Stanford vs. West Coast Army

Stanford and West Coast Army have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Stanford leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Stanford 5–⁠0, and Stanford has won the last 5.

Stanford wins
5
West Coast Army wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1928
Longest streak
5 Stanford
Current streak
5 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 5–⁠0
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
32.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford
5–⁠0 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Stanford’s biggest win1931: Stanford 46, West Coast Army 0by 46 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Stanford and West Coast Army, 1928 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1929 game: Pitching. STANFORD TEAM CRUSHES WEST COAST ARMY, $50

    1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 22, 1929

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1931 game: FIGURE $1,000. COLLEGE LADS ON GR|D|RON

    1931 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Sep 21, 1931

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1932 game: WARNER STATES STANFORD HAS EVEN CHANCE

    1932 · Imperial Valley press, California, Oct 17, 1932

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

Oct 15, 1932Stanford 26, West Coast Army 0at Stanford
Sep 19, 1931Stanford 46, West Coast Army 0at Stanford
Sep 20, 1930Stanford 32, West Coast Army 0at Stanford
Sep 21, 1929Stanford 45, West Coast Army 0at Stanford
Sep 22, 1928Stanford 21, West Coast Army 8at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.