1954 SMU Mustangs football team

The 1954 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Woody Woodard, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the SWC. SMU played home games at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Duane Nutt and Raymond Berry were the team captains.

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Record6–3–1 (4–1–1 SWC)

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1954 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	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

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Georgia Tech*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 7–10	34,504	^[1]
October 9	at Missouri*		Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 25–6	27,500	^[2]
October 16	at No. 15 Rice		Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 20–6	63,500	^[3]
October 23	Kansas*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 36–18	20,037	^[4]
October 30	at Texas	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	T 13–13	50,000	^[5]
November 6	Texas A&M		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 6–3	44,307	^[6]
November 13	at No. 4 Arkansas	No. 19	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 21–14	25,000	^[7]
November 20	No. 20 Baylor	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 21–33	47,000	^[8]
November 27	TCU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 21–6	30,022	^[9]
December 4	No. 4 Notre Dame*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 14–26	75,704	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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