1935 Stanford

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

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1935, game by game: won vs. San José State 35–0; won at San Francisco 10–0; lost vs. UCLA 6–7; won at Washington 6–0; won vs. Santa Clara 9–6; won at USC 3–0; won vs. Montana 32–0; won vs. California 13–0; won vs. SMU 7–0+35−1Won 35–0 vs. San José State+35San José StateWon 10–0 at San Francisco+10San FranciscoLost 6–7 vs. UCLA-1UCLAWon 6–0 at Washington+6WashingtonWon 9–6 vs. Santa Clara+3Santa ClaraWon 3–0 at USC+3USCWon 32–0 vs. Montana+32MontanaWon 13–0 vs. California+13CaliforniaWon 7–0 vs. SMU+7SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsSan José StateW 35–⁠096%
Oct 5atSan FranciscoW 10–⁠070%
Oct 19vsUCLAL 6–⁠764%
Oct 26atWashingtonW 6–⁠040%
Nov 2vsSanta ClaraW 9–⁠673%
Nov 9atUSCW 3–⁠067%
Nov 16vsMontanaW 32–⁠086%
Nov 23vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠064%
Jan 1vsSMURose BowlW 7–⁠041%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 7–⁠0 in the Rose Bowl; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 9th-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 1935.

Pacific Coast Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with California and UCLA

2 consensus All-AmericansJim Moscrip, E; Bobby Grayson, FB

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 shared first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
121–⁠13
Coach
Tiny Thornhill
Elo
1710 +98 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.7 No. 5 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bob “Bones” Hamilton

Drafted in 1936

The 1936 draft
Rd 2Keith Topping EBoston Redskins
Rd 3Wes Muller CPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 3Bobby Grayson BPittsburgh Pirates
Rd 6Bob Reynolds OTGreen Bay Packers

All-Pacific Coast

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bobby GraysonFB
  • Monk MoscripEAP-1; HJ-1; NEA-1; OS-1; UP-1; WS-1
  • Bob ReynoldsOTAP-1; HJ-1; NEA-1; OS-1; UP-1; WS-1
  • Lawrence RoubleOGAP-1; HJ-1; NEA-1; WS-1; UP-2
  • Westley MullerCAP-1; OS-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California4–⁠19–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠18–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠26–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Washington4–⁠35–⁠3
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
USC2–⁠45–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠52–⁠7
Montana0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠5–⁠2

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