1954 Houston Cougars football team

1954 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach
CaptainJack Patterson, George Hynes
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wichita $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Houston 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Detroit 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Tulsa 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1954 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Clyde Lee, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place out of five teams in the MVC. George Patterson and George Hynes were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Baylor*
L 13–5322,000
October 9Texas A&M*
W 10–742,000
October 16at Oklahoma A&M
W 14–724,000
October 22at Villanova*
W 28–757,817
October 30at Wichita
L 7–916,115
November 6Tulsa
W 20–715,400
November 13 No. 7 Ole Miss*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 0–2623,000[2]
November 20at Texas Tech*
L 14–6114,000
November 27Arkansas*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 0–1925,000
December 4Detroit
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 19–77,500[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "2018 Houston Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Houston. pp. 126, 144. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ole Miss spanks Houston by 26–0". The Selma Times-Journal. November 14, 1954. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Titans Bow to Houston in Grid Finale, 19 to 7". Detroit Free Press. December 5, 1954. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.