1954 Stanford Indians football team

1954 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1954 record 4–6 (2–4 PCC)
Head coach Chuck Taylor (4th season)
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
1954 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 UCLA $ 6 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
No. 17 USC 6 –1 –0  8 –4 –0
Oregon 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
California 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Washington State 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Stanford 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Idaho 1 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Washington 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1954 college football season. The team was led by Chuck Taylor in his fourth year. The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.[1]

Stanford's loss to San Jose State was the team's first-ever loss in the rivalry series that began in 1900. The team's 72–0 loss to UCLA remains Stanford's largest-ever margin of defeat.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 17 at Pacific Pacific Memorial Stadium • Stockton, California W 13–12  
September 25 vs. No. 16 Oregon Multnomah Stadium • Portland, Oregon W 18–13  
October 2 Illinois* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California W 12–2  
October 9 No. 19 Navy* No. 17 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California L 0–25  
October 16 at No. 3 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles L 0–72  
October 23 Washington Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California W 13–7  
October 30 Washington State Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California L 26–30  
November 6 No. 10 USC Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California (Rivalry) L 7–21  
November 13 San Jose State* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California (Rivalry) L 14–19  
November 20 at California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California (57th Big Game) L 20–28  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Players drafted by the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Don SandersBack28332San Francisco 49ers

[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1954–1958". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2013 Stanford Football Media Guide (PDF). Stanford Department of Athletics. p. 142. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1955 NFL Draft". Retrieved April 18, 2014.
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