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1956 Stanford

4–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Taylor.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1956, game by game: won at Washington State 40–26; lost vs. No. 3 Michigan State 7–21; lost at No. 4 Ohio State 20–32; won vs. San José State 40–20; won at Oregon 21–7; won vs. No. 6 USC 27–19; lost at UCLA 13–14; lost vs. No. 14 Oregon State 19–20; lost vs. Washington 13–34; lost at California 18–20+20−21Won 40–26 at Washington State+14Washington StateLost 7–21 vs. No. 3 Michigan State-14No. 3 Michigan StateLost 20–32 at No. 4 Ohio State-12No. 4 Ohio StateWon 40–20 vs. San José State+20San José StateWon 21–7 at Oregon+14OregonWon 27–19 vs. No. 6 USC+8No. 6 USCLost 13–14 at UCLA-1UCLALost 19–20 vs. No. 14 Oregon State-1No. 14 Oregon StateLost 13–34 vs. Washington-21WashingtonLost 18–20 at California-2California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atWashington StateW 40–⁠2665%
Sep 29vs3Michigan StateL 7–⁠2146%
Oct 6at4Ohio StateL 20–⁠3228%
Oct 13vsSan José StateW 40–⁠2068%
Oct 20atOregonW 21–⁠744%
Oct 27vs6USCW 27–⁠1947%
Nov 3atUCLAL 13–⁠1438%
Nov 10vs14Oregon StateL 19–⁠2062%
Nov 17vsWashingtonL 13–⁠3476%
Nov 24atCaliforniaL 18–⁠2060%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 20–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 7: 10
  4. Wk 8: 20

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 1956.

Led the nationJohn Brodie: passing yards (1,633 yds), passing touchdowns (12 TD), total offense (1,642 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Brodie, QB

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
218–⁠213
Coach
Chuck Taylor
Elo
1532 −26 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.5 No. 31 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 1John Brodie QBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 4Paul Camera ECleveland Browns

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠110
USC5–⁠28–⁠218
UCLA5–⁠27–⁠3
Washington4–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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