1954 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | LSU* | No. 4 | W 20–6 | 36,000 | [3] | |
September 25 | at No. 2 Notre Dame* | No. 4 | L 0–21 | 57,594 | [4] | |
October 2 | Washington State* | No. 12 |
| W 40–14 | 27,000 | [5] |
October 9 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* | No. 15 | L 7–14 | 76,204 | [6] | |
October 16 | No. 12 Arkansas |
| L 7–20 | 42,000 | [7] | |
October 23 | at Rice | L 7–13 | 70,500 | [8] | ||
October 30 | No. 18 SMU |
| T 13–13 | 50,000 | [9] | |
November 6 | at No. 20 Baylor | L 7–13 | 31,000–32,000 | [10] | ||
November 13 | at TCU | W 35–34 | 37,000 | [11] | ||
November 25 | Texas A&M |
| W 22–13 | 58,000 | [12] | |
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