1952 Stanford Indians football team

The 1952 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1952 college football season. The team was led by head coach Chuck Taylor in his second year and played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

1952 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1952 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 USC $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 6 UCLA 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
Washington 6 –2 –07 –3 –0
California 3 –3 –07 –3 –0
Washington State 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Stanford 2 –5 –05 –5 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –02 –7 –1
Idaho 1 –3 –04 –4 –1
Oregon State 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

After winning the conference and making it to the Rose Bowl in the previous season, the team was ranked #13 in preseason polls.[1] After winning their first four games, the team lost five of the last six games, including a 26–0 Big Game shutout—its worst loss to rival California in more than half a century—to finish well out of the conference championship.[2]

Running back Bob Mathias, who had won his second gold medal in the decathlon earlier in the summer at the 1952 Summer Olympics, was Stanford's only 1953 NFL draft selection.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Santa Clara*No. 13
W 28–1327,500[4]
September 27at No. 15 Washington StateNo. 13
W 14–13
October 4Michigan*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 14–7
October 11Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 41–28
October 18at No. 10 UCLANo. 13
L 14–24
October 25Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 14–27
November 1San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 35–13
November 8No. 6 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 7–54
November 15Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 20–21
November 22at California
L 0–26
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Conference opponent not played this season: Idaho

Players drafted by the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bob MathiasBack30352Washington Redskins

[5]

References
  1. "1952 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  2. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1952–1956". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  3. Eule, Brian (November–December 2006). "The Champion". Stanford Magazine. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  4. Bob Brachman (September 21, 1952). "Cards Slap Broncs, 28-13: Stanford Roars From 'Way Back to Nail It". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1953 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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