1954 Pepperdine Waves football team

1954 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2 (0–0 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumEl Camino Stadium
1954 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fresno State $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Cal Poly 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
San Diego State 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Santa Barbara 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Los Angeles State 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
* 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Pepperdine had a record of 1–2 against conference opponents, but those games did not count in the CCAA standings.

The 1954 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College—now known as Pepperdine University as member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1954 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Gordon McEachron, the Waves compiled an overall record of 6–2. Pepperdine went 1–2 against conference opponents, but did not play a full conference schedule, and thus those games did not count in the CCAA standings.[1] The team played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at La Verne*La Verne, CAW 42–7
October 2Redlands*
W 13–0
October 9at Chico State*
W 14–13
October 16Occidental*
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA (Black and Blue Game)
W 14–0
October 30Whittier*
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 22–6
November 6Santa Barbara*
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
L 12–13
November 13at San Diego State*
L 13–205,000[2]
November 19Los Angeles State*
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)
W 6–0
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Pepperdine players were selected in the 1955 NFL draft.[5][6] 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

References

  1. ^ "CCAA Standings". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. November 25, 1954. p. B7. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  2. ^ Howard Hagen (November 14, 1954). "Aztecs Nip Pepperdine, 20-13, On Last-Quarter Touchdown". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.
  3. ^ "1954 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  6. ^ "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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