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1954 Georgia Tech

8–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1954, game by game: won vs. Tulane 28–0; lost vs. Florida 12–13; won at SMU 10–7; won vs. LSU 30–20; won vs. Auburn 14–7; lost vs. Kentucky 6–13; lost at No. 16 Duke 20–21; won vs. Tennessee 28–7; won vs. Alabama 20–0; won at Georgia 7–3; won vs. No. 13 Arkansas 14–6+28−7Won 28–0 vs. Tulane+28TulaneLost 12–13 vs. Florida-1FloridaWon 10–7 at SMU+3SMUWon 30–20 vs. LSU+10LSUWon 14–7 vs. Auburn+7AuburnLost 6–13 vs. Kentucky-7KentuckyLost 20–21 at No. 16 Duke-1No. 16 DukeWon 28–7 vs. Tennessee+21TennesseeWon 20–0 vs. Alabama+20AlabamaWon 7–3 at Georgia+4GeorgiaWon 14–6 vs. No. 13 Arkansas+8No. 13 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsTulaneW 28–⁠086%
Sep 25vsFloridaL 12–⁠1378%
Oct 2atSMUW 10–⁠761%
Oct 9vsLSUW 30–⁠2081%
Oct 16vsAuburnW 14–⁠779%
Oct 23vsKentuckyL 6–⁠1376%
Oct 30at16DukeL 20–⁠2146%
Nov 6vsTennesseeW 28–⁠769%
Nov 13vsAlabamaW 20–⁠066%
Nov 27atGeorgiaW 7–⁠369%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs13ArkansasCotton BowlW 14–⁠660%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 14–⁠6 in the Cotton Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 5: 19
  4. Wk 6: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1954.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 5
Points
189–⁠97
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1710 +46 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.4 No. 13 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Larry Morris

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 1Larry Morris CLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

3 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

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.