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
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130)

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 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1954 college football season. On October 2, 1954, Carl Talmadge “Duke” Washington became the first African-American to play in Texas 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	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 20–6	36,000
September 25	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 0–21	57,594
October 2	Washington State*	No. 12	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 40–14	27,000
October 9	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*	No. 15	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Rivalry)	L 7–14	76,204
October 16	No. 12 Arkansas		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)	L 7–20	42,000
October 23	at Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	L 7–13	70,500
October 30	No. 18 SMU		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	T 13–13	50,000
November 6	at No. 20 Baylor		Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX	L 7–13	32,000
November 13	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 35–34	37,000
November 25	Texas A&M		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)	W 22–13	58,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

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

Texas Longhorns football

Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Nebraska Texas A&M Texas Tech (Chancellor's Spurs) Rice

Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draft

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National championship seasons in bold

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