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
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.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Pacific (CA)
W 13–1228,000[2]
September 25vs. No. 16 Oregon
W 18–1330,214[3]
October 2Illinois*
W 12–230,000[4]
October 9No. 19 Navy*No. 17
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 0–2555,000[5]
October 16at No. 3 UCLA
L 0–7270,555[6]
October 23Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 13–717,000[7]
October 30Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 26–3013,000[8]
November 6No. 10 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 7–2138,000[9]
November 13San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 14–1916,000[10]
November 20at California
L 20–2881,490[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [12][13]

Players drafted by the NFL

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

[14]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Indian rally drops COP". Santa Barbara News-Press. September 18, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Stanford upsets Stanford". San Francisco Chronicle. September 26, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Illini beaten by Stanford". The State. October 3, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Navy routs Stanford". The Virginian-Pilot. October 10, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "UCLA buries Stanford in record 72–0 avalanche". The San Bernardino Sun-Telegram. October 17, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Hard-tackling Indians smack Huskies". San Francisco Chronicle. October 24, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Scrappy Cougars claw Indians, 30–26". Oakland Tribune. October 31, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Trojans smell Roses at last". The Spokesman-Review. November 7, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Spartans upset Injuns!". The San Francisco Examiner. November 14, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cal chokes off rally". The San Francisco Examiner. November 21, 1954. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1954 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  13. ^ "Schedule/Results (1954 Stanford)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  14. ^ "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
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