The 1954 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1954 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Clyde B. Smith, the Sun Devils compiled an 5–5 record (3–1 against Border opponents) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 178 to 228.[1][2]
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Conference | Border Conference |
Record | 5–5 (3–1 Border) |
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Home stadium | Goodwin Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Western | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hardin–Simmons | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Texas State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | Hawaii* | W 28–14 | 12,000 | ||
September 24 | at BYU* |
| W 28–19 | ||
October 2 | Texas Western |
| W 34–27 | ||
October 9 | San Jose State* |
| L 12–19 | ||
October 16 | at Midwestern (TX)* | Wichita Falls, TX | L 7–14 | ||
October 23 | West Texas State |
| W 21–14 | [3] | |
October 30 | at Hardin–Simmons |
| W 14–13 | ||
November 6 | No. 13 Cincinnati* |
| L 7–34 | 13,000 | [4] |
November 13 | North Texas State* |
| L 13–20 | 13,000 | [5] |
November 20 | at Arizona | L 14–54 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1954 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 120. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Sun Devils shade Buffs in thriller". Arizona Daily Star. October 24, 1954. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bearcats Blast Tempe, 34–7". Arizona Daily Star. November 7, 1954. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eagles edge Devils, 20–13". The Arizona Republic. November 14, 1954. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.