1953 Pacific Tigers football team

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1953 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record4–4–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Western college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pacific (CA)   –   4 – 4 – 2
San Jose State   –   4 – 4 – 1
Hawaii   –   5 – 6 – 0
Nevada   –   2 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   3 – 7 – 0
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   2 – 6 – 0

The 1953 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.

Pacific competed as an independent in 1953. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. In their first season under head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers finished with a record of four wins, four losses and two ties (4–4–2). For the season they outscored their opponents 191–172.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19at Stanford
W 25–20
September 26Washington State
L 20–2623,203
October 3Tulsa
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
L 13–22
October 10Hawaii
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 26–8
October 17at Texas Tech
L 7–3412,000
October 24at Marquette
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
T 20–20
November 7at San Jose State[note 3]
L 6–7
November 14at Idaho
W 33–0
November 21Fresno State[note 4]
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
T 21–21
November 26Utah State[note 5]
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 20–14

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Team players in the NFL[]

No College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]

Notes[]

  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.
  3. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  4. ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
  5. ^ Utah State University was known as Utah State Agricultural College from 1929 to 1957.

References[]

  1. ^ "1953 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "1954 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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