1953 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1953 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

Backs

 * Don Ellis, Texas A&M (AP-1 [QB]; UP-1)
 * Lamar McHan, Arkansas (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1)
 * Jerry Coody, Baylor (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1)
 * Kosse Johnson, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Cotton Davidson, Baylor (UP-2 [QB])
 * L.G. Dupre, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2)
 * Dicky Moegle, Rice (AP-2, UP-2)
 * Frank Eidom, Southern Methodist (UP-2)

Ends

 * Carlton Massey, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Floyd Sagely, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Gilmer Spring, Texas (AP-2; UP-2)
 * Ed Bernet, Southern Methodist (AP-2; UP-2)

Tackles

 * Dick Chapman, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
 * Don Gross, Southern Methodist (AP-2)
 * Dougal Cameron, Texas (AP-2)
 * Herb Gray, Texas (UP-2)
 * Jack Gunlock, Southern Methodist (UP-2)

Guards

 * Morgan Williams, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Phil Branch, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Kenneth Paul, Rice (UP-2)
 * Clarence Dierking, Baylor (UP-2)

Centers

 * Leo Rucka, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
 * John Tatum, Texas (UP-2)

Key
AP = Associated Press

UP = United Press

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP