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1934 Stanford

9–⁠1–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tiny Thornhill.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1934, game by game: won vs. San José State 48–0; tied vs. Santa Clara 7–7; won at Oregon State 17–0; won vs. Northwestern 20–0; won at San Francisco 3–0; won vs. USC 16–0; won at UCLA 27–0; won vs. Washington 24–0; won vs. Olympic Club 40–0; won at California 9–7; lost vs. Alabama 13–29+48−16Won 48–0 vs. San José State+48San José StateTied 7–7 vs. Santa Clara0Santa ClaraWon 17–0 at Oregon State+17Oregon StateWon 20–0 vs. Northwestern+20NorthwesternWon 3–0 at San Francisco+3San FranciscoWon 16–0 vs. USC+16USCWon 27–0 at UCLA+27UCLAWon 24–0 vs. Washington+24WashingtonWon 40–0 vs. Olympic Club+40Olympic ClubWon 9–7 at California+2CaliforniaLost 13–29 vs. Alabama-16Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsSan José StateW 48–⁠095%
Sep 29vsSanta ClaraT 7–⁠769%
Oct 6atOregon StateW 17–⁠052%
Oct 13vsNorthwesternW 20–⁠074%
Oct 20atSan FranciscoW 3–⁠072%
Oct 27vsUSCW 16–⁠056%
Nov 3atUCLAW 27–⁠061%
Nov 10vsWashingtonW 24–⁠066%
Nov 17vsOlympic ClubW 40–⁠096%
Nov 24atCaliforniaW 9–⁠764%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsAlabamaRose BowlL 13–⁠2942%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 29–⁠13 in the Rose Bowl; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Photographs from 1934

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. 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 1934.

Pacific Coast Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

2 consensus All-AmericansBob Reynolds, OT; Bobby Grayson, FB

Record
9–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
224–⁠43
Coach
Tiny Thornhill
Elo
1668 +106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.6 No. 5 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

6 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford5–⁠09–⁠1–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Washington5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠26–⁠4
California3–⁠26–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠37–⁠3
USC1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Oregon State0–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
Montana0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1

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