1953 Florida State Seminoles football team

1953 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
1953 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Arkansas State    8 0 2
Delaware    7 1 0
Maryland State    7 1 0
Mississippi Southern    9 2 0
Navy    4 3 2
Memphis State    6 4 0
Florida State    5 5 0
Tampa    6 6 0
Miami (FL)    4 5 0
Sewanee    3 5 0
Marshall    2 5 2
Chattanooga    3 7 0
Louisville    1 7 0
Virginia    1 8 0

The 1953 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1953 college football season. In 1953, Tom Nugent, the creator of the I formation, became head coach and led the team to a 5–5 record. He was coach for six years, and compiled a 34–28–1 record.