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
v t e	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.

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
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

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

References

"Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1954–1958". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
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.
"1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

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