1954 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record5–4 (4–2 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
1954 Gulf States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Southeastern Louisiana $ 6 0 09 0 0
Northwestern State 4 2 07 2 0
Louisiana Tech 4 2 06 3 0
Southwestern Louisiana 4 2 05 4 0
Louisiana College 1 4 14 5 1
McNeese State 1 5 02 8 0
Northeast Louisiana State 0 5 11 8 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Lamar Tech*L 20–26[3]
September 25Southeastern Louisiana
L 0–32
October 2at East Texas State*L 13–334,000[4]
October 9Northeast Louisiana State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
W 41–7[5]
October 16Arkansas State*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 36–2[6]
October 30Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
W 25–0[7]
November 6at Louisiana College
W 25–13
November 13at Northwestern State
L 7–34
November 20at McNeese State
W 55–124,500[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. Blanchard, Joan, ed. (1955). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 119–126. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. "Bulldogs bumped by Lamar in opener, 26–20". The Daily Advertiser. September 19, 1954. Retrieved August 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "East Texas State Slams SLI 33 - 13". The Sunday Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. October 3, 1954. p. 9. Retrieved February 12, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "SLI rips Northeast State for 1st win, 41–7". The Daily Advertiser. October 10, 1954. p. 9. Retrieved January 21, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "SLI Bulldogs romp over Arkansas State 36–2". The Daily Advertiser. October 17, 1954. Retrieved October 15, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "SLI overwhelms favored Tech eleven, 25–0". The Daily Advertiser. October 31, 1954. Retrieved June 26, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "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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