| Year: | 1953 |
| Team: | Shippensburg Red Raiders |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference |
| Short Conf: | PSTCC |
| Record: | 8–0 |
| Conf Record: | 6–0 |
| Head Coach: | Vinton Rambo |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
The 1953 Shippensburg Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Shippensburg State Teachers College (now known as Shippensburg University) in the Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference (PSTCC) during the 1953 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Vinton Rambo, the Red Raiders compiled an 8–0 record (6–0 in conference games), shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of to 35. Shippensburg finished second in the PSTCC standings behind, which had a conference record of 4–0 and beat the Red Raiders by 13 rating points.[1]
1953 was Shippensburg's second consecutive perfect season, as the 1952 team went 7–0.[2] Shippensburg had a 20-game winning streak that ran from November 3, 1951, to October 9, 1954.
Guard Robert "Tiny" Adams was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1953 Little All-America college football team.[3] Three Shippensburg players were selected by the conference coaches as first-team players on the 1953 All-PSTCC football team: Adams; George Cherry at center; and Spencer Keyes at halfback. Tackle Charles Burnheimer was named to the second team.[4]
The team's assistant coaches were Tom Crist and John Bay. Crist was responsible for the backs, and Bay had responsibility for linebackers and scouting.[5]