1953 Pepperdine Waves football team

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
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record3–6 (2–3 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumEl Camino Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
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

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26La Verne*
W 12–0
October 10San Diego State
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
L 0–64,000[2]
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 Barbara
W 13–12
November 14Fresno StateL 2–545,224[3]
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

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Notes

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

References

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  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. 
  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.