1954 Maine Black Bears football team

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1954 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
1954 record5–2 (2–2 Yankee)
Head coach
CaptainThomas Golden, Ernest Short
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Yankee Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Rhode Island 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Maine 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Vermont 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
UMass 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Connecticut 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1954 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 5–2 record (2–2 against conference opponents) and finished third out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Thomas Golden and Ernest Short were the team captains.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Rhode Island
L 7–14
October 2at Vermont
W 23–20
October 9New Hampshire
L 10–21
October 16at Connecticut
W 41–13
October 23Bates*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 35–0
October 30Colby*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 33–6
November 6at Bowdoin*Brunswick, MEW 27–13
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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