1950 Stanford Indians football team

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1950
Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–3–2 (2–2–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
1950 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
0 7 0 1 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.

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23San Jose State*No. 7W 33–16
September 30San Francisco*No. 7
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 55–735,000[5]
October 7at Oregon StateNo. 8W 21–716,000
October 14Santa Clara*No. 6
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 23–1329,000[6]
October 21at UCLANo. 6L 7–2158,143
October 28Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 7–2132,474
November 4USC
T 7–740,000
November 11Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–1815,000
November 18No. 3 Army*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 0–7
November 25at No. 4 CaliforniaT 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

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References

  1. ^ "1950 Preseason AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
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  3. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1950–1954". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Schwartz out at Stanford". Miami News. December 30, 1950. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
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  7. ^ "1951 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2014.