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1954 Baylor Bears football team

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Ranking
APNo. 18
1954 Southwest Conference football standings
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

The 1954 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1954 college football season. The team finished with a record of 7–4 and lost the Gator Bowl to Auburn University, 13–33. Players L. G. Dupre (halfback) and James Ray Smith (tackle) played in the North–South All-Star Game; Smith, Billy Hooper (quarterback), Del Shofner (halfback) and Henry Gremminger (end) were selected as All-Conference players.[1]

Schedule

September 18Houston*

W 53–13 September 25at Vanderbilt*No. 10

W 25–19 October 1at Miami (FL)*No. 11

L 13–19 October 9at Arkansas

L 20–21 October 16Washington*

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 34–7 October 23Texas A&Mdagger

W 20–7 October 30at No. 17 TCU

W 12–7 November 6TexasNo. 20

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 13–7 November 20No. 11 SMUNo. 20

W 33–21 November 27RiceNo. 9

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

L 14–20 December 31vs. Auburn*No. 18

L 13–33

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ Baylor University, "Baylor 1955 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/29271