1954 Wiley Wildcats football team

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1954
Wiley Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (2–4 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWiley Field
Seasons
← 1953
 →
1954 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Prairie View A&M $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 4 Southern 5 1 0 10 1 0
Langston 4 2 0 4 4 1
Texas College 3 3 0 4 6 0
Wiley 2 4 0 5 5 0
Arkansas AM&N 1 5 0 2 7 2
Bishop 0 6 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

The 1954 Wiley Wildcats football team represented

Wiley College as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Alva Tabor
, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished fifth in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at
Philander Smith*
W 58–0[2]
October 2at
Dillard*
W 19–13[3]
October 9vs. Arkansas AM&N
W 26–13[4][5]
October 18vs. Prairie View A&ML 6–19[6]
October 25vs. Grambling*L 12–35[7]
October 30Bishop
W 19–0[8]
November 6Langston
  • Wiley Field
  • Marshall, TX
L 0–7[9]
November 13SouthernL 19–33[10]
November 20
Paul Quinn*
  • Wiley Field
  • Marshall, TX
W 40–0[11]
November 25at Texas College
L 0–26[12]
  • *Non-conference game

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  13. ^ "1954 – Wiley (TX)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2023.