1954 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1954 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1954 college football season. This was the first season as head coach for Darrell Royal, who had previously served as an assistant for the Maroons.[1] Royal would later win three national championships as head coach of Texas. Center Hal Easterwood was named to the FWAA/Look All-America team. Halfback Art Davis was named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and Atlanta Constitution.

1954 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1954 record64 (33 SEC)
Head coachDarrell Royal (1st season)
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1954 Southeastern Conference 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 18Memphis State*W 27–7
September 25vs. TennesseeL 7–19
October 2Arkansas State*W 46–13
October 9at TulaneW 14–0
October 15at Miami*
L 13–27
October 23at No. 12 AlabamaW 12–7
October 30at FloridaL 0–7
November 6North Texas State*W 48–26
November 13at LSUW 25–0
November 27at No. 7 Ole Miss
L 0–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. Haisten, Bill (2000-11-15). "Royal's roots still run deep". TulsaWorld.com. Tulsa World.
  2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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