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1954 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1954 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1954 record 4–5–2 (3–3–2 SEC)
Head coach Harold Drew (8th year)
Captain Sid Youngelman
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Ladd Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
« 1953 1955 »
1954 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#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
#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
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Miss Southern 7 0 0 0 7
#14 Alabama 0 0 0 2 2
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: Cramton Bowl
    Montgomery, AL
  • Game attendance: 21,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 6 0 6 12
LSU 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • Game attendance: 40,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 7 7 0 0 14
Alabama 0 7 14 7 28
  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Ladd Stadium
    Mobile, AL
  • Game attendance: 25,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0
Alabama 14 12 14 0 40
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 17,000
  • Source:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 7 14 6 27
Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: October 16
  • Location: Shields-Watkins Field
    Knoxville, TN
  • Game attendance: 41,800
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mississippi State 0 0 6 6 12
Alabama 0 7 0 0 7
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 30,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 30,000
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
Tulane 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: Tulane Stadium
    New Orleans, LA
  • Game attendance: 22,000
  • Source:

The 1954 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1954 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 60th overall and 21st season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham, Ladd Stadium in Mobile and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished with a record of four wins, five losses and two ties (4–5–2 overall, 3–3–2 in the SEC).

After a second consecutive season-opening loss to Mississippi Southern, Alabama reeled off a four-game winning streak that included shutout victories over LSU, Tulsa and Tennessee. However, the Crimson Tide followed their streak by scoring only 14 points over the final six games of the 1954 season. After their win over Tennessee, Alabama lost to Mississippi State, and in the loss began a streak of 16 consecutive scoreless quarters that tied the all-time school record. Consecutive scoreless ties against Georgia and Tulane followed, despite quarterback Bart Starr's attempted comeback from a brutal pre-season hazing injury. The season ended with losses to Georgia Tech, Miami and Auburn by a combined score of 71–7. Their record of 4–5–2 was only Alabama's second losing season in 50 years.


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