1952 Stanford Indians football team

1952 Stanford Indians football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	5–5 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach	Chuck Taylor (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons ←  1951 1953  →

1952 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 6 UCLA	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Idaho	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1952 college football season. The team was led by head coach Chuck Taylor in his second year and played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

After winning the conference and making it to the Rose Bowl in the previous season, the team was ranked #13 in preseason polls. ^[1] After winning their first four games, the team lost five of the last six games, including a 26–0 Big Game shutout—its worst loss to rival California in more than half a century—to finish well out of the conference championship. ^[2]

Running back Bob Mathias, who had won his second gold medal in the decathlon earlier in the summer at the 1952 Summer Olympics, was Stanford's only 1953 NFL draft selection. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Santa Clara *	No. 13	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 28–13	27,500	[4]
September 27	at No. 15 Washington State	No. 13	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 14–13	25,000
October 4	Michigan *		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 14–7	25,000
October 11	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 41–28	28,000
October 18	at No. 10 UCLA	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 14–24	80,617
October 25	Washington		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 14–27	25,000
November 1	San Jose State *		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 35–13
November 8	No. 6 USC		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 7–54	55,000
November 15	Oregon		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 20–21	6,100	[5]
November 22	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	L 0–26
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players drafted by the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Bob Mathias	Back	30	352	Washington Redskins

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References

1. "1952 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
2. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1952–1956". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
3. Eule, Brian (November–December 2006). "The Champion". Stanford Magazine. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
4. Bob Brachman (September 21, 1952). "Cards Slap Broncs, 28-13: Stanford Roars From 'Way Back to Nail It". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Don McLeod, "Oregon Upsets Stanford Indians, 21 to 20: Sparse Crowd Watches Clubs Play Thriller," The Oregonian, Nov. 16, 1952, sports section, pp. 1, 5.
6. "1953 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2014.