1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Southwest Conference champions
1955 Cotton Bowl Classic, L 14–6 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#8
AP	#10
1954 record	8–3 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt (2nd year)
Captain	Bobby Proctor
Captain	Jim Roth
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium

1954 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Arkansas $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
SMU	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
#19 Rice	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#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 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1954 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Razorbacks compiled an 8–3 record (5–1 against SWC opponents), won the SWC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 195 to 104.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 25, 1954	Tulsa*		Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 41–0
October 2, 1954	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Ft. Worth, TX	W 20–13
October 9, 1954	Baylor		Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 21–20
October 16, 1954	at Texas	#12	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 20–7
October 23, 1954	#5 Ole Miss*	#7	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 6–0
October 30, 1954	at Texas A&M	#4	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)	W 14–7
November 6, 1954	#15 Rice	#4	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 28–15
November 13, 1954	#19 SMU	#4	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 14–21
November 20, 1954	at LSU*	#9	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA (Rivalry)	L 6–7
November 27, 1954	at Houston*	#13	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	W 19–0
January 1, 1955	Georgia Tech*	#10	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 6–14
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Mississippi

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	0	0	0	0	0
• Arkansas	0	0	0	6	6

Date: October 23
Location: War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, AR

Scoring summary

4		ARK	Preston Carpenter 66 yard pass from Buddy Benson	ARK 6-0

This contest had been designated as an Southeastern Conference game because Ole Miss had not scheduled required six conference games to be eligible for SEC title.^[3]

Cotton Bowl

Main article: 1955 Cotton Bowl Classic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	0	0	7	7	14
Arkansas	0	6	0	0	6

References

↑ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
↑ "1954 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
↑ "Arkansas Nips Ole Miss 6-0." Eugene Register-Guard. 1954 Oct 24.

Arkansas Razorbacks football

Venues	The Hill (1894–1938) Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (1938–present) War Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1948–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games LSU (Golden Boot) Missouri: Battle Line Rivalry Ole Miss Texas Texas A&M

Culture & lore	Calling the Hogs Tusk Big Red "Arkansas Fight" Marching band Wildcat offense 2003 Kentucky game 1969 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Southwest Conference football champions

Oklahoma & Baylor (1915) Texas (1916) Texas A&M (1917) Texas & Oklahoma (1918) Texas A&M (1919) Texas (1920) Texas A&M (1921) Baylor (1922) SMU (1923) Baylor (1924) Texas A&M (1925) SMU (1926) Texas A&M (1927) Texas (1928) TCU (1929) Texas (1930) SMU (1931) TCU (1932) Arkansas (1933) Rice (1934) SMU (1935) Arkansas (1936) Rice (1937) TCU (1938) Texas A&M (1939) Texas A&M (1940) Texas A&M (1941) Texas (1942) Texas (1943) TCU (1944) Texas (1945) Rice & Arkansas (1946) SMU (1947) SMU (1948) Rice (1949) Texas (1950) TCU (1951) Texas (1952) Rice & Texas (1953) Arkansas (1954) TCU (1955) Texas A&M (1956) Rice (1957) TCU (1958) Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959) Arkansas (1960) Texas & Arkansas (1961) Texas (1962) Texas (1963) Arkansas (1964) Arkansas (1965) SMU (1966) Texas A&M (1967) Arkansas & Texas (1968) Texas (1969) Texas (1970) Texas (1971) Texas (1972) Texas (1973) Baylor (1974) Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975) Houston & Texas Tech (1976) Texas (1977) Houston (1978) Arkansas & Houston (1979) Baylor (1980) SMU (1981) SMU (1982) Texas (1983) SMU & Houston (1984) Texas A&M (1985) Texas A&M (1986) Texas A&M (1987) Arkansas (1988) Arkansas (1989) Texas (1990) Texas A&M (1991) Texas A&M (1992) Texas A&M (1993) Texas A&M (1994) Texas (1995)

National championships in bold

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