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1954 Pacific Tigers football team

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1954 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
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

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

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17StanfordL 12–13
September 25at Washington StateL 0–1812,000
October 2at IndianaL 6–3423,648
October 9Idaho
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 13–09,500[1]
October 16at Colorado A&MW 15–7
October 23Texas Tech
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 20–714,171
October 30at CincinnatiL 7–1318,000[2]
November 6San Jose State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 13–7
November 13Marquette
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 13–1910,000

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Team players in the NFL

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No 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

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "Pacific shuts out Idaho 13-0". Lodi New-Sentinel. (California). October 11, 1954. p. 8.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "1954 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "1955 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.