1954 San Francisco State Gators football team
American college football season
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The 1954 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Joe Verducci, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the FWC title. For the season the team outscored its opponents 253 to 120. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record8–2 (5–0 FWC)
Headcoach
- Joe Verducci (5th season)
HomestadiumCox Stadium
| 1954 San Francisco State Gators football | |
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FWC champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 8–2 (5–0 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | at San Quentin State Prison* |
| W 26–13 | ||
| September 25 | at Nevada | W 39–19 | |||
| October 1 | at Cal Aggies | W 41–7 | |||
| October 8 | San Diego State* | W 12–10 | 5,500 | [2] | |
| October 16 | at Cal Poly* | L 0–19 | |||
| October 29 | Nevada[note 3]* |
| W 54–0 | ||
| November 6 | at Humboldt State | W 14–7 | 2,500 | [3] | |
| November 12 | Sacramento State |
| W 40–0 | ||
| November 19 | Chico State |
| W 7–6 | [4] | |
| November 26 | at Fresno State* | L 20–39 | 4,085 | [5] | |
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Notes
- This was the first of six annual games against San Quentin Prison. All of the games were held within the walls of the prison itself.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[1]
- The second San Francisco State vs. Nevada game did not count as a conference game.
