1954 Stanford Indians football team

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. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Pacific (CA)		Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 13–12	28,000	[2]
September 25	vs. No. 16 Oregon		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 18–13	30,214	[3]
October 2	Illinois *		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 12–2	30,000	[4]
October 9	No. 19 Navy *	No. 17	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 0–25	55,000	[5]
October 16	at No. 3 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–72	70,555	[6]
October 23	Washington		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 13–7	17,000	[7]
October 30	Washington State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 26–30	13,000	[8]
November 6	No. 10 USC		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 7–21	38,000	[9]
November 13	San Jose State *		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 14–19	16,000	[10]
November 20	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	L 20–28	81,490	[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

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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.