1954 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

The 1954 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1954 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 10–1 record, won the MAA championship, lost to North Carolina Central in the National Classic, and outscored all opponents by a total of 330 to 70.

1954 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
National Classic, L 6–19 vs. North Carolina College
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record10–1 (4–0 MAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumHale Stadium
1954 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ 4 0 010 1 0
No. 22 Grambling 1 0 14 3 2
No. 13 Texas Southern 2 1 15 4 2
No. 16 Lincoln (MO) 3 2 04 3 1
No. 19 Central State (OH) 1 2 04 4 0
No. 20 Kentucky State 1 3 05 3 0
Jackson 0 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press

The team was selected by the "Pigskin Huddle" as the 1954 black college national champion. The Pittsburgh Courier selected the Tigers as black college national co-champion in a five-way tie with four other teams.

Coach Kean suffered a double heart attack following the team's December 4 game with North Carolina Central. He did not return as the team's coach and died one year later in December 1955.

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