1953 Los Angeles State Diablos football team

The 1953 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.

1953 Los Angeles State Diablos football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
1953 record2–7 (1–4 CCAA)
Head coach
  • Leonard (Bud) Adams (3rd season)
Home stadiumSnyder Stadium
1953 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Los Angeles State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by third-year head coach Leonard (Bud) Adams, who had been the leader of the team since the school started playing intercollegiate football in 1951. The Diablos played home games at Snyder Stadium. They finished the season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7, 1–4 CCAA).

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 258:00 pmat Occidental*
  • D.W. Patterson Field
  • Los Angeles
L 6–14
October 28:15 pmRedlands*
L 13–34
October 98:15 pmFresno State[note 2]
  • Snyder Field
  • Los Angeles
W 14–122,000[1]
October 17at Santa Barbara[note 3]
L 12–21
October 238:15 pmSan Diego State[note 4]
  • Snyder Field
  • Los Angeles
L 13–40[2]
October 30at Terminal Island Navy[note 5]*
W 33–20
November 78:00 pmat Cal Poly[note 6]
L 0–51
November 142:00 pmWhittier*
  • Snyder Field
  • Los Angeles
L 0–7
November 208:00 pmPepperdine[note 7]
  • Snyder Field
  • Los Angeles ("Old Shoe" Rivalry)
L 7–13
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Los Angeles State players were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.[4][5]

Notes
  1. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
  2. California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
  3. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1958.
  4. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  5. Naval Air Station Terminal Island was one of several names for the Naval air station and repair facility located on Terminal Island in Los Angeles County, California from 1938 to 1997
  6. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  7. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.

References
  1. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. Howard Hagen (October 24, 1953). "Aztecs Massacre L.A. State". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-5.
  3. "1953 - Cal St.-Los Angeles". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  4. "1954 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  5. "Los Angeles St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
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