1954 Pennsylvania Military Cadets football team

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1954 Pennsylvania Military Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0
Head coach
Home stadiumP.M.C. Stadium
Seasons
 1953
1955 
1954 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hobart   8 0 0
Juniata   8 0 0
Pennsylvania Military   7 0 0
Trinity (CT)   7 0 0
Worcester Tech   6 0 0
Carnegie Tech   7 0 1
Boston College   8 1 0
Boston University   7 2 0
Hofstra   7 2 0
No. 20 Penn State   7 2 0
Tufts   6 2 0
Brown   6 2 1
Drexel   5 2 0
Bucknell   6 3 0
Colgate   5 2 2
Princeton   5 3 1
Yale   5 3 1
Cornell   5 4 0
Harvard   4 3 1
Syracuse   4 4 0
Pittsburgh   4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall   3 5 0
Temple   3 5 0
Dartmouth   3 6 0
Holy Cross   3 7 0
Buffalo   2 7 0
Fordham   1 7 1
Columbia   1 8 0
Villanova   1 9 0
Penn   0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Pennsylvania Military Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the Pennsylvania Military College (PMC) in Chester, Pennsylvania (now known as Widener University) as an independent during the 1954 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach George Hansell, the team compiled a perfect 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 166 to 54. It was the first unbeaten and untied season in PMC history. [1]

The team played at P.M.C. Stadium home games in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Western Maryland
W 24–0 [2]
October 16 Moravian
  • P.M.C. Stadium
  • Chester, PA
W 27–204,000 [3]
October 23at Wagner Staten Island, NYW 21–12 [4]
October 30 Lycoming
  • P.M.C. Stadium
  • Chester, PA
W 21–0 [5]
November 6at Dickinson
W 6–23,500 [6]
November 13 Lebanon Valley Dagger-14-plain.png
  • P.M.C. Stadium
  • Chester, PA
W 39–145,000 [7]
November 20at Albright Reading, PA W 28–6 [1]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bowl Talk Invades Campus As PMC Finishes Unbeaten". Chester Times. November 22, 1954. p. 20 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Terrors lose by 24 to 0". The Baltimore Sun. October 3, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Moravian loses out in final minutes, 27–20, to PMC Cadets". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 17, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Unbeaten PMC whips Wagner". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Ed Gebhart (November 1, 1954). "PMC 'Off' Game, Wins Fourth on Breaks; Eight Starters from Delco High Schools". Chester Times. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Pass Gives Undefeated P.M.C. Win Over Dickinson". The Evening Sentinel. November 8, 1954. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Lebanon Valley beaten by PMC". The Scrantonian. November 14, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.