1953 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1953 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1953 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1953 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1953 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1953 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Michigan State	Clarence Munn	#3	#2	9–1	5–1	24.0	11.0	LeRoy Beldon

2	Illinois	Ray Eliot	#7	#3	7–1–1	5–1	25.3	14.8	Don Ernst

3	Wisconsin	Ivy Williamson	#15	#8	6–2–1	4–1–1	19.9	12.2	Alan Ameche

4	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	NR	#3	6–3	4–3	20.2	18.2	George Jacoby

5 (tie)	Michigan	Bennie Oosterbaan	#20	#4	6–3	3–3	18.1	11.2	Tony Branoff

5 (tie)	Iowa	Forest Evashevski	#9	#9	5–3–1	3–3	20.8	10.1	Bill Fenton

7	Minnesota	Wes Fesler	NR	#13	4–4–1	3–3–1	16.7	17.8	Paul Giel

8	Purdue	Stu Holcomb	NR	NR	2–7	2–4	9.9	18.6	Tom Bettis

9	Indiana	Bernie Crimmins	NR	NR	2–7	1–5	13.2	25.2	Harry Jagielski

10	Northwestern	Bob Voigts	NR	#18	3-6	0-6	18.4	22.8	Bob Lauter

Sentence(s)

The 1953 Illinois football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, finished in second place in the Big Ten with a 7–1–1, with 25.3 points allowed per game, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll.
The 1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, finished in second place in the Big Ten with a 7–1–1, led the conference with 25.3 points per game, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll.
The 1953 Illinois football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, finished in second place in the Big Ten with a 7–1–1, led the conference with 25.3 points allowed per game, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll.

final_sentence: The 1953 Illinois football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, finished in second place in the Big Ten with a 7–1–1, with 25.3 points allowed per game, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll.
final_sentence: The 1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, finished in second place in the Big Ten with a 7–1–1, led the conference with 25.3 points per game, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll.
final_sentence: The 1953 Illinois football team, under head coach Ray Eliot, finished in second place in the Big Ten with a 7–1–1, led the conference with 25.3 points allowed per game, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll.