| 1954 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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Border champion | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 Border) |
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| Offensive scheme | T formation |
| Base defense | 5–3 |
| Home stadium | Jones Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1954 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Border Conference during the 1954 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach DeWitt Weaver, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the Border Conference title for the second consecutive season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | at Texas A&M* | No. 19 | W 41–9 | 16,500 | ||
| September 25 | West Texas State | No. 14 | W 33–7 | 14,000 | [1] | |
| October 2 | Oklahoma A&M* | No. 17 |
| T 13–13 | 24,500 | |
| October 9 | Texas Western |
| W 55–28 | 15,000 | ||
| October 16 | at LSU* | No. 20 | L 13–20 | 25,000 | [2] | |
| October 23 | at Pacific (CA)* | L 7–20 | 14,171 | |||
| November 6 | at Arizona | W 28–14 | 23,000 | |||
| November 13 |
Tulsa* |
| W 55–13 | 18,000 | ||
| November 20 | Houston* |
| W 61–14 | 14,000 | ||
| November 27 | at Hardin–Simmons |
| W 61–19 | 7,000 | ||
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References
- ^ "Raiders whip Buffs, 33–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 26, 1954. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Late LSU rush topples Raiders". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 17, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1954 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- ^ "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
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