1954 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1954 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with an 8–1 record.

1954 West Virginia Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
1954 record8–1 (3–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
1954 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 12 West Virginia $ 3 0 0  8 1 0
Furman 2 0 0  5 5 0
No. 16 VPI 3 0 1  8 0 1
Davidson 2 1 0  6 3 0
VMI 4 3 0  4 6 0
Richmond 2 3 0  5 4 0
William & Mary 1 2 2  4 4 2
George Washington 0 4 1  1 7 1
The Citadel 0 4 0  2 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
October 2at No. 15 South Carolina*W 26–631,000
October 9George WashingtonNo. 16W 13–720,000
October 16at No. 9 Penn State*No. 14W 19–1432,312
October 23vs. VMINo. 10W 40–611,000
October 30Pittsburgh*No. 7
L 10–1334,000
November 6Fordham*No. 17
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 39–910,000
November 13at William & MaryNo. 16W 20–610,000
November 20NC State*No. 14
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 28–320,000
November 27at Virginia*No. 12W 14–1010,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1954 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Fred Wyant Jr
End 89 Billy Hillen Sr
End 84 Joe Kopnisky So
Guard 64 Gene Lathey So
Guard 88 Bill Underdonk Jr
Center 36 Charles Donaldson Sr
OL-LT 77 Bruce Bosley Jr
OL-RG 75 Sam Huff So
OL-LG 72 Gene Lamone Jr
Guard 65 Jerry Urda So
End 55 John Kernic Sr
End 81 Max Ludwig Sr
RB 22 Victor "Jack" Rabbits So
RB 42 Dick Nicholson Sr
RB 15 Harry Sweeney Sr
FB 24 Carl Norman Sr
FB 35 Danny Williams Sr
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Defense
Pos.#NameClass
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Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach

Art "Pappy" Lewis

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

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