1956 Stanford Indians football team

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1956 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
←  1955
1957  →
1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Oregon State $ 6 –1 –17 –3 –1
No. 18 USC 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Washington 4 –4 –05 –5 –0
Oregon 3 –3 –24 –4 –2
Stanford 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –5 –13 –6 –1
California 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –04 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1956 college football season. The team was led by Chuck Taylor in his sixth year. The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Washington State No. 14
W 40–2623,500
September 29No. 3 Michigan State *No. 12
L 7–2155,000
October 6at No. 4 Ohio State *
L 20–3282,881 [2]
October 13 San Jose State *
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 40–20
October 20at Oregon
W 21–7
October 27No. 6 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 27–1970,000
November 3at UCLA No. 10
L 13–1476,505
November 10No. 14 Oregon State No. 20
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 19–2065,000
November 17 Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 13–3421,000
November 24at No. 19 California
L 18–2081,400
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft

Three Stanford Indians were selected in the 1957 NFL draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John Brodie Quarterback 1 3 San Francisco 49ers
Paul CameraEnd 4 42 Cleveland Browns
Allen NapoleanBack 24 283Cleveland Browns
Source: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1956–1960". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Maurice Shevlin (October 7, 1956). "Ohio State's Power Prevails Over Stanford's Passes, 32-20". Chicago Tribune. pp. 2–3 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ "1957 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
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