1954 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1954
Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
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 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1954 college football season. This was the first season as head coach for Darrell Royal, who had previously served as an assistant for the Maroons.[1] Royal would later win three national championships as head coach of Texas. Center Hal Easterwood was named to the FWAA/Look All-America team. Halfback Art Davis was named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and Atlanta Constitution.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Memphis State*
W 27–79,000[2]
September 25vs. Tennessee
L 7–1928,523[3]
October 2Arkansas State*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 46–139,000[4]
October 9at Tulane
W 14–018,000[5]
October 15at Miami (FL)*
L 13–2740,836[6]
October 23at No. 12 Alabama
W 12–730,000[7]
October 30at Florida
L 0–7[8]
November 6North Texas State*
W 48–2610,000[9]
November 13at LSU
W 25–020,000[10]
November 27at No. 7 Ole Miss
L 0–1436,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ Haisten, Bill (November 15, 2000). "Royal's roots still run deep". TulsaWorld.com. Tulsa World.
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  7. ^ Watkins, Ed (October 22, 1954). "Miss. State spoils Alabama's homecoming, 12 to 7". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
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  12. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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