1954 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1954 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1954 record6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 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 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1954 college football season. This was the first season as head coach for Darrell Royal, who had previously served as an assistant for the Maroons.[1] Royal would later win three national championships as head coach of Texas. Center Hal Easterwood was named to the FWAA/Look All-America team. Halfback Art Davis was named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and Atlanta Constitution.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 18Memphis State*
W 27–7[2]
September 25vs. Tennessee
L 7–19
October 2Arkansas State*
W 46–13
October 9at Tulane
W 14–0[3]
October 15at Miami (FL)*
L 13–27
October 23at No. 12 Alabama
W 12–7
October 30at Florida
L 0–7
November 6North Texas State*
W 48–26[4]
November 13at LSU
W 25–0
November 27at No. 7 Ole Miss
L 0–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ Haisten, Bill (2000-11-15). "Royal's roots still run deep". TulsaWorld.com. Tulsa World.
  2. ^ "Miss. State romps to easy 27–7 victory in opener". The Clarion-Ledger. September 19, 1954. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Mississippi State downs Tulane Greenies by 14–0". Jackson Daily News. October 10, 1954. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "State outdoes Eagles 48 to 26". The Clarion-Ledger. November 7, 1954. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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