Marchmont Schwartz

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Marchy Schwartz
Date of birth: March 20, 1909
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date of death: April 19, 1991
Place of death: Danville, California
Career information
Position(s): HB
College: University of Notre Dame
College Football Hall of Fame

Marchmont "Marchy" Schwartz (March 20, 1909 to April 19, 1991) was a college football head coach at Stanford in 1942 and from 1946 to 1950 (Stanford, like most universities, suspended football during World War II.) During his tenure, he compiled a 28-28-4 record. He was the starting running back at Notre Dame from 1929 to 1930. He was a two-time all-American under legendary football coach, Knute Rockne. From 1929 to 1930, he led Notre Dame to a 19-0 record. In a game against Carnegie Tech, he rushed for 188 yards, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

He has also served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame, and Chicago. He is most notable for having the lowest completion percentage of any NCAA player ever with over 100 attempts. He had completed 29 out of 124 passes, which is a .234 completion percentage.

He was a graduate of Saint Stanislaus College (high school).

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl Coaches# AP°
Stanford Cardinal (Pacific Coast Conference) (1942 – 1950)
1942 Stanford 6-4 5-2 3rd 12
1946 Stanford 6-3-1 3-3-1 5th
1947 Stanford 0-9 0-7 10th
1948 Stanford 4-6 3-4 5th
1949 Stanford 7-3-1 4-2 T-3rd W 74-20 Pineapple Bowl
1950 Stanford 5-3-2 2-2-2 T-4th
Stanford: 28-28-4
Total: 28-28-4
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.
°Rankings from final AP Poll of the season.


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Preceded by
Clark Shaughnessy
Stanford University Head Football Coach
1942
19461950
Succeeded by
Chuck Taylor