1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
| 1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl, L 14–6 vs. Georgia Tech | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 8 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| Record | 8–3 (5–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1954 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Razorbacks compiled an 8–3 record (5–1 against SWC opponents), won the SWC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 195 to 104.[1][2]
With only 25 players on the team, this squad became known as the "25 Little Pigs." This fact makes it all the more amazing that they won the Southwest Conference championship.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | Tulsa* | W 41–0 | 13,000 | ||||
| October 2 | at TCU | W 20–13 | |||||
| October 9 | Baylor |
| W 21–20 | 18,000 | |||
| October 16 | at Texas | No. 12 | W 20–7 | 42,000 | [3] | ||
| October 23 | No. 5 Ole Miss* | No. 7 | ABC | W 6–0 | 38,000 | [4] | |
| October 30 | at Texas A&M | No. 4 | W 14–7 | ||||
| November 6 | No. 15 Rice | No. 4 |
| W 28–15 | |||
| November 13 | No. 19 SMU | No. 4 |
| L 14–21 | 25,000 | ||
| November 20 | vs. LSU* | No. 9 | L 6–7 | 33,000 | [5] | ||
| November 27 | at Houston* | No. 13 | W 19–0 | 25,000 | |||
| January 1 | Georgia Tech* | No. 10 | NBC | L 6–14 | 75,500 | [6] | |
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Game summaries
Ole Miss
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This contest had been designated as a Southeastern Conference game because Ole Miss had not scheduled required six conference games to be eligible for SEC title.[7]
Cotton Bowl
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
References
- ^ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ "1954 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Arkansas Nips Ole Miss 6-0." Eugene Register-Guard. 1954 Oct 24.
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