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1933 Stanford

8–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tiny Thornhill.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1933, game by game: won vs. San José State 27–0; won vs. UCLA 3–0; won vs. Santa Clara 7–0; tied vs. Northwestern 0–0; won at San Francisco 20–13; lost at Washington 0–6; won vs. Olympic Club 21–0; won at USC 13–7; won vs. Montana 33–7; won vs. California 7–3; lost vs. Columbia 0–7+27−7Won 27–0 vs. San José State+27San José StateWon 3–0 vs. UCLA+3UCLAWon 7–0 vs. Santa Clara+7Santa ClaraTied 0–0 vs. Northwestern0NorthwesternWon 20–13 at San Francisco+7San FranciscoLost 0–6 at Washington-6WashingtonWon 21–0 vs. Olympic Club+21Olympic ClubWon 13–7 at USC+6USCWon 33–7 vs. Montana+26MontanaWon 7–3 vs. California+4CaliforniaLost 0–7 vs. Columbia-7Columbia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsSan José StateW 27–⁠095%
Sep 30vsUCLAW 3–⁠067%
Oct 7vsSanta ClaraW 7–⁠071%
Oct 14vsNorthwesternT 0–⁠066%
Oct 21atSan FranciscoW 20–⁠1380%
Oct 28atWashingtonL 0–⁠642%
Nov 4vsOlympic ClubW 21–⁠092%
Nov 11atUSCW 13–⁠719%
Nov 18vsMontanaW 33–⁠782%
Nov 25vsCaliforniaW 7–⁠364%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsColumbiaRose BowlL 0–⁠753%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Columbia 7–⁠0 in the Rose Bowl; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

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 1933.

Pacific Coast Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Oregon

Consensus All-AmericanBill Corbus, OG

Record
8–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 shared first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
131–⁠43
Coach
Tiny Thornhill
Elo
1593 +50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.9 No. 13 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon4–⁠19–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
USC4–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon State2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠26–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠4
UCLA1–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠4
Montana0–⁠43–⁠4

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