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1937 Stanford

4–⁠3–⁠2 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tiny Thornhill.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1937, game by game: lost vs. Santa Clara 7–13; lost at Oregon 6–7; won vs. UCLA 12–7; won at Washington 13–7; tied vs. Oregon State 0–0; won at USC 7–6; won vs. Washington State 23–0; lost vs. No. 2 California 0–13; tied at Columbia 0–0+23−13Lost 7–13 vs. Santa Clara-6Santa ClaraLost 6–7 at Oregon-1OregonWon 12–7 vs. UCLA+5UCLAWon 13–7 at Washington+6WashingtonTied 0–0 vs. Oregon State0Oregon StateWon 7–6 at USC+1USCWon 23–0 vs. Washington State+23Washington StateLost 0–13 vs. No. 2 California-13No. 2 CaliforniaTied 0–0 at Columbia0Columbia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsSanta ClaraL 7–⁠1349%
Oct 2atOregonL 6–⁠753%
Oct 9vsUCLAW 12–⁠753%
Oct 23atWashingtonW 13–⁠731%
Oct 30vsOregon StateT 0–⁠064%
Nov 6atUSCW 7–⁠644%
Nov 13vsWashington StateW 23–⁠064%
Nov 20vs2CaliforniaL 0–⁠1345%
Nov 27atColumbiaT 0–⁠055%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Columbia 0–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 13

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 1937.

Record
4–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
68–⁠53
Coach
Tiny Thornhill
Elo
1556 +21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.9 No. 32 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

  • Grant StoneEAP-1; INS-1; UP-1
  • Pete ZagarOTAP-2; INS-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠12
Stanford4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Washington4–⁠2–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠3–⁠23–⁠3–⁠3
Idaho2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠33–⁠3–⁠3
USC2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
UCLA1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana0–⁠17–⁠1

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