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1942 Stanford

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Marchy Schwartz, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1942, game by game: lost vs. Washington State 0–6; lost at Santa Clara 6–14; lost at Notre Dame 0–27; won vs. Idaho 54–7; won vs. USC 14–6; lost at No. 11 UCLA 7–21; won vs. Washington 20–7; won vs. Oregon State 49–13; won at California 26–7; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 28–13+47−27Lost 0–6 vs. Washington State-6Washington StateLost 6–14 at Santa Clara-8Santa ClaraLost 0–27 at Notre Dame-27Notre DameWon 54–7 vs. Idaho+47IdahoWon 14–6 vs. USC+8USCLost 7–21 at No. 11 UCLA-14No. 11 UCLAWon 20–7 vs. Washington+13WashingtonWon 49–13 vs. Oregon State+36Oregon StateWon 26–7 at California+19CaliforniaWon 28–13 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight+15Saint Mary’s (C…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsWashington StateL 0–⁠663%
Oct 3atSanta ClaraL 6–⁠1432%
Oct 10atNotre DameL 0–⁠2734%
Oct 17vsIdahoW 54–⁠785%
Oct 24vsUSCW 14–⁠659%
Oct 31at11UCLAL 7–⁠2142%
Nov 7vsWashingtonW 20–⁠745%
Nov 14vsOregon StateW 49–⁠1364%
Nov 21atCaliforniaW 26–⁠751%
Nov 28vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightW 28–⁠1360%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 28–⁠13; No. 12 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 12
  2. Final: 12

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 1942.

Consensus All-AmericanChuck Taylor, OG

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 12
Points
204–⁠121
Coach
Marchy Schwartz
Elo
1629 +50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.6 No. 40 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 4Chuck Taylor OGCleveland Rams
Rd 5Ed Stamm OTChicago Bears
Rd 6Bruno Banducci OGPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Milt Vucinich CChicago Bears

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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