1954 Whitworth Pirates football team
{{short description|College football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1954
| team = Whitworth Pirates
| sport = football
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| conference = Evergreen Conference
| short_conf = Evergreen
| record = 8–0
| conf_record = 7–0
| head_coach = James Lounsberry
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium =
| champion = Evergreen champion
}}
{{1954 Evergreen Conference football standings}}
The 1954 Whitworth Pirates football team was an American football team that represented Whitworth University of Spokane, Washington, as a member of the Evergreen Conference during the 1954 college football season. In their third year under head coach James Lounsberry, the Pirates compiled a perfect 8–0 record (7–0 against conference opponents), won the Evergreen Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 34.{{cite news|title=1954 - Whitworth|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=May 12, 2023|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=3548&year=1954|archive-date=September 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918191020/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=3548&year=1954|url-status=dead}}
Between November 14, 1953, and September 29, 1956, the Pirates won 21 consecutive games, including back-to-back perfect seasons in 1954 and 1955.{{cite news|title=Whitworth Considered For Tangerine Bowl|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=November 25, 1955|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-whitworth-considered-f/124390239/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 25|at|{{cfb link|year=1954|team=Eastern Washington Savages|title=Eastern Washington}}|Richland Bomber Bowwl|Richland, WA|W 27-0|3,000|{{cite news|title=Pirates Plunder Eastern Savages, 27-0: Ward, Buchert Pace Whitworth's Victory|newspaper=Tri-City Herald|date=September 26, 1954|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tri-city-herald-pirates-plunder-eastern/124769775/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Pirates Plaster EWCE, 27-0|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|author=Danny May|date=September 27, 1954|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-pirates-plaster-ewc/124769969/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 2||{{cfb link|year=1954|team=Western Washington Vikings|title=Western Washington}}|Memorial Stadium|Spokane, WA|W 33-0|4,000|{{cite news|title=Buchert Leads Whitworth to 33-0 Evergreen Victory|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|author=Danny May|date=October 3, 1954|page=Sports 1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-buchert-leads-whitw/124769410/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 9||{{cfb link|year=1954|team=Central Washington Wildcats|title=Central Washington}}|Memorial Stadium|Spokane, WA|W 15-6|3,500|{{cite news|title=Whitworth "Held" to 15-to-6 Triumph|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|author=Danny May|date=October 10, 1954|page=Sports 1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-whitworth-held-to/124769250/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 16|at|{{cfb link|year=1954|team=Puget Sound Loggers|title=Puget Sound}}|CPS athletic field|Tacoma, WA|W 33-13||{{cite news|title=Whitworth Defeats CPS: Pirates Win In Evergreen|newspaper=The Sunday News Tribune and Sunday Ledger|author=Ed Honeywell|date=October 17, 1954|page=B11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-whitworth-defeats-cps/124767786/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 23|at|{{cfb link|year=1954|team=UBC Thunderbirds|title=UBC}}|UBC Stadium|Vancouver, BC|W 27-6|2,000|{{cite news|title=Thunderbirds Look Good For Half A Game Anyway But Roof Falls In When Pirates Start Point parade In Finale|newspaper=The Vancouver Province|author=Stan Beck|date=October 25, 1954|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-thunderbirds-look-good-for/124768965/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 30||{{cfb link|year=1954|team=Linfield Wildcats|title=Linfield}}
|November 6||{{cfb link|year=1954|team=Pacific Lutheran Lutes|title=Pacific Lutheran}}|Memorial Stadium|Spokane, WA|W 38-2|4,500–5,000|{{cite news|title=Whitworth Ready for Best Game---Lounsberry|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=November 4, 1954|page=39|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-whitworth-ready-for-be/124765269/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Pirates Avenge Fog Bowl Loss: Clip Glads By 38 to 2 at Stadium|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|date=November 7, 1954|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-pirates-avenge-fog/124765573/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 13|at|{{cfb link|year=1954|team=Eastern Washington Savages|title=Eastern Washington}}||Cheney, WA|W 55-0||{{cite news|title=Whitworth Rambles Over Eastern, 55 to 0|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|date=November 14, 1954|page=Sports 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-whitworth-rambles-o/124765801/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Whitworth Awaiting Bowl Bid|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=November 15, 1954|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-whitworth-awaiting-bow/124765991/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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