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1950 California

9–⁠1–⁠1 (5–⁠0–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Pappy Waldorf, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

California in 1950, game by game: won vs. Santa Clara 27–9; won at Oregon 28–7; won vs. No. 20 Pennsylvania 14–7; won at USC 13–7; won at Oregon State 27–0; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 40–25; won at No. 12 Washington 14–7; won vs. No. 19 UCLA 35–0; won vs. San Francisco 13–7; tied vs. Stanford 7–7; lost vs. Michigan 6–14+35−8Won 27–9 vs. Santa Clara+18Santa ClaraWon 28–7 at Oregon+21OregonWon 14–7 vs. No. 20 Pennsylvania+7No. 20 PennsylvaniaWon 13–7 at USC+6USCWon 27–0 at Oregon State+27Oregon StateWon 40–25 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+15Saint Mary’s (C…Won 14–7 at No. 12 Washington+7No. 12 WashingtonWon 35–0 vs. No. 19 UCLA+35No. 19 UCLAWon 13–7 vs. San Francisco+6San FranciscoTied 7–7 vs. Stanford0StanfordLost 6–14 vs. Michigan-8Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsSanta ClaraW 27–⁠967%
Sep 30atOregonW 28–⁠769%
Oct 7vs20PennsylvaniaW 14–⁠775%
Oct 14atUSCW 13–⁠766%
Oct 21atOregon StateW 27–⁠076%
Oct 28vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 40–⁠2592%
Nov 4at12WashingtonW 14–⁠767%
Nov 11vs19UCLAW 35–⁠077%
Nov 18vsSan FranciscoW 13–⁠782%
Nov 25vsStanfordT 7–⁠783%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsMichiganRose BowlL 6–⁠1464%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 14–⁠6 in the Rose Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Wk 7: 6
  8. Wk 8: 4
  9. Wk 9: 4
  10. Final: 5

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1950.

Pacific Coast Conference champions5–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanLes Richter, OG/LB

Record
9–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0–⁠1 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 4
Points
224–⁠90
Coach
Pappy Waldorf
Elo
1736 +74 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.6 No. 11 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 2Pete Schabarum BSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pacific Coast

9 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Jim MonachinoBAP-1; Coaches-1; UP-1
  • Johnny OlszewskiB
  • Carl Van HeuitB
  • Pete SchabarumBCoaches-1; UP-2
  • Bob MinahenE
  • Ed BartlettE
  • Bob KarpeOTAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Ray SolariOT
  • Les RichterOG

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.