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1941 Stanford

6–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Clark Shaughnessy.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1941, game by game: won vs. Oregon 19–15; won vs. UCLA 33–0; lost at Oregon State 0–10; won vs. San Francisco 42–26; won at Washington 13–7; won vs. Santa Clara 27–7; won at USC 13–0; lost vs. Washington State 13–14; lost vs. California 0–16+33−16Won 19–15 vs. Oregon+4OregonWon 33–0 vs. UCLA+33UCLALost 0–10 at Oregon State-10Oregon StateWon 42–26 vs. San Francisco+16San FranciscoWon 13–7 at Washington+6WashingtonWon 27–7 vs. Santa Clara+20Santa ClaraWon 13–0 at USC+13USCLost 13–14 vs. Washington State-1Washington StateLost 0–16 vs. California-16California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsOregonW 19–⁠1572%
Oct 4vsUCLAW 33–⁠078%
Oct 11atOregon StateL 0–⁠1058%
Oct 18vsSan FranciscoW 42–⁠2683%
Oct 25atWashingtonW 13–⁠748%
Nov 1vsSanta ClaraW 27–⁠756%
Nov 8atUSCW 13–⁠070%
Nov 15vsWashington StateL 13–⁠1476%
Nov 29vsCaliforniaL 0–⁠1680%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 16–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
  2. Wk 3: 12
  3. Wk 4: 9
  4. Wk 5: 6
  5. Wk 6: 17

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 1941.

Heisman voteFrankie Albert, third

Consensus All-AmericanFrankie Albert, QB

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
160–⁠95
Coach
Clark Shaughnessy
Elo
1619 +1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.6 No. 19 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 1Pete Kmetovic RBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 1Frankie Albert QBChicago Bears
Rd 2Vic Lindskog CPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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