1954 Wiley Wildcats football team

American college football season

1954 Wiley Wildcats football

Conference| Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record| 5–5 (2–4 SWAC)
Head coach|

* Alva Tabor (1st season)

Home stadium| Wiley Field

Seasons

<- 1953

1955 ->

1954 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 3 Prairie View A&M $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 4 Southern | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Langston | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Texas College | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Wiley | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Arkansas AM&N | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 2
Bishop | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

The 1954 Wiley Wildcats football team represented Wiley College as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Alva Tabor, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished fifth in the SWAC.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 25| at Philander Smith*|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Little Rock, AR

| W 58–0| [2]
October 2| at Dillard*|

* Dillard Stadium
* New Orleans, LA

| W 19–13| [3]
October 9| vs. Arkansas AM&N|

* Bishop Bryan Shamrock Stadium
* Port Arthur, TX

| W 26–13| [4][5]
October 18| vs. Prairie View A&M|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic)

| L 6–19| [6]
October 25| vs. Grambling*|

* State Fair Stadium
* Shreveport, LA

| L 12–35| [7]
October 30| Bishop|

* Wiley Field
* Marshall, TX

| W 19–0| [8]
November 6| Langston|

* Wiley Field
* Marshall, TX

| L 0–7| [9]
November 13| Southern|

* University Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA

| L 19–33| [10]
November 20| Paul Quinn*|

* Wiley Field
* Marshall, TX

| W 40–0| [11]
November 25| at Texas College|

* Steer Stadium
* Tyler, TX

| L 0–26| [12]

* *Non-conference game

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Pigskin Huddle". Baltimore Afro-American. December 25, 1954. p. 9 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Wiley cops 58–0". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 2, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Wiley turns tide on Dillard, 19–13". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 9, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Wiley Wildcats to face stiff opposition when they face Ark. State Lions Oct. 9". The Call. October 8, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Wiley jolts Arkansas A&M, 26–13". The Marshall News Messenger. October 10, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Prairie View beats Wylie". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 19, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Grambling wins State Fair Game". The Shreveport Journal. October 26, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Wiley bounces Bishop, 19–0, in grid classic". The Marshall News Messenger. October 31, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Langston 11 spoils Wiley homecoming". The Marshall News Messenger. November 7, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Southern whips Wiley". The Marshall News Messenger. November 15, 1954. Retrieved September 23, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Wiley shuts out Paul Quinn, 40–0". Waco Tribune-Herald. November 21, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Texas College defeats Wiley in loop game". Tyler Morning Telegraph. November 26, 1954. Retrieved September 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "1954 – Wiley (TX)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2023.

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