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1954 Arizona Wildcats football team

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1954 record
  
7–3 (3–2 BIAA)

Home stadium
  
Arizona Stadium


Conference
  
Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Head coach
  
Warren B. Woodson (3rd year)

Captain
  
Buddy Lewis, Glen Bowers

The 1954 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1954 college football season. In their third season under head coach Warren B. Woodson, the Wildcats compiled a 7–3 record (3–2 against BIAA opponents) and outscored their opponents, 385 to 215. The team captains were Buddy Lewis and Glen Bowers. The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

The team's average of 38.5 points per game was the second highest in major college football during the 1954 season. Tailback Art Luppino was the NCAA rushing leader with 1,359 rushing yards. Luppino also broke the NCAA modern-era single-season scoring record with 166 points scored in 1954.

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1954 Arizona Wildcats football team Wikipedia