1953 Tulane Green Wave football team

1953 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	1–8–1 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf (2nd season)
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium

1953 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	3	–	3
No. 8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	1	–	3			5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	3			5	–	3	–	3
Florida	1	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1953 college football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. In their second year under head coach Raymond Wolf, the team compiled a 1–8–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	The Citadel*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 54–6
September 26	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 14–16
October 3	at No. 4 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–26	52,914
October 10	No. 10 Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 13–27	30,000
October 17	Ole Miss	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	L 14–45
October 24	vs. Auburn	Ladd Memorial Stadium Mobile, AL (rivalry)	L 7–34	18,763
October 31	No. 15 Army*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	T 0–0	40,000
November 7	Mississippi State	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–21
November 14	Vanderbilt	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 7–21
November 28	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	L 13–32
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game