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1954 Stanford

4–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Taylor.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1954, game by game: won at Pacific 13–12; won at No. 16 Oregon 18–13; won vs. Illinois 12–2; lost vs. No. 19 Navy 0–25; lost at No. 3 UCLA 0–72; won vs. Washington 13–7; lost vs. Washington State 26–30; lost vs. No. 10 USC 7–21; lost vs. San José State 14–19; lost at California 20–28+10−72Won 13–12 at Pacific+1PacificWon 18–13 at No. 16 Oregon+5No. 16 OregonWon 12–2 vs. Illinois+10IllinoisLost 0–25 vs. No. 19 Navy-25No. 19 NavyLost 0–72 at No. 3 UCLA-72No. 3 UCLAWon 13–7 vs. Washington+6WashingtonLost 26–30 vs. Washington State-4Washington StateLost 7–21 vs. No. 10 USC-14No. 10 USCLost 14–19 vs. San José State-5San José StateLost 20–28 at California-8California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atPacificW 13–⁠1251%
Sep 25at16OregonW 18–⁠1354%
Oct 2vsIllinoisW 12–⁠256%
Oct 9vs19NavyL 0–⁠2555%
Oct 16at3UCLAL 0–⁠7225%
Oct 23vsWashingtonW 13–⁠766%
Oct 30vsWashington StateL 26–⁠3074%
Nov 6vs10USCL 7–⁠2144%
Nov 13vsSan José StateL 14–⁠1962%
Nov 20atCaliforniaL 20–⁠2832%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 28–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 17

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1954.

Led the nationJohn Stewart: receiving yards (577 yds)

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
123–⁠229
Coach
Chuck Taylor
Elo
1467 −86 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.6 No. 61 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John StewartEAP-2; UP-1

Second team

  • Bill TarrBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠02
USC6–⁠18–⁠417
Oregon5–⁠36–⁠4
California4–⁠35–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠44–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠24–⁠5
Washington1–⁠62–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.