1954 Texas Longhorns football team

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1954 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18LSU*No. 4W 20–636,000[3]
September 25at No. 2 Notre Dame*No. 4L 0–2157,594[4]
October 2Washington State*No. 12
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 40–1427,000[5]
October 9vs. No. 1
rivalry)
L 7–1476,204[6]
October 16No. 12 Arkansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 7–2042,000[7]
October 23at RiceL 7–1370,500[8]
October 30No. 18 SMU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
T 13–1350,000[9]
November 6at No. 20 BaylorL 7–1331,000–32,000[10]
November 13at TCUW 35–3437,000[11]
November 25Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 22–1358,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1954 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Dettmer, David (April 23, 2012). "The past and present meet at Texas". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
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