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
← 1949
1951 →
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 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 7th 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[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23San Jose State*No. 7
W 33–16
September 30San Francisco*No. 7
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 55–735,000[5]
October 7at Oregon StateNo. 8
W 21–716,000
October 14Santa Clara*No. 6
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 23–1329,000[6]
October 21at UCLANo. 6
L 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 California
T 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players drafted by the NFL[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "1950 Preseason AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  2. ^ a b 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 2011-10-19. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Schwartz out at Stanford". Miami News. December 30, 1950. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "1951 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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