1934 Stanford Indians football team

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1934
Stanford Indians football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 13–29 vs. Alabama
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record9–1–1 (5–0 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
1934 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 5 0 0 9 1 1
Washington State 4 0 1 4 3 1
Washington 5 1 1 6 1 1
Oregon 4 2 0 6 4 0
California 3 2 0 6 6 0
UCLA 2 3 0 7 3 0
USC 1 4 1 4 6 1
Idaho 1 4 0 3 5 0
Oregon State 0 5 2 3 6 2
Montana 0 4 1 2 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Stanford Indians football team represented

Vow Boys" kept their vow and defeated USC. The team represented the conference in the Rose Bowl, losing to Alabama
, 29–13.

The team was rated No. 1 by the contemporary Houlgate System and presented with the Foreman & Clark national championship trophy.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22San Jose State*W 48–0
September 29Santa Clara*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 7–740,000[2]
October 6at Oregon StateW 17–7
October 13Northwestern*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 20–0[3]
October 20at San Francisco*W 3–0[4]
October 27USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 16–048,000
November 3at UCLAW 27–050,000
November 10Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–038,617
November 17Olympic Club*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 40–0
November 24at CaliforniaW 9–7
January 1, 1935vs. Alabama*L 13–2984,474[5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ Levandusky, J. F. (January 11, 1935). "Here's a little incident that happened after the Rose Bowl game". Waukegan News-Sun. Waukegan, Illinois. Retrieved January 31, 2023. Last year Stanford was Houlgate's choice and the presentation of the trophy was scheduled to take place after the Alabama–Stanford battle.
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