1954 Houston Cougars football team
American college football season
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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.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (3–1 MVC)
Headcoach
- Clyde Lee (7th season)
Captains
- Jack Patterson
- George Hynes
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–5 (3–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | at Baylor* | L 13–53 | 22,000 | [2] | |||
| October 9 | Texas A&M* | W 10–7 | 42,000 | [3] | |||
| October 16 | at Oklahoma A&M | W 14–7 | 24,000 | [4] | |||
| October 22 | at Villanova* | W 28–7 | 57,817 | [5] | |||
| October 30 | at Wichita | L 7–9 | 16,115 | [6] | |||
| November 6 | Tulsa |
| W 20–7 | 15,400 | [7] | ||
| November 13 | No. 7 Ole Miss* |
| L 0–26 | 23,000 | [8] | ||
| November 20 | at Texas Tech* | L 14–61 | 14,000 | [9] | |||
| November 27 | Arkansas* |
| L 0–19 | 25,000 | [10] | ||
| December 4 | Detroit |
| W 19–7 | 7,500 | [11] | ||
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