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 in the National Classic, and outscored all opponents by a total of 330 to 70.
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.