1954 Houston Cougars football team

1954 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach
CaptainJack Patterson, George Hynes
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wichita $ 4 0 0 9 1 0
Houston 3 1 0 5 5 0
Oklahoma A&M 2 2 0 5 4 0
Detroit 1 3 0 2 7 0
Tulsa 0 4 0 0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1954 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Clyde Lee, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place out of five teams in the MVC. George Patterson and George Hynes were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.

  1. ^ "2018 Houston Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Houston. pp. 126, 144. Retrieved August 14, 2020.