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1954 Worcester Tech Engineers football team

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1954 Worcester Tech Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0
Head coach
  • Robert W. Pritchard (8th season)
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
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 Worcester Tech Engineers football team was an American football team that represented the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as an independent during the 1954 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Robert W. Pritchard, the Engineers compiled a 6–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 13.[1] The 1954 season was one of three perfect seasons in Worcester Tech's football history, the others being 1938 and 1983.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at BrooklynBrooklyn, NYW 61–0[2]
October 9Massachusetts MaritimeW 26–7
October 16at WesleyanMiddletown, CTW 9–0[3]
October 23Coast Guard
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 6–0[4]
October 30at RPITroy, NYW 26–6[5]
November 6Norwich
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 33–0[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Worcester Tech Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Worcester Rips Brooklyn Eleven, 61-0". Brooklyn Eagle. October 3, 1954. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Bill Lee (October 17, 1954). "Worcester Tech Gets First Football Victory Over Wesleyan". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Worcester Tech Nips Coast Guard on Punt Return, 6-0". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1954. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "RPI Loses To Worcester; Faces Coast Guard Next". The Time Record. November 1, 1954. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Purple, Loretan Clash In Norwich Worc. Tech Tilt". Athol Daily News. November 8, 1954. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.