1954 Texas Longhorns football team

1954 Texas Longhorns football
Conference Southwest Conference
1954 record 4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC)
Head coach Ed Price (4th season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1954 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1954 college football season. 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.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 18 LSU* No. 4 Memorial StadiumAustin, TX W 206   36,000
September 25 at No. 2 Notre Dame* No. 4 Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN L 021   57,594
October 2 Washington State* No. 12 Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 4014   27,000
October 9 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* No. 15 Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Shootout) L 714   76,204
October 16 No. 12 Arkansas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) L 720   42,000
October 23 at Rice Rice StadiumHouston, TX (rivalry) L 713   70,500
October 30 No. 18 SMU Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX T 1313   50,000
November 6 at No. 20 Baylor Baylor StadiumWaco, TX L 713   32,000
November 13 at TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry) W 3534   37,000
November 25 Texas A&M Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 2213   58,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. Dettmer, David (23 April 2012). "The past and present meet at Texas".
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