1954 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1954 Texas Longhorns football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Arkansas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Rice | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1954 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1954 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Ed Price, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 4–5–1, with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, and finished fifth in the SWC.[1]
On October 2, 1954, Duke Washington became the first African-American to play in Memorial Stadium. Washington scored on a 73-yard run in the second quarter, but Texas won the game, 40–14.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | LSU* | No. 4 | W 20–6 | 36,000 | [3] | |
| September 25 | at No. 2 Notre Dame* | No. 4 | L 0–21 | 57,594 | [4] | |
| October 2 | Washington State* | No. 12 |
| W 40–14 | 27,000 | [5] |
| October 9 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* | No. 15 | L 7–14 | 76,204 | [6] | |
| October 16 | No. 12 Arkansas |
| L 7–20 | 42,000 | [7] | |
| October 23 | at Rice | L 7–13 | 70,500 | [8] | ||
| October 30 | No. 18 SMU |
| T 13–13 | 50,000 | [9] | |
| November 6 | at No. 20 Baylor | L 7–13 | 31,000–32,000 | [10] | ||
| November 13 | at TCU | W 35–34 | 37,000 | [11] | ||
| November 25 | Texas A&M |
| W 22–13 | 58,000 | [12] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1954 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ Dettmer, David (April 23, 2012). "The past and present meet at Texas". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Texas catches L.S.U." Monroe Morning World. September 19, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Guglielmi leads Notre Dame to 21–0 win over game Texas". The Pantagraph. September 26, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texans wilt Cougars, 40–14". The Spokesman-Review. October 3, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sooners tip Texas 14–7". The Odessa American. October 10, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fired-up Arkansas stuns Texas, 20–7". The Commercial Appeal. October 17, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rice scores late in third period to beat Texas, 13–7". The Victoria Advocate. October 24, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas, SMU battle to 13–13 tie". Brownwood Bulletin. October 31, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hooper guides Bears over Steers, 13–7". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 7, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas comes back, edges TCU, 35–34". The Abilene Reporter-News. November 14, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Steers outpoint Aggies in vicious battle". The Victoria Advocate. November 26, 1954. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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