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1936 Stanford

2–⁠5–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tiny Thornhill.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1936, game by game: lost vs. Santa Clara 0–13; lost at Washington State 13–14; tied vs. Oregon 7–7; lost vs. No. 6 USC 7–14; won at UCLA 19–6; tied vs. No. 6 Washington 14–14; won at Oregon State 20–14; lost at California 0–20; lost vs. Columbia 0–7+13−20Lost 0–13 vs. Santa Clara-13Santa ClaraLost 13–14 at Washington State-1Washington StateTied 7–7 vs. Oregon0OregonLost 7–14 vs. No. 6 USC-7No. 6 USCWon 19–6 at UCLA+13UCLATied 14–14 vs. No. 6 Washington0No. 6 WashingtonWon 20–14 at Oregon State+6Oregon StateLost 0–20 at California-20CaliforniaLost 0–7 vs. Columbia-7Columbia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsSanta ClaraL 0–⁠1378%
Oct 3atWashington StateL 13–⁠1451%
Oct 10vsOregonT 7–⁠768%
Oct 24vs6USCL 7–⁠1459%
Oct 31atUCLAW 19–⁠637%
Nov 7vs6WashingtonT 14–⁠1451%
Nov 14atOregon StateW 20–⁠1459%
Nov 21atCaliforniaL 0–⁠2049%
Nov 28vsColumbiaL 0–⁠761%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Columbia 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
2–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠2 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
80–⁠109
Coach
Tiny Thornhill
Elo
1553 −87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.4 No. 50 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jack ClarkEAP-1; INS-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Pete ZagarOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠15
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠43–⁠7

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