1954 Whitworth Pirates football team

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1954 Whitworth Pirates football
Evergreen champion
Conference Evergreen Conference
Record8–0 (7–0 Evergreen)
Head coach
Seasons
 1953
1955  
1954 Evergreen Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Whitworth $ 6 0 08 0 0
Puget Sound 5 1 06 2 0
Pacific Lutheran 4 2 05 3 0
Western Washington 3 3 03 5 0
Central Washington 2 4 02 6 0
Eastern Washington 1 5 01 8 0
UBC 0 6 0 ?  ?  ?
  • $ Conference champion

The 1954 Whitworth Pirates football team was an American football team that represented Whitworth University of Spokane, Washington, as a member of the Evergreen Conference during the 1954 college football season. In their third year under head coach James Lounsberry, the Pirates compiled a perfect 8–0 record (7–0 against conference opponents), won the Evergreen Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 34. [1]

Between November 14, 1953, and September 29, 1956, the Pirates won 21 consecutive games, including back-to-back perfect seasons in 1954 and 1955. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Eastern Washington
W 27–03,000 [3] [4]
October 2 Western Washington
W 33–04,000 [5]
October 9 Central Washington
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 15–63,500 [6]
October 16at Puget Sound
W 33–13 [7]
October 23at UBC
W 27–62,000 [8]
October 30 Linfield *Dagger-14-plain.pngSpokane, WAW 41–74,000 [9]
November 6 Pacific Lutheran
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 38–24,500–5,000 [10] [11]
November 13at Eastern Washington Cheney, WA W 55–0 [12] [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

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