1954 Stanford Indians football team

1954 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (2–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
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
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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17at Pacific (CA)
W 13–1228,000
September 25vs. No. 16 Oregon
W 18–13
October 2Illinois*
W 12–230,000
October 9No. 19 Navy*No. 17
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 0–2555,000
October 16at No. 3 UCLA
L 0–7270,555
October 23Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 13–725,000
October 30Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 26–3013,000
November 6No. 10 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 7–2138,000
November 13San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 14–1916,000
November 20at California
L 20–2881,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

Players drafted by the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Don Sanders Back 28 332 San Francisco 49ers

[4]

References

  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. ^ "Schedule/Results (1954 Stanford)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
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