1954 Pepperdine Waves football team

1954 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2
Head coach	Gordon McEachron (2nd season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium
Seasons ←  1953 1955  →

1954 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pepperdine			–					6	–	2	–	0
San Jose State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					4	–	5	–	0
Hawaii			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Verne			–					2	–	6	–	0
Cal Poly San Dimas			–					1	–	8	–	0

The 1954 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College ^{[note 1]} as an independent during the 1954 college football season. Pepperdine had been a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) for the previous four seasons. The team was led by second-year head coach Gordon McEachron and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of 6–2.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at La Verne	La Verne, CA	W 42–7
October 2	Redlands	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 13–0
October 9	at Chico State	University Stadium Chico, CA	W 14–13
October 16	Occidental	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA (Black and Blue Game)	W 14–0
October 30	Whittier	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 22–6
November 6	Santa Barbara	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 12–13
November 13	at San Diego State	Aztec Bowl San Diego, CA	L 13–20	5,000	[1]
November 19	Los Angeles State	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)	W 6–0

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Team players in the NFL

No Pepperdine players were selected in the 1955 NFL draft. ^{[4] [5]}

The following finished their Pepperdine career in 1954, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player	Position	First NFL team
Frank Williams	Fullback	1961 Los Angeles Rams

Notes

1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.

References

1. Howard Hagen (November 14, 1954). "Aztecs Nip Pepperdine, 20-13, On Last-Quarter Touchdown". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.
2. "1954 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
3. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
4. "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
5. "Pepperdine Players/Alumni" . Retrieved February 15, 2017.