The 1954 Houston Cougars football team was an
American football team that represented the
University of Houston in the
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the
1954 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach
Clyde Lee, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place out of five teams in the MVC. George Patterson and George Hynes were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at
Rice Stadium in
Houston.