1954 Maine Black Bears football team
| 1954 Maine Black Bears football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 5–2 (2–2 Yankee) |
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| Captain | Thomas Golden, Ernest Short |
| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1954 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1954 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 5–2 record (2–2 against conference opponents) and finished third out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Thomas Golden and Ernest Short were the team captains.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | Rhode Island |
| L 7–14 | ||||
| October 2 | at Vermont | W 23–20 | 6,500 | [2] | |||
| October 9 | New Hampshire |
| L 10–21 | ||||
| October 16 | at Connecticut | W 41–13 | |||||
| October 23 | Bates* |
| W 35–0 | ||||
| October 30 | Colby* |
| W 33–6 | ||||
| November 6 | at Bowdoin* | Brunswick, ME | W 27–13 | ||||
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References
- ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Maine Bears defeat UVM Catamounts 23–20". The Barre Daily Times. October 4, 1954. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.