====== 1953 Season ======

The team posted a recorded of 6-3-1 in 1953.

"We had a bid to the Sun Bowl which we turned down, " said Marv Swentkofske, a guard on the team. "That was one of the four or five bowls at that point in time."

He added: "All of us worked in addition to having scholarships but the Sun Bowl was during the Christmas season. ... One of the guys got up and said, 'How much will we get if we go play in the Sun Bowl?' There wasn't any rules like there are today. ... I think we were offered fifty bucks and a watch." Everyone could earn more money working over the break, so the team turned down the offer.