1952 Stanford Indians football team

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1952 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record5–5 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 USC $ 6 0 010 1 0
No. 6 UCLA 5 1 08 1 0
Washington 6 2 07 3 0
California 3 3 07 3 0
Washington State 3 4 04 6 0
Stanford 2 5 05 5 0
Oregon 2 5 02 7 1
Idaho 1 3 04 4 1
Oregon State 1 6 02 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.

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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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Santa Clara *No. 13W 28–1327,500 [4]
September 27at No. 15 Washington State No. 13W 14–13
October 4 Michigan *
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 14–7
October 11 Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 41–28
October 18at No. 10 UCLA No. 13L 14–24
October 25 Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 14–27
November 1 San Jose State *
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 35–13
November 8No. 6 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 7–54
November 15 Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 20–21
November 22at California L 0–26
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Conference opponent not played this season: Idaho

Players drafted by the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bob Mathias Back30352 Washington Redskins

[5]

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References

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