The 1954 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1954 college football season.
| 1954 Pacific Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–5 |
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| Home stadium | Pacific Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Stanford | L 12–13 | |||
| September 25 | at Washington State | L 0–18 | 12,000 | ||
| October 2 | at Indiana | L 6–34 | 23,648 | ||
| October 9 | Idaho |
| W 13–0 | 9,500 | [1] |
| October 16 | at Colorado A&M | W 15–7 | |||
| October 23 | Texas Tech |
| W 20–7 | 14,171 | |
| October 30 | at Cincinnati | L 7–13 | 18,000 | [2] | |
| November 6 | San Jose State |
| W 13–7 | ||
| November 13 | Marquette |
| L 13–19 | 10,000 |
Team players in the NFL
editNo College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1955 NFL draft.[4][5][6]
The following finished their college career in 1954, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| Fred Miller | Tackle | 1955 Washington Redskins |
Notes
edit- ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
- ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
References
edit- ^ "Pacific shuts out Idaho 13-0". Lodi New-Sentinel. (California). October 11, 1954. p. 8.
- ^ Dick Forbes (October 31, 1954). "UC Keeps Streak Alive With 13–7 Victory: COP Eleven Rugged, But Bearcats Manage To Notch 15th In Row". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 53 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1954 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.