1953 Idaho State Bengals football | |
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RMC champion | |
Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
Record | 6–2 (5–0 RMC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Nolan Ford, Vernon Ravsten |
Home stadium | Spud Bowl |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western State (CO) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado College | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado Mines | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State–Greeley | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Idaho State Bengals football team was an American football team that represented Idaho State University as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1953 college football season. In their second season under head coach Babe Caccia, the Bengals compiled a 6–2 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the RMC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 141. The team captains were Nolan Ford and Vernon Ravsten.[1][2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 19 | Eastern Washington* | L 6–14 | [3] | ||||
October 3 | Colorado College |
| W 27–20 | [4] | |||
October 10 | Colorado Mines |
| W 33–21 | [5] | |||
October 16 | at Colorado State–Greeley | Greeley, CO | W 10–7 | 2,500 | [6] | ||
October 24 | at College of Idaho* | Caldwell, ID | L 9–46 | [7] | |||
October 31 | at Montana State | Bozeman, MT | W 13–0 | [8] | |||
November 7 | Western State (CO) |
| W 33–20 | [9] | |||
November 14 | at Nevada* | W 34–13 | < 2,000 | [10] | |||
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