1929 Stanford

9–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Pop Warner.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1929, game by game: won vs. West Coast Army 45–0; won vs. Olympic Club 6–0; won vs. Oregon 33–7; won at UCLA 57–0; won vs. Oregon State 40–7; lost vs. USC 0–7; won vs. California Tech 39–0; won at Washington 6–0; lost vs. Santa Clara 7–13; won vs. California 21–6; won vs. Army 34–13+57−7Won 45–0 vs. West Coast Army+45West Coast ArmyWon 6–0 vs. Olympic Club+6Olympic ClubWon 33–7 vs. Oregon+26OregonWon 57–0 at UCLA+57UCLAWon 40–7 vs. Oregon State+33Oregon StateLost 0–7 vs. USC-7USCWon 39–0 vs. California Tech+39California TechWon 6–0 at Washington+6WashingtonLost 7–13 vs. Santa Clara-6Santa ClaraWon 21–6 vs. California+15CaliforniaWon 34–13 vs. Army+21Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Army 34–⁠13; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Pacific Coast Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with California, Oregon and USC

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
288–⁠53
Coach
Pop Warner
Elo
1636 +62 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
25.1 No. 2 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Double-wing

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

  • Charles O. SmallingFBNEA-1; UP-1
  • Donald “Mush” MullerEAP-1; NEA-1

From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1929 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠110–⁠2
Stanford5–⁠19–⁠2
California4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠17–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠210–⁠2
UCLA1–⁠34–⁠4
Oregon State1–⁠45–⁠4
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠5
Montana0–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

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