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1940 Stanford

10–⁠0 (7–⁠0 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Clark Shaughnessy, finished No. 2 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1940, game by game: won at San Francisco 27–0; won vs. Oregon 13–0; won vs. Santa Clara 7–6; won at No. 19 Washington State 26–14; won vs. No. 17 USC 21–7; won at UCLA 20–14; won vs. No. 11 Washington 20–10; won vs. No. 19 Oregon State 28–14; won at California 13–7; won vs. No. 8 Nebraska 21–13+27Won 27–0 at San Francisco+27San FranciscoWon 13–0 vs. Oregon+13OregonWon 7–6 vs. Santa Clara+1Santa ClaraWon 26–14 at No. 19 Washington State+12No. 19 Washington StateWon 21–7 vs. No. 17 USC+14No. 17 USCWon 20–14 at UCLA+6UCLAWon 20–10 vs. No. 11 Washington+10No. 11 WashingtonWon 28–14 vs. No. 19 Oregon State+14No. 19 Oregon StateWon 13–7 at California+6CaliforniaWon 21–13 vs. No. 8 Nebraska+8No. 8 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atSan FranciscoW 27–⁠038%
Oct 5vsOregonW 13–⁠058%
Oct 12vsSanta ClaraW 7–⁠637%
Oct 19at19Washington StateW 26–⁠1444%
Oct 26vs17USCW 21–⁠737%
Nov 2atUCLAW 20–⁠1453%
Nov 9vs11WashingtonW 20–⁠1062%
Nov 16vs19Oregon StateW 28–⁠1457%
Nov 30atCaliforniaW 13–⁠759%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs8NebraskaRose BowlW 21–⁠1344%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nebraska 21–⁠13 in the Rose Bowl; No. 2 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Final: 2

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 1940.

National championsa title the school claims

Pacific Coast Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Heisman voteFrankie Albert, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanFrankie Albert, QB

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 2 peak No. 2
Points
196–⁠85
Coach
Clark Shaughnessy
Elo
1676 +238 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.5 No. 8 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation

Drafted in 1941

The 1941 draft
Rd 1Norm Standlee FBChicago Bears
Rd 3Hugh Gallarneau BChicago Bears

All-Pacific Coast

6 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠010–⁠02
Washington7–⁠17–⁠210
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠6
USC2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Montana1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1

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