1954 Xavier Musketeers football team

The 1954 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1954 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Ed Kluska, the Musketeers compiled a 2–8 record.

1954 Xavier Musketeers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–8
Head coach	Ed Kluska (8th season)
Home stadium	Xavier Stadium
Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

1954 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Omaha			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Notre Dame			–					9	–	1	–	0
Wabash			–					7	–	1	–	1
Cincinnati			–					8	–	2	–	0
Youngstown			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington University			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carthage			–					5	–	3	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	5	–	0
Michigan Tech			–					3	–	4	–	0
Marquette			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wayne			–					3	–	5	–	1
John Carroll			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rose Poly			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drake			–					2	–	7	–	0
Xavier			–					2	–	8	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Quantico Marines	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–27	10,500	[1]
September 25	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 0–12		[2]
October 3	Great Lakes Navy	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 14–25	10,000	[3]
October 9	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 7–42	9,136	[4]
October 17	Dayton	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 20–21	7,500	[5]
October 23	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)	L 0–33	27,000–29,000	[6][7]
October 30	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 19–14	4,972	[8]
November 6	at John Carroll	Shaw Stadium East Cleveland, OH	W 26–7	4,000	[9]
November 13	Chattanooga	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 14–21	9,400	[10]
November 20	at Dayton	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	L 0–13		[11]

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