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1954 North Texas

4–⁠6, coached by Odus Mitchell.

Schedule and results

North Texas in 1954, game by game: lost vs. No. 10 Ole Miss 12–35; won vs. Southern Miss 15–7; won vs. Hardin Simmons 20–7; lost at Chattanooga 19–20; lost vs. UTEP 0–6; lost vs. San José State 20–27; lost at Mississippi State 26–48; won at Arizona State 20–13; lost vs. Trinity (Texas) 0–13; won at Midwestern Texas State 19–0+19−23Lost 12–35 vs. No. 10 Ole Miss-23No. 10 Ole MissWon 15–7 vs. Southern Miss+8Southern MissWon 20–7 vs. Hardin Simmons+13Hardin SimmonsLost 19–20 at Chattanooga-1ChattanoogaLost 0–6 vs. UTEP-6UTEPLost 20–27 vs. San José State-7San José StateLost 26–48 at Mississippi State-22Mississippi Sta…Won 20–13 at Arizona State+7Arizona StateLost 0–13 vs. Trinity (Texas)-13Trinity (Texas)Won 19–0 at Midwestern Texas State+19Midwestern Texa…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vs10Ole MissL 12–⁠3511%
Oct 2vsSouthern MissW 15–⁠757%
Oct 9vsHardin SimmonsW 20–⁠728%
Oct 15atChattanoogaL 19–⁠2062%
Oct 23vsUTEPL 0–⁠636%
Oct 30vsSan José StateL 20–⁠2730%
Nov 6atMississippi StateL 26–⁠4813%
Nov 13atArizona StateW 20–⁠1320%
Nov 20vsTrinity (Texas)L 0–⁠1346%
Nov 24atMidwestern Texas StateW 19–⁠045%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Midwestern Texas State 19–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 105 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠1 2nd in the Gulf Coast Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠176
Coach
Odus Mitchell
Elo
1301 +60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.7 No. 72 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 2Dean Renfro BCleveland Browns