1953 Maine Black Bears football team

1953 Maine Black Bears football
1953 Maine Black Bears football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	4–2–1 (1–2–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Harold Westerman (3rd season);
Captain	Ed Bogdanovich, Ed Cianchette
Home stadium	Alumni Field
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
New Hampshire +	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Rhode Island +	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	1	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Maine	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	2	–	1
Vermont	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
UMass	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1953 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1953 college football season. In its third season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record (1–2–1 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Ed Bogdanovich and Ed Cianchette were the team captains.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 6–13
October 3	Vermont	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 13–0	^[2]
October 10	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 6–21
October 17	Connecticut	Alumni Field Orono, ME	T 18–18
October 24	at Bates*	Lewiston, ME	W 37–7
October 31	at Colby*	Waterville, ME	W 45–13
November 7	Bowdoin*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 35–7
*Non-conference game