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1946 Stanford

6–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Marchy Schwartz.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1946, game by game: won vs. Idaho 45–0; won vs. San Francisco 33–7; lost at No. 5 UCLA 6–26; won vs. Santa Clara 33–26; lost vs. USC 20–28; tied at Oregon State 0–0; lost vs. Washington 15–21; won vs. Washington State 27–26; won at California 25–6; won at Hawai’i 18–7+45−20Won 45–0 vs. Idaho+45IdahoWon 33–7 vs. San Francisco+26San FranciscoLost 6–26 at No. 5 UCLA-20No. 5 UCLAWon 33–26 vs. Santa Clara+7Santa ClaraLost 20–28 vs. USC-8USCTied 0–0 at Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 15–21 vs. Washington-6WashingtonWon 27–26 vs. Washington State+1Washington StateWon 25–6 at California+19CaliforniaWon 18–7 at Hawai’i+11Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsIdahoW 45–⁠095%
Oct 5vsSan FranciscoW 33–⁠782%
Oct 12at5UCLAL 6–⁠2651%
Oct 19vsSanta ClaraW 33–⁠2668%
Oct 26vsUSCL 20–⁠2865%
Nov 2atOregon StateT 0–⁠053%
Nov 9vsWashingtonL 15–⁠2166%
Nov 16vsWashington StateW 27–⁠2668%
Nov 23atCaliforniaW 25–⁠662%
Dec 23atHawai’iW 18–⁠791%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 18–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
222–⁠147
Coach
Marchy Schwartz
Elo
1554 −32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.2 No. 55 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 5Lloyd Merriman BChicago Bears
Rd 3Lloyd Merriman BLos Angeles Dons (AAFC)

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob AndersonRBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠010–⁠14
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
USC5–⁠26–⁠4
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Montana1–⁠34–⁠4
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠62–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠51–⁠8

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