1954 Florida Gators football team

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1954 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1954 record5–5 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFlorida Field
(Capacity: 39,453)[1]
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 13 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Alabama 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 3
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Tennessee 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1954 college football season. The season was the fifth for Bob Woodruff as the Florida Gators football team's head coach. The Gators' standout players included running back Mal Hammack. The season was one of mixed results for the Gators: their best-ever Southeastern Conference (SEC) win–loss record, balanced by five overall losses. The highlights of the season were five SEC wins over the fifth-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (13–12), Auburn Tigers (19–13), Kentucky Wildcats (21–7), Mississippi State Maroons (7–0) and Tennessee Volunteers (14–0). Woodruff's 1954 Florida Gators finished 5–5 overall and 5–2 in the SEC, placing third in the twelve-team conference[2]—their best SEC showing to date.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 18at No. 16 Rice*
L 14–34
September 25at No. 5 Georgia Tech
W 13–12
October 2AuburnNo. 20
W 19–13
October 9Clemson*No. 14
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 7–14
October 16Kentucky
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 21–7
October 23at LSUNo. 18
L 7–20
October 30Mississippi Statedagger
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 7–0
November 6vs. Georgia
L 13–14
November 13at Tennessee
W 14–0
November 27No. 11 Miami (FL)*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
L 0–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ The Department of Publicity and The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "1954 Florida Football Facts 'n Figures" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
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