1948 Stanford

4–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Marchy Schwartz.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1948, game by game: won vs. San José State 26–20; lost vs. Oregon 12–20; lost at Washington State 7–14; lost vs. Santa Clara 14–27; won at UCLA 34–14; lost vs. USC 6–7; won vs. Washington 20–0; lost at No. 4 Army 0–43; won vs. Montana 39–7; lost at No. 4 California 6–7+32−43Won 26–20 vs. San José State+6San José StateLost 12–20 vs. Oregon-8OregonLost 7–14 at Washington State-7Washington StateLost 14–27 vs. Santa Clara-13Santa ClaraWon 34–14 at UCLA+20UCLALost 6–7 vs. USC-1USCWon 20–0 vs. Washington+20WashingtonLost 0–43 at No. 4 Army-43No. 4 ArmyWon 39–7 vs. Montana+32MontanaLost 6–7 at No. 4 California-1No. 4 California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

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 1948.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
164–⁠159
Coach
Marchy Schwartz
Elo
1441 +33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.4 No. 53 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

3 second team

Second team

  • E. MitchellFBAP-3; UP-2
  • Gordon WhiteOTAP-2
  • James CastagnoliCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠09–⁠29
California6–⁠010–⁠14
USC4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠3
Washington2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠6
Montana0–⁠33–⁠7

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