1939 Stanford

1–⁠7–⁠1 (0–⁠6–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tiny Thornhill.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1939, game by game: lost vs. Oregon State 0–12; lost at Oregon 0–10; tied vs. UCLA 14–14; lost at Washington 5–8; lost vs. Santa Clara 7–27; lost at No. 4 USC 0–33; lost vs. Washington State 0–7; lost vs. California 14–32; won vs. Dartmouth 14–3+11−33Lost 0–12 vs. Oregon State-12Oregon StateLost 0–10 at Oregon-10OregonTied 14–14 vs. UCLA0UCLALost 5–8 at Washington-3WashingtonLost 7–27 vs. Santa Clara-20Santa ClaraLost 0–33 at No. 4 USC-33No. 4 USCLost 0–7 vs. Washington State-7Washington StateLost 14–32 vs. California-18CaliforniaWon 14–3 vs. Dartmouth+11Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Dartmouth 14–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 92nd-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 1939.

Record
1–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6–⁠1 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
54–⁠146
Coach
Tiny Thornhill
Elo
1408 −91 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.3 No. 89 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Stan Andersen
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠23
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
UCLA5–⁠0–⁠36–⁠0–⁠47
Washington4–⁠44–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠5
Montana1–⁠23–⁠6
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Stanford0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠6

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