1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1954 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football
1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl, L 14–6 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 10
1954 record	8–3 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt (2nd season);
Captains	Bobby Proctor; Jim Roth;
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium; War Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

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]

With only 25 players on the team, this squad became known as the "25 Little Pigs." This fact makes it all the more amazing that they won the Southwest Conference championship.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 25	Tulsa*		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 41–0
October 2	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 20–13
October 9	Baylor		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 21–20
October 16	at Texas	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 20–7
October 23	No. 5 Ole Miss*	No. 7	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	W 6–0
October 30	at Texas A&M	No. 4	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 14–7
November 6	No. 15 Rice	No. 4	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	W 28–15
November 13	No. 19 SMU	No. 4	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 14–21
November 20	at LSU*	No. 9	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 6–7
November 27	at Houston*	No. 13	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	W 19–0
January 1	Georgia Tech*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	L 6–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries[]

Mississippi[]

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

Cotton Bowl[]

	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.

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[1] "Arkansas Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

[2] "1954 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

[3] "Arkansas Nips Ole Miss 6-0." Eugene Register-Guard. 1954 Oct 24.

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v t Arkansas Razorbacks football
Venues	The Hill (1894–1937) Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (1938–present) Quigley Stadium (alternate, 1932–1947) War Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1948–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games LSU Missouri: Battle Line Rivalry Ole Miss Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Calling the Hogs Tusk Big Red "Arkansas Fight" Marching band 1969 "Game of the Century" 2001 Ole Miss game 2003 Kentucky game
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1954 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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