1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Cotton Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
Record8–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainLarry Morris
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 0 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
No. 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

The 1954 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1954 college football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 10th-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. They competed in the Southeastern Conference, finishing second behind Ole Miss. Georgia Tech accepted an invitation to the 1955 Cotton Bowl Classic,[1] where they defeated Southwest Conference champion Arkansas, 14–6.

  1. ^ "Georgia Tech Wins, Goes to Cotton Bowl". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. November 28, 1954. p. C1.