1954 Worcester Tech Engineers football team

1954 Worcester Tech Engineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0
Head coach	Robert W. Pritchard (8th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

1954 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Hobart		–		8	–	0	–	0
Juniata		–		8	–	0	–	0
Pennsylvania Military		–		7	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		7	–	0	–	0
Worcester Tech		–		6	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	0	–	1
Boston College		–		8	–	1	–	0
Boston University		–		7	–	2	–	0
Hofstra		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Penn State		–		7	–	2	–	0
Tufts		–		6	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		6	–	2	–	1
Drexel		–		5	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	2	–	2
Princeton		–		5	–	3	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	3	–	1
Cornell		–		5	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		4	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		4	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		3	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth		–		3	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	7	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	7	–	0
Fordham		–		1	–	7	–	1
Columbia		–		1	–	8	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	9	–	0
Penn		–		0	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Worcester Tech Engineers football team was an American football team that represented the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as an independent during the 1954 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Robert W. Pritchard, the Engineers compiled a 6–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 161 to 13.^[1] The 1954 season was one of three perfect seasons in Worcester Tech's football history, the others being 1938 and 1983.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	at Brooklyn	Brooklyn, NY	W 61–0	^[2]
October 9	Massachusetts Maritime	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	W 26–7
October 16	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	W 9–0	^[3]
October 23	Coast Guard	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	W 6–0	^[4]
October 30	at RPI	Troy, NY	W 26–6	^[5]
November 6	Norwich	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	W 33–0	^[6]

^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Worcester Tech Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
^ "Worcester Rips Brooklyn Eleven, 61-0". Brooklyn Eagle. October 3, 1954. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill Lee (October 17, 1954). "Worcester Tech Gets First Football Victory Over Wesleyan". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Worcester Tech Nips Coast Guard on Punt Return, 6-0". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1954. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "RPI Loses To Worcester; Faces Coast Guard Next". The Time Record. November 1, 1954. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Purple, Loretan Clash In Norwich Worc. Tech Tilt". Athol Daily News. November 8, 1954. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.

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