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1950 Stanford

5–⁠3–⁠2 (2–⁠2–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Marchy Schwartz.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1950, game by game: won vs. San José State 33–16; won vs. San Francisco 55–7; won at Oregon State 21–7; won vs. Santa Clara 23–13; lost at UCLA 7–21; lost vs. Washington 7–21; tied vs. USC 7–7; won vs. Washington State 28–18; lost vs. No. 3 Army 0–7; tied at No. 4 California 7–7+48−14Won 33–16 vs. San José State+17San José StateWon 55–7 vs. San Francisco+48San FranciscoWon 21–7 at Oregon State+14Oregon StateWon 23–13 vs. Santa Clara+10Santa ClaraLost 7–21 at UCLA-14UCLALost 7–21 vs. Washington-14WashingtonTied 7–7 vs. USC0USCWon 28–18 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateLost 0–7 vs. No. 3 Army-7No. 3 ArmyTied 7–7 at No. 4 California0No. 4 California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsSan José StateW 33–⁠1687%
Sep 30vsSan FranciscoW 55–⁠763%
Oct 7atOregon StateW 21–⁠750%
Oct 14vsSanta ClaraW 23–⁠1369%
Oct 21atUCLAL 7–⁠2156%
Oct 28vsWashingtonL 7–⁠2168%
Nov 4vsUSCT 7–⁠765%
Nov 11vsWashington StateW 28–⁠1866%
Nov 18vs3ArmyL 0–⁠730%
Nov 25at4CaliforniaT 7–⁠717%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied California 7–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 6

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 1950.

Consensus All-AmericanBill McColl, E

Record
5–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠2 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
188–⁠124
Coach
Marchy Schwartz
Elo
1564 +12 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.1 No. 30 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bruce Van AlstyneEAP-2
  • Gordon WhiteOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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