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1954 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

Head coach
  
Stu Holcomb (8th year)

Home stadium
  
Ross–Ade Stadium

1954 record
  
5–3–1 (3–3 Big Ten)

MVP
  
Tom Bettis

The 1954 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth season under head coach Stu Holcomb, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–3–1 record, finished in approximately sixth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of about 165 to 134.

Notable players on the 1954 Purdue team included quarterback Len Dawson, guard Tom Bettis, and end John Kerr.

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1954 Purdue Boilermakers football team Wikipedia