1954 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team

1954 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football
OVC champion
Tangerine Bowl, L 6–7 vs. Omaha
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record8–1–1 (5–0 OVC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Kentucky $ 5 0 0 8 1 1
Western Kentucky 3 2 0 7 3 0
Murray State 3 2 0 5 4 0
Middle Tennessee 2 2 1 4 4 2
Tennessee Tech 1 3 1 4 4 2
Morehead State 0 5 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky State College—now known as Eastern Kentucky University–as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Glenn Presnell, the Maroons compiled an overall record of 8–1–1 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the OVC title. Eastern Kentucky was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where the Maroons lost to Omaha.[1]

  1. ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky University Football Record Book" (PDF). Richmond, Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022.