1956 Stanford Indians football team

The 1956 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1956 NCAA University Division 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]

1956 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1956 record4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Oregon State $ 6 1 1  7 3 1
No. 18 USC 5 2 0  8 2 0
UCLA 5 2 0  7 3 0
Washington 4 4 0  5 5 0
Oregon 3 3 2  4 4 2
Stanford 3 4 0  4 6 0
Washington State 2 5 1  3 6 1
California 2 5 0  3 7 0
Idaho 0 4 0  4 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 22vs. Washington StateNo. 14W 40–26
September 29No. 3 Michigan State*No. 12L 7–21
October 6at No. 4 Ohio State*L 20–32
October 13San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 40–20
October 20at OregonW 21–7
October 27No. 6 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 27–19
November 3at UCLANo. 10L 13–14
November 10No. 14 Oregon StateNo. 20
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 19–20
November 17Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 13–34
November 22at No. 19 CaliforniaL 18–20
  • *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 BrodieQuarterback13San Francisco 49ers
Paul CameraEnd442Cleveland Browns
Allen NapoleanBack24283Cleveland Browns
Source:[2]

References

  1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 19561960". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved November 25, 2013.
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