1954 Texas Longhorns football team

1954 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC)
Head coach	Ed Price (4th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130)

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 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1954 college football season. On October 2, 1954, Duke Washington became the first African-American to play in Memorial Stadium. Washington scored on a 73-yard run in the second quarter, but Texas won the game, 40–14.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	LSU*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 20–6	36,000
September 25	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 0–21	57,594
October 2	Washington State*	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 40–14	27,000
October 9	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 7–14	76,204
October 16	No. 12 Arkansas		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 7–20	42,000
October 23	at Rice		Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 7–13	70,500
October 30	No. 18 SMU		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	T 13–13	50,000
November 6	at No. 20 Baylor		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–13	32,000
November 13	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 35–34	37,000
November 25	Texas A&M		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 22–13	58,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game