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1957 Stanford

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

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1957, game by game: won vs. San José State 46–7; won vs. Northwestern 26–6; lost at Rice 7–34; lost vs. Washington State 18–21; won at Washington 21–14; won vs. No. 15 UCLA 20–6; lost vs. No. 15 Oregon 26–27; won at USC 35–7; lost at Oregon State 14–24; won vs. California 14–12+39−27Won 46–7 vs. San José State+39San José StateWon 26–6 vs. Northwestern+20NorthwesternLost 7–34 at Rice-27RiceLost 18–21 vs. Washington State-3Washington StateWon 21–14 at Washington+7WashingtonWon 20–6 vs. No. 15 UCLA+14No. 15 UCLALost 26–27 vs. No. 15 Oregon-1No. 15 OregonWon 35–7 at USC+28USCLost 14–24 at Oregon State-10Oregon StateWon 14–12 vs. California+2California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSan José StateW 46–⁠777%
Sep 28vsNorthwesternW 26–⁠669%
Oct 5atRiceL 7–⁠3449%
Oct 12vsWashington StateL 18–⁠2166%
Oct 19atWashingtonW 21–⁠1450%
Oct 26vs15UCLAW 20–⁠644%
Nov 2vs15OregonL 26–⁠2752%
Nov 9atUSCW 35–⁠747%
Nov 16atOregon StateL 14–⁠2441%
Nov 23vsCaliforniaW 14–⁠1280%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 14–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16
  2. Wk 3: 17

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 1957.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
227–⁠158
Coach
Chuck Taylor
Elo
1568 +47 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.4 No. 33 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Troy BarbeeOTAP-1; Coaches-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Jack DouglasBAP-2; Coaches-2; UP-2
  • Chuck SheaBAP-2; Coaches-2; UP-2
  • Gary Van GalderECoaches-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠28–⁠2
Oregon6–⁠27–⁠4
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠2
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠61–⁠9
USC1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1

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