1954 Stanford Indians football team

American college football season

1954 Stanford Indians football

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 4–6 (2–4 PCC)
Head coach|

* Chuck Taylor (4th season)

Home stadium| Stanford Stadium

Seasons

<- 1953

1955 ->

1954 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | 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
* ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
UCLA won rivalry game over USC,
but no-repeat rule was in effect

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[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 17| at Pacific (CA)| |

* Pacific Memorial Stadium
* Stockton, CA

| W 13–12|
September 25| vs. No. 16 Oregon| |

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR

| W 18–13|
October 2| Illinois*| |

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| W 12–2| 30,000
October 9| No. 19 Navy*| No. 17|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| L 0–25| 55,000
October 16| at No. 3 UCLA| |

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 0–72| 70,555
October 23| Washington| |

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| W 13–7| 25,000
October 30| Washington State| |

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| L 26–30| 13,000
November 6| No. 10 USC| |

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA (rivalry)

| L 7–21| 28,000
November 13| San Jose State*| |

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA (rivalry)

| L 14–19|
November 20| at California| |

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA (Big Game)

| L 20–28| 81,500

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Players drafted by the NFL[edit]

Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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Don Sanders | Back | 28 | 332 | San Francisco 49ers

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1954-1958". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
2. ^ 2013 Stanford Football Media Guide (PDF). Stanford Department of Athletics. p. 142\. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
3. ^ "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

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