1954 Stanford Indians football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1954
| team = Stanford Indians
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| record = 4–6
| conf_record = 2–4
| head_coach = Chuck Taylor
| hc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium = Stanford Stadium
}}
{{1954 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/stanford/yearly_results.php?year=1954|title=Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1954–1958|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419025229/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/stanford/yearly_results.php?year=1954|archive-date=2014-04-19|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite book|url=http://www.gostanford.com/pdf9/2428588.pdf|title=2013 Stanford Football Media Guide|publisher=Stanford Department of Athletics|access-date=April 18, 2014|page=142|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015225/http://www.gostanford.com/pdf9/2428588.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-19|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1954
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 17
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Pacific (CA)
| site_stadium = Pacific Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Stockton, CA
| score = 13–12
| attend = 28,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Oregon
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium = Multnomah Stadium
| site_cityst = Portland, OR
| score = 18–13
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| score = 12–2
| attend = 30,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 17
| opponent = Navy
| opprank = 19
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| score = 0–25
| attend = 55,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = UCLA
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 0–72
| attend = 70,555
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = w
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| score = 13–7
| attend = 25,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = l
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| score = 26–30
| attend = 13,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = l
| opponent = USC
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–21
| attend = 28,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = San Jose State
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 14–19
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = California
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| gamename = Big Game
| score = 20–28
| attend = 81,500
}}
}}
Players drafted by the NFL
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| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
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| Don Sanders | Back | 28 | 332 | San Francisco 49ers |
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