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1938 Stanford

3–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tiny Thornhill.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1938, game by game: lost vs. Santa Clara 0–22; won vs. Washington State 8–0; won vs. Oregon 27–16; lost vs. USC 2–13; lost at UCLA 0–6; lost vs. Washington 7–10; lost at Oregon State 0–6; lost at No. 9 California 0–6; won vs. No. 13 Dartmouth 23–13+11−22Lost 0–22 vs. Santa Clara-22Santa ClaraWon 8–0 vs. Washington State+8Washington StateWon 27–16 vs. Oregon+11OregonLost 2–13 vs. USC-11USCLost 0–6 at UCLA-6UCLALost 7–10 vs. Washington-3WashingtonLost 0–6 at Oregon State-6Oregon StateLost 0–6 at No. 9 California-6No. 9 CaliforniaWon 23–13 vs. No. 13 Dartmouth+10No. 13 Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 1vsSanta ClaraL 0–⁠2243%
Oct 8vsWashington StateW 8–⁠065%
Oct 15vsOregonW 27–⁠1662%
Oct 22vsUSCL 2–⁠1355%
Oct 29atUCLAL 0–⁠641%
Nov 5vsWashingtonL 7–⁠1059%
Nov 12atOregon StateL 0–⁠644%
Nov 19at9CaliforniaL 0–⁠616%
Nov 26vs13DartmouthW 23–⁠1330%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Dartmouth 23–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 70th-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 1938.

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
67–⁠92
Coach
Tiny Thornhill
Elo
1498 −40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.7 No. 43 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Pete ZagarOTAP-2; NEA-1

Second team

  • Tony CalvelliCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠110–⁠114
USC6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠5
Washington3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State1–⁠72–⁠8
Montana0–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1

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