The 1953 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College (now known as Mississippi State University) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1953 college football season.
In their second year under head coach Murray Warmath, the team compiled an overall record of 5–2–3, with a mark of 3–1–3 in conference play, and placed sixth in the SEC.
[1] This would be the last season for head coach Murray Warmath, who was hired by Minnesota after the season,[2] and for quarterback Jackie Parker, who went on to have a long career in the CFL.
Parker would win his second SEC "Player of the Year" award by the Nashville Banner.
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