The 1953 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1953 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Gordon McEachron and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with an overall record of 3–6 and a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the CCAA.
| 1953 Pepperdine Waves football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 3–6 (2–3 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | El Camino Stadium |
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| Cal Poly $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On December 7, 1953, Pepperdine announced that they were withdrawing from the CCAA in order to "seek its own level" in the field of athletics.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | La Verne* |
| W 12–0 | ||
| October 10 | San Diego State |
| L 0–6 | 4,000 | [2] |
| October 16 | at Occidental* |
| L 12–20 | ||
| October 24 | Cal Poly |
| L 0–45 | ||
| October 31 | San Francisco State* |
| L 6–13 | ||
| November 6 | at Santa Barbara |
| W 13–12 | ||
| November 14 | Fresno State | L 2–54 | 5,224 | [3] | |
| November 20 | at Los Angeles State |
| W 13–7 | ||
| November 28 | at Whittier* |
| L 13–40 | ||
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Notes
edit- ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
References
edit- ^ "Pepperdine Drops Out of CCAA, May Join SCIC". Redlands Daily Facts. Redlands, California. December 8, 1953. p. 8. Retrieved February 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Howard Hagen (October 11, 1953). "San Diego State Slips Past Pepperdine, 6-0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-2.
- ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ "1953 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
