Year: | 1954 |
Team: | Denver Pioneers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Skyline Conference |
Short Conf: | Skyline |
Coachrank: | 18 |
Record: | 9–1 |
Conf Record: | 6–1 |
Head Coach: | Bob Blackman |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Stadium: | Hilltop Stadium |
Champion: | Skyline champion |
The 1954 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1954 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Pioneers compiled a 9–1 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the Skyline championship, were ranked No. 18 in the final Coaches Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 298 to 96.[1]
The 1954 team was inducted as a group into the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. At the time, the group was "widely considered the greatest in DU history".[2]