1956 Stanford Indians football team

1956 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1956 record 4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach Chuck Taylor (6th season)
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
1956 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Oregon State $ 6 1 1  7 3 1
No. 18 USC 5 2 0  8 2 0
UCLA 5 2 0  7 3 0
Washington 4 4 0  5 5 0
Oregon 3 3 2  4 4 2
Stanford 3 4 0  4 6 0
Washington State 2 5 1  3 6 1
California 2 5 0  3 7 0
Idaho 0 4 0  4 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1956 college football season. The team was led by Chuck Taylor in his sixth year. The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 22 vs. Washington State No. 14 Memorial StadiumSpokane, WA W 40–26  
September 29 No. 3 Michigan State* No. 12 Stanford StadiumStanford, California L 7–21  
October 6 at No. 4 Ohio State* Ohio StadiumColumbus, Ohio L 20–32  
October 13 San Jose State* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California (Rivalry) W 40–20  
October 20 at Oregon Hayward FieldEugene, Oregon W 21–7  
October 27 No. 6 USC Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California (Rivalry) W 27–19  
November 3 at UCLA No. 10 Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles L 13–14  
November 10 No. 14 Oregon State No. 20 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California L 19–20  
November 17 Washington Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California L 13–34  
November 22 at No. 19 California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California (59th Big Game) L 18–20  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Players drafted by the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John BrodieQuarterback13San Francisco 49ers
Paul CameraEnd442Cleveland Browns
Allen NapoleanBack24283Cleveland Browns

[2]

References

  1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 19561960". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved November 25, 2013.
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