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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