1954 Houston Cougars football team

1954 Houston Cougars football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–5 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach	Clyde Lee (7th season)
Captain	Jack Patterson, George Hynes
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

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. The team played its home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Baylor*	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 13–53	22,000
October 9	Texas A&M*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 10–7	42,000
October 16	at Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 14–7	24,000
October 22	at Villanova*	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 28–7	57,817
October 30	at Wichita	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 7–9	16,115
November 6	Tulsa	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 20–7	15,400
November 13	No. 7 Ole Miss*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 0–26	23,000
November 20	at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 14–61	14,000
November 27	Arkansas*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 0–19	25,000
December 4	Detroit	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 19–7	7,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game