The 1953 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1953 college football season.
| 1953 Pacific Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–4–2 |
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| Home stadium | Pacific Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Stanford | W 25–20 | |||
| September 26 | Washington State | L 20–26 | 23,203 | ||
| October 3 | Tulsa |
| L 13–22 | 20,121 | |
| October 10 | Hawaii |
| W 26–8 | 11,000 | |
| October 17 | at Texas Tech | L 7–34 | 12,000 | ||
| October 24 | at Marquette | T 20–20 | |||
| November 7 | at San Jose State | L 6–7 | |||
| November 14 | at Idaho | W 33–0 | 3,000 | [1][2] | |
| November 21 | Fresno State |
| T 21–21 | ||
| November 26 | Utah State |
| W 20–14 |
Notes edit
- ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
- ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
References edit
- ^ O'Brien, Jerry (November 15, 1953). "New COP passing star helps sink weakened Idaho 33-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 10.
- ^ Boni, Bill (November 15, 1953). "COP aces Vandals, 33-0, before thin Dad's Day crowd". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
- ^ "1953 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.