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1954 Florida Gators football team

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1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0 9 2 0
Georgia Tech 6 2 0 8 3 0
Florida 5 2 0 5 5 0
Kentucky 5 2 0 7 3 0
Georgia 3 2 1 6 3 1
No. 13 Auburn 3 3 0 8 3 0
Mississippi State 3 3 0 6 4 0
Alabama 3 3 2 4 5 2
LSU 2 5 0 5 6 0
Tulane 1 6 1 1 6 3
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 2 7 0
Tennessee 1 5 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Ole Miss's game against Arkansas counted in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1954 college football season. The season was the fifth for Bob Woodruff as the Florida Gators football team's head coach. The Gators' standout players included running back Mal Hammack. The season was one of mixed results for the Gators: their best-ever Southeastern Conference (SEC) win-loss record, balanced by five overall losses. The highlights of the season were five SEC wins over the fifth-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (13–12), Auburn Tigers (19–13), Kentucky Wildcats (21–7), Mississippi State Bulldogs (7–0) and Tennessee Volunteers (14–0). Woodruff's 1954 Florida Gators finished 5–5 overall and 5–2 in the SEC, placing third in the twelve-team conference[1]—their best SEC showing to date.

Schedule and results

9–18–1954No. 16 Rice*

L 14–34 9–25–1954No. 5 Georgia Tech

W 13–12 10–2–1954AuburnNo. 20

W 19–13 10–9–1954Clemson*No. 14

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, Florida

L 7–14 10–16–1954Kentucky

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, Florida

W 21–7 10–23–1954LSUNo. 18

L 7–20 10–30–1954Mississippi State

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, Florida (HC)

W 7–0 11–6–1954Georgia

L 13–14 11–13–1954Tennessee

W 14–0 11–27–1954No. 11 Miami*

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, Florida

L 0–14

Template:CFB Schedule End Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.