San Francisco vs. Stanford

San Francisco and Stanford first met in 1932 and have played 8 times; Stanford leads the series 8–⁠0. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Stanford 8–⁠0, and Stanford has won the last 8.

San Francisco wins
0
Stanford wins
8
Ties
0
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
8 Stanford
Current streak
8 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 8–⁠0
Most recent
1950

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠4
1940s0–⁠3
1950s0–⁠1
Average margin
18.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At San Francisco
0–⁠5 San Francisco’s record at home
At Stanford
3–⁠0 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Stanford’s biggest win1950: Stanford 55, San Francisco 7by 48 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of San Francisco and Stanford, 1932 on1300150017001935194019451950

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story of the 1932 game: ONLY FEW SCATTERED UPSETS MARK COLLEGIATE GRID TILTS Vanderbilt beat Mercer, 20-7. and Virginia conquered Hampden Sydney, 800. Duke beat Davidson. 1870.

    1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Sep 26, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1933 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    1933 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1933

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: INDIANS TAKE i DONS, 10 10 .

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 7, 1935

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1940 game

    1940 · Imperial Valley press, California, Sep 30, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1941 game: San Francisco Is 26-42 Victim of Stanford

    1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 19, 1941

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 30, 19507Stanford 55, San Francisco 7at Stanford
Oct 5, 1946Stanford 33, San Francisco 7at Stanford
Oct 18, 1941Stanford 42, San Francisco 26at Stanford
Sep 28, 1940Stanford 27, San Francisco 0at San Francisco
Oct 5, 1935Stanford 10, San Francisco 0at San Francisco
Oct 20, 1934Stanford 3, San Francisco 0at San Francisco
Oct 21, 1933Stanford 20, San Francisco 13at San Francisco
Sep 24, 1932Stanford 20, San Francisco 7at San Francisco

Every game is listed as played on the field.