1950 Stanford Indians football team

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1950 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record5–3–2 (2–2–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
←  1949
1951  →
1950 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 California $ 5 –0 –19 –1 –1
No. 11 Washington 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
Stanford 2 –2 –25 –3 –2
Idaho 1 –1 –13 –5 –1
Washington State 2 –3 –24 –3 –2
USC 1 –3 –22 –5 –2
Oregon State 2 –5 –03 –6 –0
Oregon 0 –7 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1950 college football season. Stanford was led by sixth-year head coach Marchmont Schwartz. The team were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

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Coming off the successful 1949 season in which a talented group of sophomores, led by quarterback Gary Kerkorian and end Bill McColl, had the Indians a game away from the Rose Bowl, Stanford was expected to have an excellent season and was ranked seventh in the first-ever preseason AP poll. [1] [2] But after starting 4–0, the team would only win one more game and tie twice, the second tie coming in the Big Game, in which the team rallied to tie undefeated and Rose Bowl-bound rival California. [2] [3] Coach Schwartz resigned following the season. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 San Jose State *No. 7
W 33–1620,000 [5]
September 30 San Francisco *No. 7
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 55–735,000 [6]
October 7at Oregon State No. 8
W 21–716,000
October 14 Santa Clara *No. 6
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 23–1329,000 [7]
October 21at UCLA No. 6
L 7–2158,143
October 28 Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 7–2132,474
November 4 USC
T 7–740,000
November 11 Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–1815,000
November 18No. 3 Army *
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 0–740,000 [8] [9]
November 25at No. 4 California
T 7–781,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players drafted by the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bruce Van AlstyneEnd9100 San Francisco 49ers
Bob White Halfback16184 San Francisco 49ers
Russ Pomeroy Tackle18211 Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. ↑ "1950 Preseason AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 112–114. ISBN   1-57167-116-1.
  3. ↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1950–1954". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Schwartz out at Stanford". Miami News. December 30, 1950. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ Bob Brachman, "Stanford Lacks 'Bowl Touch' in 33–16 Win: San Jose Beaten by McColl Aerial Feats," San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 24, 1950, pp. 20, 24.
  6. ↑ Bob Brachman (October 1, 1950). "Stanford Steamrollers USF, 55-7! Thumping by Indians Worst in Don History; Cards Shut Gates of Mercy; 35,000 See Matson Completely Bottled Up". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 22, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Harry M. Hayward (October 15, 1950). "Stanford Pushes Over Broncos, 23-13: Cards Forced to Go All Out for Victory". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 24, 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ While 55,000 tickets sold, about 40,000 attended in the rain. (See: SF Examiner)
  9. ↑ Prescott Sullivan, "Indians Hold Army to 7–0 Score in Rain: Cadets Given Real Scare at Palo Alto Before 40,000," San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 19, 1950, pp. 1, 24, 31.
  10. ↑ Ed Orman, "Stanford Aerial Attack Holds Bears to 7–7 Tie," Fresno Bee, Nov. 26, 1950, pp. A1, S1, S3.
  11. ↑ "1951 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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