1954 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Schedule

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Game summaries

Mississippi Southern

Montgomery, AL

• Source: To open the 1954 season, Alabama was upset by the Mississippi Southern Southerners, for the second consecutive year, 7–2 at the Cramton Bowl on a Friday night. The only touchdown of the game was scored by the Golden Eagles in the first quarter on an 18-yard Brooks Tisdale touchdown run. For the remainder of the game, both defenses were dominant with the only points coming in the fourth quarter when Douglas Potts blocked a Southern punt into the end zone for a safety and made the final score 7–2. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi Southern to 6–2.

LSU

Baton Rouge, LA

• Source: To open conference play for the 1954 season, Alabama defeated LSU 12–0 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.

Vanderbilt

Mobile, AL

• Source: At Ladd Stadium, the Crimson Tide defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores by a final score of 28–14 in Mobile.

Tulsa

Tuscaloosa, AL

• Source: In the first Denny Stadium game of the season, Alabama shutout the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 40–0 in a contest that saw the Crimson Tide throw five touchdown passes.

Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

• Sources: In their annual rivalry game against the Tennessee, Alabama shutout the Volunteers 27–0 and handed the Vols their worst home loss to date. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 18–13–5.

Mississippi State

Tuscaloosa, AL

• Source: On homecoming in Tuscaloosa, the Crimson Tide were defeated by the Mississippi State Maroons 12–7 at Denny Stadium.

Georgia

Birmingham, AL

• Sources: At Birmingham, the Crimson Tide battled the Georgia Bulldogs to a scoreless tie in the first Legion Field game of the season.

Tulane

New Orleans, LA

• Source: For their game against Tulane, Alabama traveled to New Orleans and played the Green Wave to a scoreless tie, the second for the Crimson Tide in two weeks.

Georgia Tech

Atlanta, GA

• Source: Against Georgia Tech, Alabama extended their scoreless streak to 14 quarters before a nationally televised audience against the Yellow Jackets 20–0 at Grant Field.

Miami

Miami, FL

• Source: On a Friday evening in Miami, Alabama was defeated by the Miami Hurricanes 23–7 at Burdine Stadium.

Auburn

Birmingham, AL

• Sources: For the first time since the 1949 season, Alabama was defeated by the rival Auburn Tigers 28–0 at Legion Field.

Personnel

Varsity letter winners

Coaching staff

References

General

Specific

References

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4. (September 18, 1954). "There's renewed joy in Hattiesburg". The Birmingham News.
5. (September 26, 1954). "Alabama wins first SEC clash from LSU, 12–0". The Montgomery Advertiser.
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8. (October 17, 1954). "Alabama drubs Vols, 27–0; Elmore, Tharp star". Asheville Citizen-Times.
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12. (November 14, 1954). "Georgia Tech wins, 20 to 0". The Baltimore Sun.
13. (November 20, 1954). "Miami sweeps Tide". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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