1953 Stanford Indians football team

1953 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 19
Record6–3–1 (5–1–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 UCLA $ 6 1 0 8 2 0
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 1 6 3 1
USC 4 2 1 6 3 1
California 2 2 2 4 4 2
Washington State 3 4 0 4 6 0
Oregon State 3 5 0 3 6 0
Washington 2 4 1 3 6 1
Oregon 2 5 1 4 5 1
Idaho 0 3 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1953 college football season. The team was led by Chuck Taylor in his third year, and by quarterback Bobby Garrett, who would win the season's W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy as most outstanding player on the Pacific Coast, and was selected by the Cleveland Browns as the first pick of the NFL draft at the end of the season.

The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.[1]

  1. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1953–1957". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.