1950 Stanford Indians football team

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.

1950 Stanford Indians football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1950 record	5–3–2 (2–2–2 PCC)
Head coach	Marchmont Schwartz (6th season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium

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

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 (reivalry)	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 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.
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. 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. "1951 NFL Draft". Retrieved August 5, 2014.