1954 Pacific Tigers football team

1954 Pacific Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Jack Myers (2nd season)
Home stadium	Pacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1953 1955  →

1954 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pepperdine			–					6	–	2	–	0
San Jose State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					4	–	5	–	0
Hawaii			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Verne			–					2	–	6	–	0
Cal Poly San Dimas			–					1	–	8	–	0

The 1954 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific ^{[note 1]} during the 1954 college football season.

Pacific competed as an independent in 1954. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium ^{[note 2]} in Stockton, California. In their second season under head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers finished with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5). For the season they were outscored by their opponents 99–118.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Stanford	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 12–13
September 25	at Washington State	Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA	L 0–18	12,000
October 2	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–34	23,648
October 9	Idaho	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 13–0	9,500	[1]
October 16	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	W 15–7
October 23	Texas Tech	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 20–7	14,171
October 30	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 7–13	18,000	[2]
November 6	San Jose State	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 13–7
November 13	Marquette	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 13–19	10,000

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Team players in the NFL

No College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1955 NFL draft. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The following finished their college career in 1954, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player	Position	First NFL team
Fred Miller	Tackle	1955 Washington Redskins

Notes

1. University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
2. Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.

References

1. "Pacific shuts out Idaho 13-0". Lodi New-Sentinel. (California). October 11, 1954. p. 8.
2. Dick Forbes (October 31, 1954). "UC Keeps Streak Alive With 13–7 Victory: COP Eleven Rugged, But Bearcats Manage To Notch 15th In Row". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "1954 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
4. "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
5. "Pacific Players/Alumni" . Retrieved January 30, 2017.
6. "Draft History: U. of Pacific" . Retrieved March 18, 2017.