1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Cotton Bowl champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
1954 record 8–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach Bobby Dodd (10th season)
Captain Larry Morris
Home stadium Grant Field
1954 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1954 college football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 10th-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. They competed in the Southeastern Conference, finishing second behind Ole Miss. Georgia Tech accepted an invitation to the 1955 Cotton Bowl Classic,[1] where they defeated Southwest Conference champion Arkansas, 14–6.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 18 Tulane No. 7 Grant FieldAtlanta W 280   28,000
September 25 Florida No. 5 Grant Field • Atlanta L 1213   30,000
October 2 at SMU* Cotton BowlDallas W 107   34,000
October 9 LSU Grant Field • Atlanta W 3020   28,000
October 16 Auburn No. 19 Grant Field • Atlanta (Rivalry) W 147   40,000
October 23 Kentuckydagger No. 15 Grant Field • Atlanta L 613   34,000
October 30 at No. 16 Duke* Duke StadiumDurham, North Carolina L 2021   33,000
November 6 Tennessee Grant Field • Atlanta (Rivalry) W 287   40,000
November 13 Alabama Grant Field • Atlanta WSB-TV W 200   40,000
November 27 at Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) W 73   50,000
January 1 vs. No. 13 Arkansas* Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Cotton Bowl Classic) NBC W 146   75,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Sources:[2][3]

References

  1. "Georgia Tech Wins, Goes to Cotton Bowl". The Washington Post and Times Herald. November 28, 1954. p. C1.
  2. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 170.
  3. "1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".


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