1957 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Navy   –  9 –1 –1
No. 10 Notre Dame   –  7 –3 –0
No. 18 Army   –  7 –2 –0
Drake   –  7 –2 –0
Penn State   –  6 –3 –0
Detroit   –  6 –3 –0
Dayton   –  6 –3 –1
Oklahoma State   –  6 –3 –1
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Holy Cross   –  5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –1
Pacific (CA)   –  5 –3 –2
Rutgers   –  5 –4 –0
Miami (FL)   –  5 –4 –1
Xavier   –  5 –5 –0
Florida State   –  4 –6 –0
Pittsburgh   –  4 –6 –0
Air Force   –  3 –6 –1
Colgate   –  3 –6 –0
Villanova   –  3 –6 –0
San Jose State   –  3 –7 –0
Texas Tech   –  2 –8 –0
Marquette   –  0 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.

Pacific competed as an independent in 1957. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. In their fifth season under head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers finished with a record of five wins, three losses and two ties (5–3–2). For the season they outscored their opponents 145–127.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at San Diego State
W 32–69,500[1]
September 28Fresno State
W 34–1220,500[2]
October 5Tulsa
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 21–1320,000
October 12Kansas State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
T 7–7
October 19Idahodagger
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
T 7–717,000[3]
October 26at Cincinnati
L 2–7
November 2at Marquette
W 21–75,953
November 9at San Jose State
W 21–6
November 16UCLA
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 0–2123,000[4]
November 23at Arizona State
L 0–41
  • daggerHomecoming

Team players in the NFL

The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft.[5][6][7]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Bill StriegelGuard – Tackle – Linebacker888Philadelphia Eagles

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.

References

  1. ↑ Howard Hagen (September 22, 1957). "Powerful COP Rips Aztecs, 32-6". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. H-1.
  2. ↑ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vandals tie undefeated College of Pacific 7-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 20, 1957. p. 3.
  4. ↑ Wolf, Al (November 17, 1957). "UCLA rolls over errant COP, 21-0". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ↑ "1958 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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