1950 Stanford Indians football team
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Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 5–3–2 (2–2–2 PCC) |
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Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 California $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Washington | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon
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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.
Coming off the successful
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
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 23 | San Jose State* | No. 7 | W 33–16 | |||
September 30 | San Francisco* | No. 7 |
| W 55–7 | 35,000 | [5] |
October 7 | at Oregon State | No. 8 | W 21–7 | 16,000 | ||
October 14 | Santa Clara* | No. 6 |
| W 23–13 | 29,000 | [6] |
October 21 | at UCLA | No. 6 | L 7–21 | 58,143 | ||
October 28 | Washington |
| L 7–21 | 32,474 | ||
November 4 | USC |
| T 7–7 | 40,000 | ||
November 11 | Washington State |
| W 28–18 | 15,000 | ||
November 18 | No. 3 Army* |
| L 0–7 | |||
November 25 | at No. 4 California | T 7–7 | ||||
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Players drafted by the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Bruce Van Alstyne | End | 9 | 100 | San Francisco 49ers |
Bob White | Halfback | 16 | 184 | San Francisco 49ers |
Russ Pomeroy | Tackle | 18 | 211 | Chicago Cardinals |
References
- ^ "1950 Preseason AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 1-57167-116-1.
- ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1950–1954". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ "Schwartz out at Stanford". Miami News. December 30, 1950. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1951 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2014.