1953 Chico State Wildcats football team
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FWC champion
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| 1953 record | 6–3–1 (4–0–1 FWC) |
| Head coach | Ernie Busch (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Chico High School Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Branch | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Oregon | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College during the 1953 college football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1953. They played home games at Chico High School in Chico, California.
The 1953 Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Ernie Busch. The team included 14 returning lettermen and 16 junior college transfers. Before the season began, improved expectations for the team's performance caused ticket sales to "soar to a new high."
Chico State finished the season as champion of the FWC, with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1, 4–0–1 FWC). The Wildcats outscored their opponents 150–133 for the season. This was the last season coach Busch was at the helm. In his two years, the Wildcats compiled a record of 7–9–1, a .441 winning percentage.
On November 13, Chico State played the Northern Branch Aggies to a scoreless tie in six inches of rain and 40 mile per hour winds, as a fierce storm also caused the press box to collapse during the game.
At the end of the season, four Chico State players were selected for the All-Far Western Conference football team: guard Gene Van der Leun, end George Maderos, and backs Hal Higgins and Carroll Campbell.
No Chico State players were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.
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