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1953 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record3–6 (2–3 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumEl Camino Stadium
Seasons← 19521954 →
1953 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1953 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College 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.

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26La Verne*W 12–0
October 10San Diego State
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
L 0–64,000
October 16at Occidental*L 12–20
October 24Cal Poly
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
L 0–45
October 31San Francisco State*
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
L 6–13
November 6at Santa BarbaraW 13–12
November 14Fresno StateL 2–545,224
November 20at Los Angeles State
  • Snyder Field
  • Los Angeles, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)
W 13–7
November 28at Whittier*L 13–40
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

Notes

  1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.

References

  1. "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.Open access icon
  2. Howard Hagen (October 11, 1953). "San Diego State Slips Past Pepperdine, 6-0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-2.
  3. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. "1953 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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