The 1954 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1954 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Raymond Didier, the team compiled a 5–4 record.[1][2]
| 1954 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Gulf States Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (4–2 GSC) |
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| Home stadium | McNaspy Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana College | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Lamar Tech* | L 20–26 | [3] | ||
| September 25 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| L 0–32 | ||
| October 2 | at East Texas State* | L 13–33 | 4,000 | [4] | |
| October 9 | Northeast Louisiana State |
| W 41–7 | [5] | |
| October 16 | Arkansas State* |
| W 36–2 | [6] | |
| October 30 | Louisiana Tech |
| W 25–0 | [7] | |
| November 6 | at Louisiana College |
| W 25–13 | ||
| November 13 | at Northwestern State |
| L 7–34 | ||
| November 20 | at McNeese State |
| W 55–12 | 4,500 | [8] |
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ Blanchard, Joan, ed. (1955). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 119–126. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Bulldogs bumped by Lamar in opener, 26–20". The Daily Advertiser. September 19, 1954. Retrieved August 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Texas State Slams SLI 33 - 13". The Sunday Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. October 3, 1954. p. 9. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "SLI rips Northeast State for 1st win, 41–7". The Daily Advertiser. October 10, 1954. p. 9. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SLI Bulldogs romp over Arkansas State 36–2". The Daily Advertiser. October 17, 1954. Retrieved October 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SLI overwhelms favored Tech eleven, 25–0". The Daily Advertiser. October 31, 1954. Retrieved June 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SLI bows out with 55–12 romp over McNeese". The Daily Advertiser. November 21, 1954. Retrieved March 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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