1954 Texas A&M
1–9 (0–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Bear Bryant. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Georgia 6–0Oct 2
By 6 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs 19Texas Tech | L 9–41 | 36% |
| Sep 25 | vs Oklahoma State | L 6–14 | 42% |
| Oct 2 | at Georgia | W 6–0 | 34% |
| Oct 9 | at Houston | L 7–10 | 32% |
| Oct 16 | vs TCU | L 20–21 | 44% |
| Oct 23 | at Baylor | L 7–20 | 23% |
| Oct 30 | vs 4Arkansas | L 7–14 | 36% |
| Nov 6 | at SMU | L 3–6 | 20% |
| Nov 13 | vs Rice | L 19–29 | 32% |
| Nov 25 | at Texas | L 13–22 | 23% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 22–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
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
- 1–9
- Conference
- 0–6 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 97–177
- Coach
- Bear Bryant
- Elo
- 1389 −84 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 2.5 No. 50 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Elwood KettlerBUP-1- Bennie SinclairEAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Don KachtikBUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1954 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5–1 | 8–3 | 10 |
| SMU | 4–1–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Rice | 4–2 | 7–3 | 19 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–4 | 18 |
| Texas | 2–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.