1954 Pacific Tigers football team

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

1954 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1954 record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
1954 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
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

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17StanfordL 12–13
September 25at Washington StateL 0–1812,000
October 2at IndianaL 6–34
October 9Idaho [1]
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 13–0  9,500
October 16at Colorado A&MW 15–7
October 23Texas Tech
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 20–714,171
October 30at CincinnatiL 7–13
November 6San Jose State[note 3]
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 13–7
November 13Marquette
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
L 13–19

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Team players in the NFL

No College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1955 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

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

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Fred MillerTackle1955 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.
  3. San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

  1. "Pacific shuts out Idaho 13-0". Lodi New-Sentinel. (California). October 11, 1954. p. 8.
  2. "1954 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  3. "1955 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  4. "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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