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1954 Stanford Indians football team

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1954 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

September 17at Pacific

W 13–12 September 25vs. No. 16 Oregon

W 18–13 October 2Illinois*

W 12–2 October 9No. 19 Navy*No. 17

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, California

L 0–25 October 16at No. 3 UCLA

L 0–72 October 23Washington

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, California

W 13–7 October 30Washington State

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, California

L 26–30 November 6No. 10 USC

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, California (Rivalry)

L 7–21 November 13San Jose State*

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, California (Rivalry)

L 14–19 November 20at California

L 20–28

Template:CFB Schedule End

Players drafted by the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Don Sanders Back 28 332 San 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.