1953 Pepperdine Waves football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1953 Pepperdine Waves football California Collegiate Athletic Association CCAA 3–6 2–3 Gordon McEachron 1st El Camino Stadium The 1953 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine CollegePepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970. 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.Pepperdine Drops Out of CCAA, May Join SCIC Redlands Daily Facts Redlands, California December 8, 1953 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8979904/pepperdine_drops_out_of_ccaa/ Newspapers.com February 16, 2017 Schedule September 26 w y 1953 La Verne Leopards La Verne El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA 12–0 October 10 l San Diego State El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA 0–6 4,000 San Diego State Slips Past Pepperdine, 6-0 The San Diego Union San Diego, California Howard Hagen October 11, 1953 B-2 October 16 l y y 1952 Occidental Tigers Occidental D.W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA Black and Blue Game 12–20 October 24 l y Cal Poly El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA 0–45 October 31 l y San Francisco State El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA 6–13 November 6 w y Santa Barbara La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA 13–12 November 14 l Fresno State Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA 2–54 5,224 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/gobulldogs.com/documents/2016/7/31/2016_Fresno_State_Football_Media_Guide_FINAL.pdf?id=5374#page=107 Fresno State 2016 Media Guide December 8, 2016 December 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220192819/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/gobulldogs.com/documents/2016/7/31/2016_Fresno_State_Football_Media_Guide_FINAL.pdf?id=5374#page=107 dead November 20 w y Los Angeles State Snyder Field Los Angeles, CA "Old Shoe" rivalry 13–7 November 28 l y y 1953 Whittier Poets Whittier Hadley Field Whittier, CA 13–40 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=2532&year=1953 1953 - Pepperdine February 2, 2017 September 11, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150911053049/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=2532&year=1953 deadhttp://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060310aaa.html The History of Pepperdine Football Pepperdine Waves June 3, 2010 February 15, 2017 Grenley, Dave https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231609/http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060310aaa.html March 3, 2016 dead Notes note References Pepperdine Category:Pepperdine Waves football seasons Pepperdine Waves football