1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

The 1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1954 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Razorbacks compiled an 8–3 record (5–1 against SWC opponents), won the SWC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 195 to 104.[1][2]

1954 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl, L 14–6 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 10
1954 record	8–3 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt (2nd season)
Captains	Bobby Proctor Jim Roth
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium

1954 Southwest Conference football standings
	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

With only 25 players on the team, this squad became known as the "25 Little Pigs." This fact makes it all the more amazing that they won the Southwest Conference championship.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 25	Tulsa*		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 41–0
October 2	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 20–13
October 9	Baylor		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 21–20
October 16	at Texas	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 20–7
October 23	No. 5 Ole Miss*	No. 7	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	W 6–0
October 30	at Texas A&M	No. 4	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 14–7
November 6	No. 15 Rice	No. 4	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	W 28–15
November 13	No. 19 SMU	No. 4	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 14–21
November 20	at LSU*	No. 9	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 6–7
November 27	at Houston*	No. 13	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	W 19–0
January 1	Georgia Tech*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	L 6–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Mississippi

1 2 3 4 Total Ole Miss 0 0 0 0 0 • Arkansas 0 0 0 6 6 Date: October 23 Location: War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Arkansas

Scoring summary 4 ARK Preston Carpenter 66 yard pass from Buddy Benson ARK 6-0

This contest had been designated as a Southeastern Conference game because Ole Miss had not scheduled required six conference games to be eligible for SEC title.[3]

Cotton Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	0	0	7	7	14
Arkansas	0	6	0	0	6

References

1. "Arkansas Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
2. "1954 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
3. "Arkansas Nips Ole Miss 6-0." Eugene Register-Guard. 1954 Oct 24.