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1953 Pepperdine Waves football team

The 1953 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College^{[note 1]} as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1953 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Gordon McEachron and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino CollegeinTorrance, California. They finished the season with an overall record of 3–6 and a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the CCAA.

On December 7, 1953, Pepperdine announced that they were withdrawing from the CCAA in order to "seek its own level" in the field of athletics.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	La Verne*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 12–0
October 10	San Diego State	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–6	4,000	[2]
October 16	atOccidental*	D.W. Patterson Field Los Angeles, CA (Black and Blue Game)	L 12–20
October 24	Cal Poly	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–45
October 31	San Francisco State*	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 6–13
November 6	atSanta Barbara	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 13–12
November 14	Fresno State	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 2–54	5,224	[3]
November 20	atLos Angeles State	Snyder Field Los Angeles, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)	W 13–7
November 28	atWhittier*	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	L 13–40
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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