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1954 Alabama

4–⁠5–⁠2 (3–⁠3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Drew.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1954, game by game: lost vs. Southern Miss 2–7; won at LSU 12–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 28–14; won vs. Tulsa 40–0; won at Tennessee 27–0; lost vs. Mississippi State 7–12; tied at Georgia 0–0; tied at Tulane 0–0; lost at Georgia Tech 0–20; lost at No. 16 Miami 7–23; lost vs. No. 15 Auburn 0–28+40−28Lost 2–7 vs. Southern Miss-5Southern MissWon 12–0 at LSU+12LSUWon 28–14 vs. Vanderbilt+14VanderbiltWon 40–0 vs. Tulsa+40TulsaWon 27–0 at Tennessee+27TennesseeLost 7–12 vs. Mississippi State-5Mississippi Sta…Tied 0–0 at Georgia0GeorgiaTied 0–0 at Tulane0TulaneLost 0–20 at Georgia Tech-20Georgia TechLost 7–23 at No. 16 Miami-16No. 16 MiamiLost 0–28 vs. No. 15 Auburn-28No. 15 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsSouthern MissL 2–⁠793%
Sep 25atLSUW 12–⁠048%
Oct 2vsVanderbiltW 28–⁠1474%
Oct 9vsTulsaW 40–⁠082%
Oct 16atTennesseeW 27–⁠044%
Oct 23vsMississippi StateL 7–⁠1271%
Oct 30atGeorgiaT 0–⁠055%
Nov 6atTulaneT 0–⁠078%
Nov 13atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠2034%
Nov 19at16MiamiL 7–⁠2341%
Nov 27vs15AuburnL 0–⁠2846%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Auburn 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 6: 12
Record
4–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠2 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
123–⁠104
Coach
Red Drew
Elo
1530 −58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.2 No. 36 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Sid Youngelman

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 5George Mason OTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Corky Tharp BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Bobby Luna BSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠09–⁠26
Georgia Tech6–⁠28–⁠3
Kentucky5–⁠27–⁠3
Florida5–⁠25–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠313
Mississippi State3–⁠36–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠3
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.