1942 Stanford Indians football team

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1942 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record6–4 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1946  →
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 –1 –07 –4 –0
Washington State 5 –1 –16 –2 –2
No. 12 Stanford 5 –2 –06 –4 –0
USC 4 –2 –15 –5 –1
Oregon State 4 –4 –04 –5 –1
Washington 3 –3 –24 –3 –3
California 3 –4 –05 –5 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –02 –6 –0
Idaho 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Montana 0 –6 –00 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1942 college football season and was led by first-year head coach Marchmont Schwartz. With the United States now fully engaged in World War II, Stanford played three "home" games at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco in order to comply with wartime requirements to minimize the use of non-essential public transportation by holding events near population centers. [1] [2] The team also played four games at its usual home stadium, Stanford Stadium.

Contents

Stanford suspended football after this season, resuming in 1946.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Washington State
L 0–615,000
October 3vs. Santa Clara *
L 6–1430,000 [3]
October 10at Notre Dame *
L 0–2722,374
October 17 Idaho
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 54–75,000 [4]
October 24vs. USC
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA (rivalry)
W 14–625,000
October 31at No. 11 UCLA
L 7–2155,000
November 7vs. Washington
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 20–723,000
November 14 Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 49–13
November 21at California
W 26–7
November 28 St. Mary's Pre-Flight *No. 12
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP ——————12т12

Players drafted by the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Chuck Taylor Guard430 Cleveland Rams
Ed StammTackle539 Chicago Bears
Bruno Banducci Guard642 Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Eagles-Steelers
Milt Vucinich Center759 Chicago Bears
Ray HammettBack1199 Chicago Bears
Hank Norberg End18169 Chicago Bears

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References

  1. ↑ "Stanford granted football dates at Kezar". The Stanford Daily. June 19, 1942. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Stanford-S.C. game shifted to Kezar". The Stanford Daily. September 28, 1942. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ Art Cohn (October 4, 1942). "Santa Clara 14, Stanford 6: Beals Scores Two on Passes". Oakland Tribune. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cards trounce Vandals, 54-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 18, 1942. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "1943 NFL Draft" . Retrieved September 16, 2014.
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