1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Cotton Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
Record8–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainLarry Morris
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 13 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Alabama 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 3
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Tennessee 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1954 college football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 10th-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. They competed in the Southeastern Conference, finishing second behind Ole Miss. Georgia Tech accepted an invitation to the 1955 Cotton Bowl Classic,[1] where they defeated Southwest Conference champion Arkansas
, 14–6.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 18TulaneNo. 7
W 28–028,000[2]
September 25FloridaNo. 5
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 12–1330,000[3]
October 2at SMU*
W 10–734,504[4]
October 9LSU
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 30–2028,000[5]
October 16AuburnNo. 19
W 14–740,000[6]
October 23KentuckydaggerNo. 15
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 6–1334,000[7]
October 30at No. 16 Duke*
L 20–2133,000[8]
November 6Tennessee
W 28–740,000[9]
November 13Alabama
WSB-TVW 20–040,000[10]
November 27at Georgia
W 7–350,000[11]
January 1vs. No. 13 Arkansas*
NBCW 14–675,500[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Georgia Tech Wins, Goes to Cotton Bowl". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. November 28, 1954. p. C1.
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  13. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 170.
  14. ^ "1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
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