1951 Stanford Indians football team
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PCC champion | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 7 |
AP | No. 7 |
Record | 9–2 (6–1 PCC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Stanford $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 UCLA | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 California | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon
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1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1951 college football season. Stanford was led by first-year head coach Chuck Taylor. The team was a member of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.
The 1950 season had ended in disappointing fashion after high expectations and a fast start. Head coach Marchmont Schwartz had resigned following the season,[1] and to replace him, Stanford hired Chuck Taylor, a former Stanford All-American guard and member of Stanford's undefeated 1940 team which defeated Nebraska in the 1941 Rose Bowl.[2]
Led by the passing attack of senior quarterback
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 22 | at Oregon | W 27–20 | ||||
September 29 | San Jose State* | W 26–13 | ||||
October 6 | at Michigan* | W 23–13 | 57,200 | [5] | ||
October 13 | UCLA | No. 19 |
| W 21–7 | 36,000 | |
October 20 | Santa Clara* | No. 13 |
| W 21–14 | 20,000 | [6] |
October 27 | at Washington | No. 11 | W 14–7 | 48,343 | ||
November 3 | No. 16 Washington State | No. 11 |
| W 21–13 | 49,000 | |
November 10 | at No. 6 USC | No. 7 | W 27–20 | 96,130 | [7][8][9] | |
November 17 | Oregon State | No. 4 |
| W 35–14 | 40,000 | |
November 24 | No. 19 California | No. 3 |
| L 7–20 | ||
January 1, 1952 | vs. No. 4 Rose Bowl ) | L 7–40 | 96,825 | |||
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Aftermath
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/511117-OSC-Stanford-program.jpg/220px-511117-OSC-Stanford-program.jpg)
Taylor, at 31 the youngest major college football coach, was named
Players drafted by the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Bill McColl | End | 3 | 32 | Chicago Bears |
Bob Meyers | Halfback | 16 | 190 | San Francisco 49ers |
Dick Horn | Quarterback | 17 | 194 | Dallas Texans |
Gary Kerkorian | Quarterback | 19 | 222 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Harry Hugasian | Halfback | 21 | 242 | Dallas Texans |
References
- ^ "Schwartz out at Stanford". Miami News. December 30, 1950. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ "Chuck Taylor is new grid coach at Stanford U". Modesto Bee. February 3, 1951. Retrieved October 10, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1951–1955". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 1-57167-116-1.
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- ^ "Matson, Taylor, McColl honored". The Register-Guard. November 19, 1951. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ "1951 Heisman Trophy Voting". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ "1952 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2014.