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1957 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 19561958 →
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
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 during the 1957 college football season.

Pacific competed as an independent in 1957. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium 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 StateW 32–69,500
September 28Fresno StateW 34–1220,500
October 5Tulsa
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 21–1320,000
October 12Kansas State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
T 7–7
October 19Idaho
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
T 7–717,000
October 26at CincinnatiL 2–7
November 2at MarquetteW 21–75,953
November 9at San Jose StateW 21–6
November 16UCLA
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 0–2123,000
November 23at Arizona StateL 0–41
  • Homecoming

Team players in the NFL

The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1958 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Bill Striegel Guard – Tackle – Linebacker 8 88 Philadelphia 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. ProQuest 167235241.
  5. "1958 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  6. "Pacific Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  7. "Draft History: U. of Pacific". NFL.com. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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