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1952 Stanford

5–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Taylor.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1952, game by game: won vs. Santa Clara 28–13; won at No. 15 Washington State 14–13; won vs. Michigan 14–7; won vs. Oregon State 41–28; lost at No. 10 UCLA 14–24; lost vs. Washington 14–27; won vs. San José State 35–13; lost vs. No. 6 USC 7–54; lost vs. Oregon 20–21; lost at California 0–26+22−47Won 28–13 vs. Santa Clara+15Santa ClaraWon 14–13 at No. 15 Washington State+1No. 15 Washington StateWon 14–7 vs. Michigan+7MichiganWon 41–28 vs. Oregon State+13Oregon StateLost 14–24 at No. 10 UCLA-10No. 10 UCLALost 14–27 vs. Washington-13WashingtonWon 35–13 vs. San José State+22San José StateLost 7–54 vs. No. 6 USC-47No. 6 USCLost 20–21 vs. Oregon-1OregonLost 0–26 at California-26California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsSanta ClaraW 28–⁠1370%
Sep 27at15Washington StateW 14–⁠1355%
Oct 4vsMichiganW 14–⁠768%
Oct 11vsOregon StateW 41–⁠2871%
Oct 18at10UCLAL 14–⁠2439%
Oct 25vsWashingtonL 14–⁠2773%
Nov 1vsSan José StateW 35–⁠1371%
Nov 8vs6USCL 7–⁠5448%
Nov 15vsOregonL 20–⁠2185%
Nov 22atCaliforniaL 0–⁠2631%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 4: 13
Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
187–⁠226
Coach
Chuck Taylor
Elo
1522 −65 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.1 No. 51 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Sam MorleyEUP-1
  • Jim VickOTAP-1
  • Len MayrhoferOGAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠15
UCLA5–⁠18–⁠16
Washington6–⁠27–⁠3
California3–⁠37–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠55–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠7

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