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1954 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jack Patterson
  • George Hynes
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wichita $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Houston 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Detroit 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Tulsa 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1954 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Clyde Lee, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place out of five teams in the MVC. George Patterson and George Hynes were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Baylor*
L 13–5322,000[2]
October 9Texas A&M*
W 10–742,000[3]
October 16at Oklahoma A&M
W 14–724,000[4]
October 22at Villanova*
W 28–757,817[5]
October 30at Wichita
L 7–916,115[6]
November 6Tulsa
W 20–715,400[7]
November 13 No. 7 Ole Miss*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 0–2623,000[8]
November 20at Texas Tech*
L 14–6114,000[9]
November 27Arkansas*dagger
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 0–1925,000[10]
December 4Detroit
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 19–77,500[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Houston Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Houston. pp. 126, 144. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Baylor Bears romp past Houston, 53–13". The Kilgore News Herald. September 19, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Late Houston field goal beats Texas Aggies, 10–7". The Brownsville Herald. October 10, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Houston posts TD in fourth quarter". Shawnee News-Star. October 17, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Houston parcels Villanova". The Wichita Eagle. October 23, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Shockers shade Houston, 9–7, to nab loop lead". The Daily Oklahoman. October 31, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cougars score 20–7 victory over Tulsa". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 7, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ole Miss spanks Houston by 26–0". The Selma Times-Journal. November 14, 1954. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tech flails UH, 61 to 14". The Austin American-Statesman. November 21, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Porkers pin 19–0 defeat on Houston". Brownwood Bulletin. November 28, 1954. Retrieved March 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Titans Bow to Houston in Grid Finale, 19 to 7". Detroit Free Press. December 5, 1954. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
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