1951 Stanford Indians football team

1951 Stanford Indians football

Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Illinois, L 7–40
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#7
1951 record	9–2 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach	Chuck Taylor (1st year)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium

1951 PCC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#17 UCLA	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
#12 California	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
#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	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Coaching change

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]

Season summary

Led by the passing attack of senior quarterback Gary Kerkorian and senior end Bill McColl, Stanford ran out to a 9–0 start and took a #3 ranking into the Big Game, where they were 13-point favorites over rival California.^[3] Cal upset the Indians 20–7, but as PCC champions, Stanford was invited to the 1952 Rose Bowl against Big 10 champion and 4th-ranked Illinois.^[4] The Indians led at halftime 7–6 and trailed only 13–7 to start the fourth quarter, but a 27-point scoring outburst gave the Fighting Illini a convincing 40–7 victory.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 23	vs. Oregon		Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	W 27–20
September 29	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	W 26–13
October 6	at Michigan*		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 23–13
October 13	UCLA	#19	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 21–7
October 20	Santa Clara*	#13	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 21–14
October 27	at Washington	#11	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 14–7
November 3	#16 Washington State	#11	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 21–13
November 10	at #6 USC	#7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–20
November 17	Oregon State	#4	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 35–14
November 24	#19 California	#3	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (54th Big Game)	L 7–20
January 1, 1952	vs. #4 Illinois	#8	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 7–40
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Aftermath

Taylor, at 31 the youngest major college football coach, was named AFCA Coach of the Year, the only time a Stanford coach has received the award.^[5] In addition to numerous awards, McColl was a Consensus All-American, finished fourth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy, and would go on to a seven-year professional career with the Chicago Bears.^[6] Kerkorian was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers and backed up Johnny Unitas with the Baltimore Colts.

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

^[7]

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.
↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1951–1955". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
1 2 Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. p. 116. ISBN 1-57167-116-1.
↑ "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". Retrieved August 4, 2014.

Stanford Cardinal football

Venues	Stanford Field (1905–1921) Stanford Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California: Big Game USC Notre Dame San Jose State: Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play Stanford Axe T formation 1906–17 Stanford rugby teams 1894 Chicago game 2007 USC game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Stanford & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015)

National championships in bold

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