1954 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1954 Ole Miss Rebels football
1954 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 0–21 vs. Navy
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	9–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (8th season);
Captains	Jimmy Patton; Allen "Red" Muirhead;
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium, Crump Stadium
	Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Johnny Vaught, the Rebels compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the SEC title.^[1] Ole Miss was ranked sixth in both major polls at end of the regular season. The Rebels were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Navy. The team played home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Crump Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	North Texas State*	No. 10	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 35–12	6,418	^[2]
September 25	Kentucky	No. 9	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 28–9	28,545	^[3]
October 2	at Villanova*	No. 8	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 52–0	95,607	^[4]
October 9	at Vanderbilt	No. 7	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 22–7	26,000	^[5]
October 16	Tulane	No. 7	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 34–7	23,500	^[6]
October 23	at No. 7 Arkansas^{[n 1]}	No. 5	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	L 0–6	38,000	^[7]
October 30	at LSU	No. 12	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 21–6		^[8]
November 6	at Memphis State*	No. 9	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 51–0		^[9]
November 13	at Houston*	No. 7	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 26–0	23,000	^[10]
November 27	Mississippi State	No. 7	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 14–0	36,000	^[11]
January 1	vs. No. 5 Navy*	No. 6	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	L 0–21	80,190	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 13 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Alabama	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Tulane	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	6	–	3
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Ole Miss's game against Arkansas counted in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll