1950 Stanford Indians football team

1950 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–3–2 (2–2–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford 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

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 seventh in the first-ever preseason AP poll. 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.[1] Coach Schwartz resigned following the season.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23San Jose State*No. 7
W 33–1620,000[3]
September 30San Francisco*No. 7
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 55–735,000[4]
October 7at Oregon StateNo. 8
W 21–716,000[5]
October 14Santa Clara*No. 6
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 23–1329,000[6]
October 21at UCLANo. 6
L 7–2158,143[7]
October 28Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 7–2135,000[8]
November 4USC
T 7–740,000[9]
November 11Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–1815,000[10]
November 18No. 3 Army*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 0–740,000 [11][12]
November 25at No. 4 California
T 7–781,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [14]

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

[15]

References

  1. ^ Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 112–114. ISBN 1-57167-116-1.
  2. ^ "Schwartz out at Stanford". Miami News. December 30, 1950. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Brachman, Bob (September 24, 1950). "Stanford lacks 'bowl touch' in 33–16 win: San Jose beaten by McColl aerial feats". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 20. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "2 punts help Stanford top Oregon State". The Des Moines Register. October 8, 1950. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – 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. ^ "U.C.L.A. aerial attack topples Stanford from ranks of undefeated teams". New York Times. October 22, 1950. ProQuest 111592267.
  8. ^ "Husky Heinrich passes over Stanford, 21–7". The Montana Standard. October 29, 1950. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Stanford Indians, Troy fight bitterly in 7 to 7 deadlock before 40,000". The Fresno Bee. November 5, 1950. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Stanford passing plays submerge WSC 28–18". The Sacramento Union. November 12, 1950. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ While 55,000 tickets sold, about 40,000 attended in the rain. (See: SF Examiner)
  12. ^ Sullivan, Prescott (November 19, 1950). "Indians hold Army to 7–0 score in rain: Cadets given real scare at Palo Alto before 40,000". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 1, 24, 31. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Orman, Ed (November 26, 1950). "Stanford aerial attack holds Bears to 7–7 tie". The Fresno Bee. p. A1. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1950 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  15. ^ "1951 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
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