1954 Championship Season
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1954 Season
- PCC Champion and Ranked #1 UPI, #2 AP
- Conference's quirky 'no-repeat' rule disallowed team to play in Rose Bowl.
- First undefeated, untied season.
- Team's 367 points led the nation. Their 4.4 points per game allowed was also best in the nation.
- Also led nation in rushing defense (allowing only 73.2 yards per game.
- Their 28 interceptions also led the nation.
- Three players (FB Bob Davenport, OT Jack Ellena and OG Jim Salsbury) earned All-American honors. Ellena garner consensus honors.
PCC W L T Pts Opp W L T Pts Opp UCLA 6 0 0 256 26 9 0 0 367 40 USC 6 1 0 188 82 8 4 0 258 159 Oregon 5 3 0 186 145 6 4 0 218 159 California 4 3 0 178 129 5 5 0 249 177 Washington St 3 4 0 111 131 4 6 0 149 225 Idaho 1 2 0 10 54 4 5 0 96 153 Stanford 2 4 0 84 171 4 6 0 123 229 Washington 1 6 0 64 161 2 8 0 78 215 Oregon St 1 6 0 47 225 1 8 0 60 296
Sep 18 | San Diego NTC | 67 - 0 | W | |
Sep 25 | at Kansas | 32 - 7 | W | |
Oct 01 | Maryland | 12 - 7 | W | |
Oct 09 | at Washington | 21 - 20 | W | |
Oct 16 | Stanford | 72 - 0 | W | |
Oct 23 | at Oregon St | 61 - 0 | W | |
Oct 30 | at California | 27 - 6 | W | |
Nov 06 | Oregon | 41 - 0 | W | |
Nov 20 | USC | 34 - 0 | W | |
OVERALL RECORD: 9 - 0 - 0 |
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