1954 Texas Longhorns football team

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]

1954 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1954 record4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 18LSU*No. 4W 20–636,000
September 25at No. 2 Notre Dame*No. 4L 0–2157,594
October 2Washington State*No. 12
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 40–1427,000
October 9vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*No. 15L 7–1476,204
October 16No. 12 Arkansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 7–2042,000
October 23at RiceL 7–1370,500
October 30No. 18 SMU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
T 13–1350,000
November 6at No. 20 BaylorL 7–1332,000
November 13at TCUW 35–3437,000
November 25Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 22–1358,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Dettmer, David (23 April 2012). "The past and present meet at Texas". Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.


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