1954 Trinity Bantams football team

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1954 Trinity Bantams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0
Head coach
Home stadiumTrinity Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hobart   –   8 – 0 – 0
Juniata   –   8 – 0 – 0
Pennsylvania Military   –   7 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 0 – 1
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston University   –   7 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 2 – 1
Drexel   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 1
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 7 – 0
Fordham   –   1 – 7 – 1
Columbia   –   1 – 8 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 9 – 0
Penn   –   0 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut, as an independent during the 1954 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach Dan Jessee, the Bantams compiled a perfect 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 216 to 58.[1]

The season was part of a 15-game winning streak that began with the last game of the 1953 season and included back-to-back perfect seasons in 1954 and 1955. It was one of several perfect seasons for the Trinity football program, including 1934, 1949, 1955, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2022.

The team played its home games at Trinity Field in Hartford.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Williams
W 38–0
October 2Bowdoin
  • Trinity Field
  • Hartford, CT
W 28–14[2]
October 9at Tufts
W 27–6[3]
October 16at St. Lawrence
W 34–6[4]
October 30Coast Guard
  • Trinity Field
  • Hartford, CT
W 42–64,000[5]
November 6Amherst
  • Trinity Field
  • Hartford, CT
W 21–127,000[6]
November 13at Wesleyan
W 26–146,500[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1954 - Trinity (CT)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Frank Cline (October 3, 1954). "Bobby Alexander Passes Trinity To 28-14 Win Over Bowdoin". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Tom Fitzgerald (October 10, 1954). "Trinity's Power Rips Tufts, 27-6". The Boston Globe. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Frank Cline (October 17, 1954). "Unbeaten Trinity Drubs St. Lawrence: Sticka Scores Three Times In Bantams' 34-6 Triumph". The Hartford Courant. pp. IV-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bill Newell (October 31, 1954). "Trinity Easily Drubs Coast Guard 42-6: Kelleher Gets Two Scores For Undefeated Bantams". The Hartford Courant. pp. IV-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Bill Newell (November 7, 1954). "Trinity Beats Jeffs To Stay Unbeaten". The Hartford Courant. p. III-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bill Lee (November 14, 1954). "Trinity Defeats Wesleyan, 26-14". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, III-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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