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1931 Stanford

7–⁠2–⁠2 (2–⁠2–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Pop Warner.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1931, game by game: won vs. West Coast Army 46–0; tied vs. Olympic Club 0–0; won vs. Santa Clara 6–0; won vs. Minnesota 13–0; won vs. Oregon State 25–7; tied at Washington 0–0; won vs. UCLA 12–6; lost at USC 0–19; won vs. Nevada 26–0; lost vs. California 0–6; won at Dartmouth 32–6+46−19Won 46–0 vs. West Coast Army+46West Coast ArmyTied 0–0 vs. Olympic Club0Olympic ClubWon 6–0 vs. Santa Clara+6Santa ClaraWon 13–0 vs. Minnesota+13MinnesotaWon 25–7 vs. Oregon State+18Oregon StateTied 0–0 at Washington0WashingtonWon 12–6 vs. UCLA+6UCLALost 0–19 at USC-19USCWon 26–0 vs. Nevada+26NevadaLost 0–6 vs. California-6CaliforniaWon 32–6 at Dartmouth+26Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsWest Coast ArmyW 46–⁠094%
Sep 26vsOlympic ClubT 0–⁠092%
Oct 3vsSanta ClaraW 6–⁠093%
Oct 10vsMinnesotaW 13–⁠067%
Oct 17vsOregon StateW 25–⁠766%
Oct 24atWashingtonT 0–⁠061%
Oct 31vsUCLAW 12–⁠685%
Nov 7atUSCL 0–⁠1934%
Nov 14vsNevadaW 26–⁠096%
Nov 21vsCaliforniaL 0–⁠672%
Nov 28atDartmouthW 32–⁠643%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Dartmouth 32–⁠6; tied for 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Photographs from 1931

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

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 1931.

Record
7–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
160–⁠44
Coach
Pop Warner
Elo
1634 +26 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.9 No. 6 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Double-wing

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1931 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1931 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠010–⁠1
California4–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠2
Oregon State1–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠4
UCLA0–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠51–⁠6

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