeley, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Washington | 13 | Southern California | 13 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington | 20 | Colorado | 21 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington | 0 | Michigan | 50 | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Washington | 14 | Oregon | 6 | Portland, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Washington | 7 | Stanford (CA) | 13 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington | 21 | Utah | 14 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington | 6 | UCLA | 22 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington | 20 | Washington St. | 25 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 3 | Dickinson (PA) | 7 | Carlisle, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 7 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 21 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 26 | Geneva (PA) | 6 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 14 | Denison (OH) | 27 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 34 | California (PA) | 32 | California, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 27 | Thiel (PA) | 21 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 32 | Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | Washington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Jefferson (PA) | 25 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 47 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Lee (VA) | 0 | North Carolina | 39 | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Lee (VA) | 34 | Davidson (NC) | 7 | Davidson, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Lee (VA) | 14 | West Virginia | 40 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Lee (VA) | 47 | Shepherd (WV) | 0 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Lee (VA) | 0 | Maryland | 52 | College Park, MD | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Lee (VA) | 19 | Richmond (VA) | 27 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Lee (VA) | 12 | Virginia Tech | 32 | Blacksburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington & Lee (VA) | 7 | George Washington (DC) | 25 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Lee (VA) | 27 | Virginia | 13 | Lexington, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington & Lee (VA) | 33 | William & Mary (VA) | 7 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington (MO) | 40 | Sewanee (TN) | 20 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Washington (MO) | 27 | Butler (IN) | 14 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Washington (MO) | 13 | Wayne St. (MI) | 33 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Washington (MO) | 26 | Missouri S&T | 7 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Washington (MO) | 54 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Washington (MO) | 18 | Western Michigan | 7 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Washington (MO) | 14 | Western Reserve (OH) | 20 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Washington (MO) | 28 | Southern Illinois | 6 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | W | Washington (MO) | 34 | Evansville (IN) | 13 | Evansville, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Washington St. | 12 | Iowa | 54 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington St. | 7 | Texas Christian | 21 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington St. | 7 | Oregon | 0 | Pullman, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington St. | 13 | Southern California | 29 | Pullman, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington St. | 26 | Pacific (CA) | 20 | Stockton, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Washington St. | 30 | Idaho | 13 | Moscow, ID | |
| 1953 | L | Washington St. | 7 | UCLA | 44 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington St. | 19 | Stanford (CA) | 48 | Stanford, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Washington St. | 0 | Oregon St. | 7 | Corvallis, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Washington St. | 25 | Washington | 20 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Wayne St. (MI) | 6 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (MI) | 25 | Drake (IA) | 19 | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (MI) | 33 | Washington (MO) | 13 | Saint Louis, MO | |
| 1953 | L | Wayne St. (MI) | 6 | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 33 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Wayne St. (MI) | 0 | Detroit (MI) | 48 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (MI) | 32 | Bradley (IL) | 0 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Wayne St. (MI) | 0 | Brandeis (MA) | 6 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | T | Wayne St. (MI) | 14 | Valparaiso (IN) | 14 | Detroit, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (NE) | 14 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 7 | Lincoln, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (NE) | 13 | Hastings (NE) | 7 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Wayne St. (NE) | 0 | Midland Lutheran (NE) | 6 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (NE) | 19 | Augustana (SD) | 0 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Morningside (IA) | 21 | Sioux City, IA | |
| 1953 | T | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Doane (NE) | 7 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Nebraska-Kearney | 0 | Kearney, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Wayne St. (NE) | 33 | Chadron St. (NE) | 0 | Wayne, NE | |
| 1953 | L | Wayne St. (NE) | 7 | Peru St. (NE) | 13 | Peru, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Waynesburg (PA) | 27 | West Virginia Tech | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Waynesburg (PA) | 19 | West Virginia | 47 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | Waynesburg (PA) | 10 | Youngstown St. (OH) | 7 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Waynesburg (PA) | 10 | Kent St. (OH) | 20 | Waynesburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Waynesburg (PA) | 9 | Geneva (PA) | 0 | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Waynesburg (PA) | 12 | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 0 | Waynesburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Waynesburg (PA) | 0 | Westminster (PA) | 20 | Waynesburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Weber JC (UT) | 6 | Boise JC (ID) | 22 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Weber JC (UT) | 14 | Westminster College (UT) | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Wenatchee Valley JC (WA) | 20 | Eastern Oregon | 19 | La Grande, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Wentworth Military Academy (MO) | 0 | Graceland (IA) | 46 | Lamoni, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wentworth Military Academy (MO) | 7 | Principia (IL) | 21 | Elsah, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Wesley (DE) | 0 | Gallaudet (DC) | 40 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Wesleyan (CT) | 0 | Bowdoin (ME) | 18 | Brunswick, ME | |
| 1953 | L | Wesleyan (CT) | 0 | Williams (MA) | 13 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | T | Wesleyan (CT) | 6 | Coast Guard (CT) | 6 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Wesleyan (CT) | 7 | Middlebury (VT) | 12 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Wesleyan (CT) | 33 | Worcester Tech (MA) | 21 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | T | Wesleyan (CT) | 20 | Amherst (MA) | 20 | Amherst, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Wesleyan (CT) | 27 | Swarthmore (PA) | 13 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Wesleyan (CT) | 12 | Trinity (CT) | 7 | Hartford, CT | |
| 1953 | L | West Alabama | 6 | Delta St. (MS) | 67 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | L | West Alabama | 19 | Memphis NAS (TN) | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Alabama | 0 | South Georgia College | 21 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Alabama | 0 | Troy (AL) | 7 | Troy, AL | |
| 1953 | W | West Alabama | 18 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 7 | Demopolis, AL | |
| 1953 | L | West Alabama | 7 | Presbyterian (SC) | 13 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | L | West Alabama | 6 | North Alabama | 40 | Florence, AL | |
| 1953 | W | West Alabama | 32 | Louisiana-Monroe | 20 | Livingston, AL | |
| 1953 | L | West Alabama | 2 | Southern Arkansas | 18 | Magnolia, AR | |
| 1953 | W | West Chester (PA) | 47 | Drexel Institute (PA) | 12 | West Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | W | West Chester (PA) | 27 | Delaware | 13 | Newark, DE | |
| 1953 | L | West Chester (PA) | 0 | Fort Belvoir (VA) | 21 | Alexandria, VA | |
| 1953 | W | West Chester (PA) | 27 | Widener (PA) | 8 | Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | W | West Chester (PA) | 54 | Lock Haven (PA) | 7 | Lock Haven, PA | |
| 1953 | W | West Chester (PA) | 16 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 6 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | West Chester (PA) | 53 | Kutztown (PA) | 6 | West Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | W | West Chester (PA) | 20 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 7 | Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1953 | T | West Georgia | 0 | Atlanta General Depot (GA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Georgia | 0 | Georgia Military College | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | West Georgia | 13 | Hiwassee College (TN) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Georgia | 0 | Marion Military Institute (AL) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Georgia | 7 | Middle Georgia College | 45 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | West Georgia | 7 | North Greenville (SC) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Georgia | 6 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Georgia | 0 | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 40 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| 1953 | L | West Hills JC (CA) | 13 | Antelope Valley College (CA) | 18 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | West Liberty St. (WV) | 20 | Salem College (WV) | 6 | Salem, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Liberty St. (WV) | 6 | Glenville St. (WV) | 0 | Glenville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Liberty St. (WV) | 20 | Fairmont St. (WV) | 7 | Moundsville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Liberty St. (WV) | 34 | Potomac St. (WV) | 0 | Keyser, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Liberty St. (WV) | 14 | Saint Vincent's (PA) | 25 | Latrobe, PA | |
| 1953 | L | West Liberty St. (WV) | 13 | Charleston (WV) | 20 | Moundsville, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Liberty St. (WV) | 14 | Concord (WV) | 13 | Bridgeport, OH | |
| 1953 | W | West Liberty St. (WV) | 28 | West Virginia Tech | 6 | Montgomery, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Texas A&M | 20 | Midwestern St. (TX) | 14 | Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 6 | Trinity (TX) | 14 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 14 | Texas Tech | 40 | Lubbock, TX | |
| 1953 | T | West Texas A&M | 20 | McMurry (TX) | 20 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 20 | Arizona St. | 39 | Tempe, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 14 | Hardin-Simmons (TX) | 26 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 6 | Arizona | 39 | Tucson, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 6 | North Texas | 38 | Denton, TX | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 13 | New Mexico St. | 19 | Las Cruces, NM | |
| 1953 | L | West Texas A&M | 7 | Texas-El Paso | 27 | Canyon, TX | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 47 | Waynesburg (PA) | 19 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 12 | Virginia Tech | 7 | Bluefield, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 40 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 14 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 17 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 7 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 27 | George Washington (DC) | 6 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 52 | Virginia Military Institute | 20 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 20 | Penn St. | 19 | State College, PA | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia | 14 | South Carolina | 20 | Morgantown, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia | 61 | North Carolina St. | 0 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia St. | 20 | Howard (DC) | 0 | Institute, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia St. | 13 | Virginia St. | 6 | Petersburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia St. | 7 | Central St. (OH) | 0 | Wilberforce, OH | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia St. | 19 | Kentucky St. | 6 | Frankfort, KY | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia St. | 7 | Virginia Union | 6 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia St. | 8 | Tennessee St. | 13 | Institute, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia St. | 0 | Morgan St. (MD) | 13 | Baltimore, MD | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia St. | 53 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 13 | Institute, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia St. | 13 | North Carolina Central | 19 | Washington, DC | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Tech | 0 | Waynesburg (PA) | 27 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Tech | 25 | Concord (WV) | 32 | Beckley, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Tech | 32 | Akron (OH) | 38 | Montgomery, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Tech | 13 | Saint Francis (PA) | 18 | Montgomery, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia Tech | 19 | Potomac St. (WV) | 13 | Keyser, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Tech | 0 | Charleston (WV) | 33 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Tech | 6 | West Liberty St. (WV) | 28 | Montgomery, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Tech | 14 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 34 | Emory, VA | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Wesleyan | 7 | Fairmont St. (WV) | 20 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Wesleyan | 0 | Glenville St. (WV) | 13 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Wesleyan | 0 | Potomac St. (WV) | 31 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | W | West Virginia Wesleyan | 19 | Salem College (WV) | 7 | Salem, WV | |
| 1953 | L | West Virginia Wesleyan | 6 | Bethany (WV) | 20 | Buckhannon, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | East Tennessee St. | 31 | Johnson City, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Western Carolina (NC) | 18 | Emory & Henry (VA) | 7 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 12 | Catawba (NC) | 13 | Asheville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 6 | Wofford (SC) | 7 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 0 | Carson-Newman (TN) | 7 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 0 | Appalachian St. (NC) | 7 | Boone, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | East Carolina (NC) | 26 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 20 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 21 | Cullowhee, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | Elon (NC) | 13 | Burlington, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Western Carolina (NC) | 7 | Presbyterian (SC) | 20 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 19 | Eastern Illinois | 12 | Charleston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Western Illinois | 13 | Wheaton (IL) | 14 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 32 | Saint Ambrose (IA) | 0 | Davenport, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 19 | Truman St. (MO) | 13 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 20 | Illinois St. | 7 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Western Illinois | 6 | Central Michigan | 13 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 20 | Eastern Michigan | 0 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 27 | Northern Illinois | 0 | DeKalb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 47 | Southern Illinois | 19 | Macomb, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Western Illinois | 32 | Iowa Wesleyan | 0 | Bloomington, IL | Corn Bowl |
| 1953 | L | Western Kentucky | 7 | Stetson (FL) | 18 | Deland, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Western Kentucky | 7 | Eastern Kentucky | 13 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Western Kentucky | 48 | Morehead St. (KY) | 0 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Western Kentucky | 0 | Middle Tennessee St. | 13 | Murfreesboro, TN | |
| 1953 | W | Western Kentucky | 32 | East Tennessee St. | 13 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Western Kentucky | 28 | Louisiana-Monroe | 0 | Monroe, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Western Kentucky | 21 | Tennessee Tech | 34 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Western Kentucky | 21 | Delta St. (MS) | 19 | Cleveland, MS | |
| 1953 | W | Western Kentucky | 26 | Evansville (IN) | 13 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Western Kentucky | 13 | Murray St. (KY) | 7 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Western Michigan | 20 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7 | Bloomington, IL | |
| 1953 | T | Western Michigan | 14 | Western Reserve (OH) | 14 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Western Michigan | 6 | Miami (OH) | 52 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Western Michigan | 0 | Central Michigan | 21 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Western Michigan | 7 | Toledo (OH) | 19 | Toledo, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Western Michigan | 7 | Washington (MO) | 18 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Western Michigan | 12 | Ohio | 67 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Western Michigan | 0 | Kent St. (OH) | 40 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Western New Mexico | 7 | Northern Arizona | 20 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | L | Western New Mexico | 13 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. | 41 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Western New Mexico | 22 | Western St. (CO) | 54 | Gunnison, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Western New Mexico | 0 | Adams St. (CO) | 7 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Western New Mexico | 43 | New Mexico Highlands | 6 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Western New Mexico | 24 | Eastern New Mexico | 21 | Portales, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Western New Mexico | 22 | New Mexico Military Institute | 32 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | W | Western New Mexico | 42 | Eastern Arizona JC (AZ) | 13 | Silver City, NM | |
| 1953 | L | Western Oregon | 6 | British Columbia (BC) | 20 | Vancouver, BC (Canada) | |
| 1953 | W | Western Oregon | 40 | Southern Oregon | 14 | Monmouth, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Western Oregon | 8 | Linfield (OR) | 19 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Western Oregon | 27 | Portland St. (OR) | 0 | Monmouth, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Western Oregon | 14 | Pacific (OR) | 26 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Western Oregon | 0 | Humboldt St. (CA) | 13 | Arcata, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Western Oregon | 19 | Oregon Tech | 0 | Klamath Falls, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Western Oregon | 24 | Eastern Oregon | 20 | Monmouth, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Western Oregon B Team | 6 | George Fox (OR) | 12 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Western Reserve (OH) | 0 | Kent St. (OH) | 27 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | T | Western Reserve (OH) | 14 | Western Michigan | 14 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Western Reserve (OH) | 0 | Ohio | 39 | Athens, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Western Reserve (OH) | 21 | Toledo (OH) | 20 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Western Reserve (OH) | 26 | Buffalo (NY) | 6 | Buffalo, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Western Reserve (OH) | 0 | Cincinnati (OH) | 66 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Western Reserve (OH) | 20 | Washington (MO) | 14 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Western Reserve (OH) | 21 | Butler (IN) | 20 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Western Reserve (OH) | 35 | Case Institute of Technology (OH) | 19 | Cleveland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Western St. (CO) | 13 | Montana St. | 14 | Gunnison, CO | |
| 1953 | L | Western St. (CO) | 20 | Idaho St. | 33 | Pocatello, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Western St. (CO) | 26 | Northern Arizona | 7 | Flagstaff, AZ | |
| 1953 | W | Western St. (CO) | 54 | Western New Mexico | 22 | Gunnison, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Western St. (CO) | 25 | Northern Colorado | 7 | Gunnison, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Western St. (CO) | 40 | Colorado School of Mines | 7 | Golden, CO | |
| 1953 | T | Western St. (CO) | 7 | Colorado College | 7 | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Western St. (CO) | 46 | Adams St. (CO) | 26 | Alamosa, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Western Washington | 8 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 7 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Western Washington | 27 | British Columbia (BC) | 13 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Western Washington | 19 | Eastern Washington | 35 | Cheney, WA | |
| 1953 | T | Western Washington | 12 | Pacific (OR) | 12 | Forest Grove, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Western Washington | 26 | Willamette (OR) | 13 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | T | Western Washington | 6 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 6 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Western Washington | 12 | Whitworth (WA) | 28 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Western Washington | 0 | Puget Sound (WA) | 33 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Western Washington | 12 | Central Washington | 23 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Westmar (IA) | 0 | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 6 | LeMars, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Westmar (IA) | 0 | South Dakota-Springfield | 27 | Springfield, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Westmar (IA) | 13 | Dakota St. (SD) | 0 | LeMars, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Westmar (IA) | 25 | William Penn (IA) | 0 | Oskaloosa, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Westmar (IA) | 19 | Concordia (NE) | 34 | Seward, NE | |
| 1953 | W | Westmar (IA) | 30 | Sioux Falls (SD) | 14 | LeMars, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 32 | Thiel (PA) | 7 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 12 | Allegheny (PA) | 0 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 32 | Bethany (WV) | 6 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 6 | Carnegie Mellon (PA) | 0 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 20 | Grove City (PA) | 14 | Grove City, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 8 | Geneva (PA) | 0 | Beaver Falls, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 20 | Waynesburg (PA) | 0 | Waynesburg, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster (PA) | 13 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 6 | New Wilmington, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Westminster College (UT) | 7 | Boise JC (ID) | 26 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster College (UT) | 27 | Fort Lewis (CO) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Westminster College (UT) | 7 | Ricks JC (ID) | 11 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Westminster College (UT) | 25 | Southern Utah | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster College (UT) | 20 | Weber JC (UT) | 14 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Westminster College (UT) | 6 | Carbon County JC (UT) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Westminster College (UT) | 12 | Carroll (MT) | 33 | Helena, MT | |
| 1953 | W | Wharton County JC (TX) | 20 | Cameron (OK) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Wharton County JC (TX) | 28 | Texas Lutheran | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Wharton County JC (TX) | 13 | Texas-Arlington | 21 | Arlington, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 29 | Michigan Tech | 0 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Wheaton (IL) | 0 | Valparaiso (IN) | 32 | Valparaiso, IN | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 14 | Western Illinois | 13 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 33 | Kalamazoo (MI) | 0 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 33 | Elmhurst (IL) | 0 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 23 | Lake Forest (IL) | 13 | Lake Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 53 | North Central (IL) | 20 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 33 | Millikin (IL) | 6 | Decatur, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Wheaton (IL) | 53 | Illinois-Chicago | 0 | Wheaton, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Wheaton JV (IL) | 7 | North Park JC (IL) | 19 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Whitman (WA) | 7 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 19 | Walla Walla, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Whitman (WA) | 20 | College of Idaho | 45 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | W | Whitman (WA) | 25 | Central Washington | 6 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Whitman (WA) | 21 | Linfield (OR) | 7 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Whitman (WA) | 40 | Eastern Oregon | 13 | Walla Walla, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Whitman (WA) | 7 | Willamette (OR) | 34 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Whitman (WA) | 13 | Pacific (OR) | 6 | Walla Walla, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Whittier (CA) | 13 | Northern Arizona | 7 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Whittier (CA) | 7 | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 27 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Whittier (CA) | 6 | Occidental (CA) | 7 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | T | Whittier (CA) | 7 | California-Santa Barbara | 7 | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Whittier (CA) | 40 | California-Davis | 0 | Davis, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Whittier (CA) | 46 | California Tech | 6 | Pasadena, CA | |
| 1953 | L | Whittier (CA) | 14 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 31 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Whittier (CA) | 7 | Cal St.-Los Angeles | 0 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Whittier (CA) | 20 | Redlands (CA) | 0 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Whittier (CA) | 40 | Pepperdine (CA) | 13 | Whittier, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Whitworth (WA) | 14 | Seattle Ramblers (WA) | 13 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Whitworth (WA) | 42 | Eastern Washington | 7 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | L | Whitworth (WA) | 6 | Pacific Lutheran (WA) | 7 | Tacoma, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Whitworth (WA) | 28 | Puget Sound (WA) | 7 | Richland, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Whitworth (WA) | 20 | Linfield (OR) | 0 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Whitworth (WA) | 7 | Central Washington | 2 | Ellensburg, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Whitworth (WA) | 28 | Western Washington | 12 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Whitworth (WA) | 42 | British Columbia (BC) | 19 | Spokane, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Wichita St. (KS) | 55 | Bradley (IL) | 0 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | T | Wichita St. (KS) | 12 | Denver (CO) | 12 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Wichita St. (KS) | 7 | Oklahoma St. | 14 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | L | Wichita St. (KS) | 7 | Utah St. | 14 | Logan, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Wichita St. (KS) | 19 | Tulsa (OK) | 10 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Wichita St. (KS) | 27 | Drake (IA) | 0 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Wichita St. (KS) | 0 | Kansas St. | 21 | Manhattan, KS | |
| 1953 | W | Wichita St. (KS) | 39 | South Dakota St. | 13 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Wichita St. (KS) | 6 | Detroit (MI) | 26 | Wichita, KS | |
| 1953 | L | Widener (PA) | 14 | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 25 | Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Widener (PA) | 8 | West Chester (PA) | 27 | Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Widener (PA) | 13 | Moravian (PA) | 7 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Widener (PA) | 7 | Juniata (PA) | 24 | Huntingdon, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Widener (PA) | 7 | McDaniel College (MD) | 33 | Westminster, MD | |
| 1953 | W | Widener (PA) | 7 | Albright (PA) | 0 | Chester, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Wiesbaden AFC | 7 | Salzburg Army | 12 | Leghorn, Italy | Spaghetti Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Wilber Wright JC (IL) | 27 | North Park JC (IL) | 15 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Wiley (TX) | 0 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 19 | Pine Bluff, AR | |
| 1953 | L | Wiley (TX) | 20 | Langston (OK) | 32 | Langston, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Wiley (TX) | 54 | Philander-Smith (AR) | 6 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Wiley (TX) | 0 | Prairie View A&M (TX) | 32 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Wiley (TX) | 0 | Grambling St. (LA) | 24 | Shreveport, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Wiley (TX) | 7 | Bishop (TX) | 20 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Wiley (TX) | 13 | Southern (LA) | 70 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | W | Wiley (TX) | 24 | Paul Quinn (TX) | 6 | Dallas, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Wiley (TX) | 13 | Texas College | 38 | Marshall, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Wilkes (PA) | 6 | Lebanon Valley (PA) | 15 | Lebanon, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Wilkes (PA) | 26 | Ithaca (NY) | 7 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Wilkes (PA) | 6 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 27 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Wilkes (PA) | 20 | Hofstra (NY) | 39 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Wilkes (PA) | 31 | New Jersey (NJ) | 7 | Ewing, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Wilkes (PA) | 14 | Adelphi (NY) | 13 | Garden City, NY | |
| 1953 | L | Wilkes (PA) | 14 | Bridgeport (CT) | 25 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Wilkes (PA) | 6 | Moravian (PA) | 14 | Bethlehem, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Willamette (OR) | 0 | College of Idaho | 26 | Caldwell, ID | |
| 1953 | T | Willamette (OR) | 6 | Pacific (OR) | 6 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Willamette (OR) | 0 | Puget Sound (WA) | 14 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Willamette (OR) | 13 | Western Washington | 26 | Bellingham, WA | |
| 1953 | W | Willamette (OR) | 14 | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 7 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | W | Willamette (OR) | 34 | Whitman (WA) | 7 | Salem, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Willamette (OR) | 6 | Linfield (OR) | 21 | McMinnville, OR | |
| 1953 | L | Willamette (OR) | 7 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 52 | San Luis Obispo, CA | |
| 1953 | L | William & Mary (VA) | 7 | Cincinnati (OH) | 57 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | William & Mary (VA) | 19 | Virginia Military Institute | 20 | Roanoke, VA | |
| 1953 | W | William & Mary (VA) | 16 | Wake Forest (NC) | 14 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | T | William & Mary (VA) | 6 | Navy (MD) | 6 | Annapolis, MD | |
| 1953 | W | William & Mary (VA) | 13 | Virginia Tech | 7 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | William & Mary (VA) | 12 | George Washington (DC) | 7 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | William & Mary (VA) | 7 | North Carolina St. | 6 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | William & Mary (VA) | 21 | Richmond (VA) | 0 | Richmond, VA | |
| 1953 | L | William & Mary (VA) | 7 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 33 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | L | William & Mary (VA) | 14 | Boston (MA) | 41 | Williamsburg, VA | |
| 1953 | W | William & Mary Freshmen (VA) | 13 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 0 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 33 | Olathe NAS (KS) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 13 | Benedictine (KS) | 7 | Saint Joseph, MO | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 16 | Missouri Valley | 14 | Marshall, MO | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 33 | Tarkio (MO) | 7 | Tarkio, MO | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 20 | Baker (KS) | 0 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 26 | Northwest Missouri St. | 7 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 20 | Central Missouri St. | 7 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | L | William Jewell (MO) | 21 | McPherson (KS) | 27 | McPherson, KS | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 36 | Culver-Stockton (MO) | 0 | Canton, MO | |
| 1953 | W | William Jewell (MO) | 46 | Central Methodist (MO) | 23 | Liberty, MO | |
| 1953 | L | William Penn (IA) | 13 | Friends (KS) | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | William Penn (IA) | 0 | Illinois College | 20 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | William Penn (IA) | 0 | Westmar (IA) | 25 | Oskaloosa, IA | |
| 1953 | L | William Penn (IA) | 0 | Iowa Wesleyan | 103 | Mount Pleasant, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Williams (MA) | 14 | Rochester (NY) | 6 | Rochester, NY | |
| 1953 | W | Williams (MA) | 13 | Wesleyan (CT) | 0 | Middletown, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Williams (MA) | 7 | Middlebury (VT) | 0 | Middlebury, VT | |
| 1953 | T | Williams (MA) | 0 | Springfield (MA) | 0 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Williams (MA) | 20 | Bowdoin (ME) | 14 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Williams (MA) | 9 | Tufts (MA) | 12 | Medford, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Williams (MA) | 27 | Union (NY) | 20 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Williams (MA) | 14 | Amherst (MA) | 28 | Williamstown, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Wilmington (OH) | 28 | Manchester (IN) | 0 | North Manchester, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Wilmington (OH) | 6 | Earlham (IN) | 20 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wilmington (OH) | 6 | Centre (KY) | 34 | Danville, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Wilmington (OH) | 19 | Otterbein (OH) | 0 | Westerville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wilmington (OH) | 7 | Wittenberg (OH) | 24 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wilmington (OH) | 6 | Kenyon (OH) | 12 | Gambier, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wilmington (OH) | 26 | Marietta (OH) | 7 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wilson JC (IL) | 12 | North Park JC (IL) | 6 | Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 12 | New Jersey (NJ) | 27 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 24 | Newport News Apprentice School (VA) | 7 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 0 | Shippensburg (PA) | 28 | Shippensburg, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 0 | Gallaudet (DC) | 6 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 0 | East Carolina (NC) | 41 | Greenville, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 17 | Delaware Valley (PA) | 12 | Doylestown, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Wilson Teachers (DC) | 7 | Montclair St. (NJ) | 32 | Upper Montclair, NJ | |
| 1953 | W | Winona St. (MN) | 26 | Bemidji St. (MN) | 7 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Winona St. (MN) | 0 | Moorhead St. (MN) | 19 | Moorhead, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Winona St. (MN) | 0 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 13 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Winona St. (MN) | 19 | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Winona St. (MN) | 14 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 0 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Winona St. (MN) | 13 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 45 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Winona St. (MN) | 0 | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 18 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Winona St. (MN) | 13 | Saint Mary's (MN) | 6 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | T | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 13 | Fayetteville St. (NC) | 13 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 0 | Saint Augustine's (NC) | 6 | Raleigh, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 27 | Bluefield St. (WV) | 0 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 12 | Kentucky St. | 19 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 0 | Hampton (VA) | 47 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 6 | North Carolina A&T | 26 | Greensboro, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 19 | Johnson C. Smith (NC) | 20 | Charlotte, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 12 | Elizabeth City St. (NC) | 6 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Winston-Salem St. (NC) | 25 | Saint Paul's (VA) | 16 | Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin | 0 | Southern California | 7 | Pasadena, CA | Rose Bowl |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin | 13 | Marquette (WI) | 11 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin | 34 | Northwestern (IL) | 13 | Evanston, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin | 0 | UCLA | 13 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin | 20 | Penn St. | 0 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin | 28 | Purdue (IN) | 19 | West Lafayette, IN | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin | 19 | Ohio St. | 20 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin | 10 | Iowa | 6 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin | 34 | Illinois | 7 | Madison, WI | |
| 1953 | T | Wisconsin | 21 | Minnesota | 21 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Extension | 14 | Milton (WI) | 0 | Milton, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Extension | 27 | Lakeland (WI) | 7 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin Extension | 0 | Northwestern (WI) | 10 | Watertown, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Extension | 33 | Concordia (IL) | 13 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin Extension | 6 | Wisconsin Tech | 33 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Extension | 12 | Benedictine (IL) | 0 | Lisle, IL | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Tech | 14 | Lakeland (WI) | 13 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin Tech | 0 | Northwestern (WI) | 26 | Watertown, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Tech | 27 | Milton (WI) | 7 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Tech | 20 | Benedictine (IL) | 0 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Tech | 33 | Wisconsin Extension | 6 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin Tech | 13 | Concordia (IL) | 6 | River Forest, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 0 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 14 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 0 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 21 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 13 | Winona St. (MN) | 0 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 34 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 6 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 12 | Wisconsin-Superior | 0 | Superior, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 19 | Wisconsin-Stout | 13 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 39 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 13 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 46 | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 34 | Saint Thomas (MN) | 19 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 21 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 0 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 21 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 0 | Mankato, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 12 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 7 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 41 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 38 | Wisconsin-Superior | 0 | Superior, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 34 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 6 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 14 | Luther (IA) | 0 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12 | Beloit (WI) | 33 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 0 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | Lawrence (WI) | 20 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 41 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 6 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 32 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 0 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 7 | Carroll (WI) | 35 | Waukesha, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 24 | Northern Michigan | 36 | Marquette, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 2 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 19 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 6 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 34 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 20 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 26 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 0 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 32 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 7 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 19 | Whitewater, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Platteville | 20 | Dubuque (IA) | 0 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Platteville | 19 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 2 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Platteville | 13 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 0 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Platteville | 6 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Platteville | 19 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Platteville | 24 | Wartburg (IA) | 0 | Waverly, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-River Falls | 14 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 0 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-River Falls | 21 | Wisconsin-Superior | 0 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-River Falls | 0 | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 14 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-River Falls | 22 | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-River Falls | 45 | Winona St. (MN) | 13 | Winona, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-River Falls | 6 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 34 | La Crosse, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-River Falls | 20 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 6 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 0 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 27 | Wisconsin-Stout | 6 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 7 | Luther (IA) | 27 | Decorah, IA | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 24 | Michigan Tech | 7 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 26 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 20 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15 | Whitewater, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 19 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 13 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 46 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stout | 6 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 27 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | Great Lakes NTS (IL) | 55 | North Chicago, IL | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | Winona St. (MN) | 19 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stout | 0 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 22 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stout | 13 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 19 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Stout | 7 | Wisconsin-Superior | 19 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Stout | 19 | Saint Cloud St. (MN) | 7 | Saint Cloud, MN | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Superior | 6 | Saint Norbert (WI) | 25 | De Pere, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Superior | 0 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 21 | River Falls, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Superior | 14 | Minnesota-Duluth | 13 | Superior, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Superior | 0 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 12 | Superior, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Superior | 0 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 38 | Superior, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Superior | 19 | Wisconsin-Stout | 7 | Menomonie, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Superior | 34 | Michigan Tech | 16 | Houghton, MI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 0 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 6 | Carroll (WI) | 25 | Whitewater, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 0 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 13 | Platteville, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12 | Whitewater, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 39 | Eau Claire, WI | |
| 1953 | W | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 19 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 7 | Whitewater, WI | |
| 1953 | L | Wittenberg (OH) | 19 | Millikin (IL) | 27 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wittenberg (OH) | 39 | Oberlin (OH) | 26 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wittenberg (OH) | 0 | Heidelberg (OH) | 13 | Tiffin, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wittenberg (OH) | 12 | Charleston (WV) | 47 | Charleston, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Wittenberg (OH) | 12 | Akron (OH) | 39 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wittenberg (OH) | 63 | Marietta (OH) | 0 | Springfield, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wittenberg (OH) | 24 | Wilmington (OH) | 7 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wittenberg (OH) | 20 | Denison (OH) | 34 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wittenberg (OH) | 7 | Ohio Wesleyan | 34 | Delaware, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wofford (SC) | 19 | Parris Island Marines (SC) | 6 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Wofford (SC) | 14 | Catawba (NC) | 6 | Salisbury, NC | |
| 1953 | L | Wofford (SC) | 6 | Presbyterian (SC) | 7 | Clinton, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Wofford (SC) | 7 | Western Carolina (NC) | 6 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Wofford (SC) | 20 | Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) | 7 | Hickory, NC | |
| 1953 | W | Wofford (SC) | 33 | Elon (NC) | 0 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Wofford (SC) | 6 | Newberry (SC) | 7 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Wofford (SC) | 26 | Stetson (FL) | 0 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | L | Wofford (SC) | 6 | Furman (SC) | 7 | Spartanburg, SC | |
| 1953 | T | Wofford (SC) | 26 | Marshall (WV) | 26 | Huntington, WV | |
| 1953 | L | Wofford (SC) | 0 | South Carolina | 49 | Columbia, SC | |
| 1953 | W | Wooster (OH) | 36 | Kenyon (OH) | 13 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wooster (OH) | 33 | Ashland (OH) | 13 | Ashland, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wooster (OH) | 16 | Denison (OH) | 26 | Granville, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wooster (OH) | 7 | Muskingum (OH) | 14 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Wooster (OH) | 18 | Akron (OH) | 20 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wooster (OH) | 35 | Allegheny (PA) | 7 | Meadville, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Wooster (OH) | 54 | Hiram (OH) | 7 | Hiram, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Wooster (OH) | 34 | Oberlin (OH) | 3 | Wooster, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Worcester Tech (MA) | 0 | Tufts (MA) | 6 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Worcester Tech (MA) | 6 | Norwich (VT) | 40 | Northfield, VT | |
| 1953 | W | Worcester Tech (MA) | 13 | Maine Maritime | 6 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | L | Worcester Tech (MA) | 21 | Wesleyan (CT) | 33 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Worcester Tech (MA) | 9 | Coast Guard (CT) | 0 | New London, CT | |
| 1953 | T | Worcester Tech (MA) | 12 | Rensselaer Tech (NY) | 12 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1953 | W | Worthington JC (MN) | 14 | Bethel (MN) | 6 | Saint Paul, MN | |
| 1953 | W | Wyoming | 20 | Utah St. | 13 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | L | Wyoming | 14 | Oklahoma St. | 20 | Stillwater, OK | |
| 1953 | W | Wyoming | 21 | Colorado St. | 14 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | W | Wyoming | 47 | New Mexico St. | 0 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | W | Wyoming | 27 | Montana | 7 | Missoula, MT | |
| 1953 | L | Wyoming | 7 | Iowa | 21 | Iowa City, IA | |
| 1953 | L | Wyoming | 12 | Utah | 13 | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1953 | W | Wyoming | 27 | Brigham Young (UT) | 0 | Laramie, WY | |
| 1953 | L | Wyoming | 7 | New Mexico | 9 | Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1953 | T | Wyoming | 13 | Denver (CO) | 13 | Denver, CO | |
| 1953 | W | Xavier (LA) | 13 | Alabama St. | 0 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | W | Xavier (LA) | 19 | Clark Atlanta (GA) | 12 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | T | Xavier (LA) | 0 | Tuskegee (AL) | 0 | Tuskegee, AL | |
| 1953 | W | Xavier (LA) | 99 | Tougaloo (MS) | 0 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (LA) | 0 | Florida A&M | 65 | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (LA) | 7 | Texas Southern | 10 | Houston, TX | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (LA) | 6 | Bethune-Cookman (FL) | 26 | Daytona Beach, FL | |
| 1953 | W | Xavier (LA) | 9 | Dillard (LA) | 7 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (LA) | 15 | Southern (LA) | 41 | New Orleans, LA | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Miami (OH) | 28 | Oxford, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (OH) | 19 | John Carroll (OH) | 33 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Xavier (OH) | 19 | Louisville (KY) | 13 | Louisville, KY | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Quantico Marines (VA) | 13 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Xavier (OH) | 7 | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Cincinnati (OH) | 20 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (OH) | 14 | Boston College (MA) | 31 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (OH) | 14 | Villanova (PA) | 21 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1953 | L | Xavier (OH) | 6 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16 | Chattanooga, TN | |
| 1953 | T | Xavier (OH) | 0 | Dayton (OH) | 0 | Dayton, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Yakima Valley JC (WA) | 0 | Boise JC (ID) | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | W | Yale (CT) | 13 | Brown (RI) | 0 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Yale (CT) | 32 | Temple (PA) | 6 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Yale (CT) | 13 | Columbia (NY) | 7 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Yale (CT) | 32 | Connecticut | 0 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | T | Yale (CT) | 0 | Cornell (NY) | 0 | Ithaca, NY | |
| 1953 | T | Yale (CT) | 7 | Colgate (NY) | 7 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | L | Yale (CT) | 0 | Dartmouth (NH) | 32 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Yale (CT) | 26 | Princeton (NJ) | 24 | Princeton, NJ | |
| 1953 | L | Yale (CT) | 0 | Harvard (MA) | 13 | New Haven, CT | |
| 1953 | W | Yankton (SD) | 14 | Black Hills St. (SD) | 13 | Spearfish, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Yankton (SD) | 12 | Si Tanka (SD) | 19 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Yankton (SD) | 0 | South Dakota-Springfield | 32 | Springfield, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Yankton (SD) | 7 | Concordia (NE) | 13 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Yankton (SD) | 0 | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 21 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Yankton (SD) | 26 | Northern St. (SD) | 58 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Yankton (SD) | 32 | Dakota St. (SD) | 0 | Yankton, SD | |
| 1953 | W | Yankton (SD) | 34 | Sioux Falls (SD) | 12 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| 1953 | L | Yokosuka Naval Base | 6 | Camp Drake | 25 | Tokyo, Japan | Rice Bowl (3) |
| 1953 | L | York (NE) | 0 | Kansas Technical Institute | 25 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | York (NE) | 0 | Kansas Technical Institute | 18 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | York (NE) | 0 | Saint Mary of the Plains (KS) | 33 | ? | |
| 1953 | L | York (NE) | 0 | Sioux Falls (SD) | 27 | York, NE | |
| 1953 | L | York (NE) | 0 | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 57 | Mitchell, SD | Kernel Stadium |
| 1953 | W | Youngstown St. (OH) | 20 | Saint Francis (PA) | 13 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Youngstown St. (OH) | 26 | Gustavus Adolphus (MN) | 25 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | L | Youngstown St. (OH) | 7 | Waynesburg (PA) | 10 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Youngstown St. (OH) | 20 | Bowling Green (OH) | 7 | Youngstown, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Youngstown St. (OH) | 12 | Scranton (PA) | 7 | Scranton, PA | |
| 1953 | W | Youngstown St. (OH) | 20 | Eastern Kentucky | 19 | Richmond, KY | |
| 1953 | W | Youngstown St. (OH) | 7 | Baldwin-Wallace (OH) | 0 | Berea, OH | |
| 1953 | W | Youngstown St. (OH) | 21 | John Carroll (OH) | 7 | Youngstown, OH |