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1947 Stanford

0–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Marchy Schwartz.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1947, game by game: lost vs. Idaho 16–19; lost at Michigan 13–49; lost vs. Santa Clara 7–13; lost vs. No. 19 UCLA 6–39; lost at Washington 0–25; lost vs. Oregon State 7–13; lost at No. 5 USC 0–14; lost vs. Oregon 6–21; lost vs. No. 9 California 18–21+7−36Lost 16–19 vs. Idaho-3IdahoLost 13–49 at Michigan-36MichiganLost 7–13 vs. Santa Clara-6Santa ClaraLost 6–39 vs. No. 19 UCLA-33No. 19 UCLALost 0–25 at Washington-25WashingtonLost 7–13 vs. Oregon State-6Oregon StateLost 0–14 at No. 5 USC-14No. 5 USCLost 6–21 vs. Oregon-15OregonLost 18–21 vs. No. 9 California-3No. 9 California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsIdahoL 16–⁠1987%
Oct 4atMichiganL 13–⁠4924%
Oct 11vsSanta ClaraL 7–⁠1369%
Oct 18vs19UCLAL 6–⁠3938%
Oct 25atWashingtonL 0–⁠2536%
Nov 1vsOregon StateL 7–⁠1340%
Nov 8at5USCL 0–⁠1412%
Nov 15vsOregonL 6–⁠2144%
Nov 22vs9CaliforniaL 18–⁠2129%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 21–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
0–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
73–⁠214
Coach
Marchy Schwartz
Elo
1362 −174 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.4 No. 83 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 2George Quist BDetroit Lions

1947 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠07–⁠2–⁠18
California5–⁠19–⁠115
Oregon5–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠25–⁠4
Montana2–⁠17–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠45–⁠5
Washington2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠4
Stanford0–⁠70–⁠9

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