1953 Indiana Central Greyhounds football
HCC champion
ConferenceHoosier Collegiate Conference
Record8–0 (6–0 HCC)
Head coach
  • Dave Shaw (2nd season)
Home stadiumDelavan Smith Field
1953 Hoosier Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Indiana Central $ 6 –0 –08 –0 –0
Earlham 4 –2 –06 –2 –0
Hanover 4 –2 –04 –4 –1
Anderson (IN) 3 –3 –03 –5 –0
Taylor 3 –3 –04 –4 –0
Franklin (IN) 1 –5 –01 –7 –0
Manchester (IN) 0 –6 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1953 Indiana Central Greyhounds football team was an American football team that represented Indiana Central College (now known as the University of Indianapolis) as a member of the Hoosier Collegiate Conference (HCC) during the 1953 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach Dave Shaw, the Greyhounds compiled a perfect 8–0 record (6–0 against Hoosier opponents), won the HCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 52.[1][2] The 1954 season was the only perfect season in Indianapolis Greyhounds football history.[3]

Four Indiana Central players were selected as first-team players on the 1953 All-Hoosier football team: quarterback Dick Schrier; halfback Dick Nyers; center Abie Carter; and tackle John Hurrle. Two others were named to the second team: end Willis Oldham and guard Hal Cole.[4] Nyers led the team on offense with 73 points scored.[2]

The team played its home games at Delavan Smith Field in Indianapolis.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Taylor
W 18–6[5]
September 26at Franklin (IN)
W 18–0[6][7]
October 3Earlham
  • Delavan Smith Field
  • Indianapolis, IN
W 7–6[8]
October 10at Anderson (IN)Anderson, INW 18–0[9]
October 17at Hiram*Hiram, OHW 25–13[10]
October 24Hanover
  • Delavan Smith Field
  • Indianapolis, IN
W 18–6[11][12]
October 31at Ferris Institute*Big Rapids, MIW 19–7[13][14]
November 7at Manchester (IN)North Manchester, INW 31–14
  • *Non-conference game

Players

Regular players for Indiana Central, based on newspaper accounts cited above, were:

  • Abie Carter, center, senior[2]
  • Hal Cole, guard, senior[2]
  • Jim Duncan
  • Anastacio Martinez, guard, senior[2]
  • Dick Nyers, halfback, sophomore[2]
  • Jim Nye, end
  • Willis Oldham, end[2]
  • Dean Ransburg, back, senior[2]
  • Marvin Schlosser, end, senior[2]
  • Dick Schrier, quarterback, junior[2]
  • Bill Schmutte, halfback
  • Bob Vuillemot, fullback[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Indianapoli Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  3. ↑ "Indianapolis Yearly Totals". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Indiana Central Obtains Four All-Star Places". The Indianapolis Star. November 29, 1953. p. IV-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Charles A. Beal Jr. (September 20, 1953). "Greyhounds Topple Taylor, 18-6, In Opening Football Contest". The Indianapolis Star. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Greyhounds Defeat Grizzlies, 18 to 0: Indiana Central Spoils Home Opener For Franklin Gridders Saturday Afternoon". The Franklin Evening Star. September 28, 1953. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Corky Lamm (September 28, 1953). "Schrier Aerials Save Central at Franklin". The Indianapolis News. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Charles A. Beal Jr. (October 4, 1953). "Indiana Central Edges Earlham, 7-6". The Indianapolis Star. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Central Wins 18-0 HCC Game". Anderson Daily Bulletin. October 12, 1953. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "2 Pass Interceptions Help Central Nab 5th Straight". The Indianapolis Star. October 18, 1953. p. IV-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Bert C. West (October 25, 1942). "Undefeated Greyhounds Win By 18-6 (part 1)". The Indianapolis Star. pp. IV-1, IV-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Bert C. West (October 25, 1942). "Undefeated Greyhounds Win By 18-6 (part 2)". The Indianapolis Star. pp. IV-1, IV-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Nyers' 3 TDs Score Central's 7th Straight". The Indianapolis News. November 2, 1953. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Three Tie in State Point Race: Indiana Central Halfback Scores Three Saturday". Kokomo Tribune. November 2, 1953. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
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