1950 Stanford Indians football team

1950 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1950 record 5–3–2 (2–2–2 PCC)
Head coach Marchmont Schwartz (6th year)
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
1950 PCC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 California $ 5 – 0 – 1     9 – 1 – 1
#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

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 23 San Jose State* No. 7 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry) W 33–16  
September 30 San Francisco* No. 7 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 55–7  
October 7 vs. Oregon State No. 8 Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR W 21–7  
October 14 Santa Clara* No. 6 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 23–13  
October 21 at UCLA No. 6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 7–21  
October 28 Washington Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA L 7–21  
November 4 USC Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry) T 7–7  
November 11 Washington State Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 28–18  
November 18 No. 3 Army* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA L 0–7  
November 25 at No. 4 California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (53rd Big Game) T 7–7  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Players drafted by the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Bruce Van AlstyneEnd 9 100 San Francisco 49ers
Bob WhiteHalfback 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.
  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. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Schwartz out at Stanford". Miami News. December 30, 1950. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ "1951 NFL Draft". Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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