1946 Stanford Indians football team

1946 Stanford Indians football
Big Game Champions
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1946 record 6–3–1 (3–3–1 PCC)
Head coach Marchmont Schwartz (2nd year)
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
1946 PCC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 UCLA 7 0 0     10 1 0
Oregon State 6 1 1     7 1 1
USC 5 2 0     6 4 0
Washington 5 3 0     5 4 0
Stanford 3 3 1     6 3 1
Oregon 3 4 1     4 4 1
Montana 1 3 0     4 4 0
Washington State 1 5 1     1 6 1
California 1 6 0     2 7 0
Idaho 0 5 0     1 8 0
Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1946 college football season. This was the team's first season since 1942 because the team suspended play due to World War II. Stanford's head coach was Marchmont Schwartz, who had coached the 1942 team as well. The team was a member of the Pacific Coast Conference and played its home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 28 Idaho Stanford StadiumStanford, CA W 45–0  
October 5 San Francisco* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 33–7  
October 12 at #5 UCLA #17 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 6–26  
October 19 Santa Clara* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 33–26  
October 26 USC Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA L 20–28  
November 2 Oregon State Bell FieldCorvallis, OR T 0–0  
November 9 Washington Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA L 15–21  
November 16 at Washington State Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 27–26  
November 23 at California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA (49th Big Game) W 25–6  
December 23 Hawaii* Honolulu Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 18–7  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Players drafted by the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Lloyd Merriman Back 5 32 Chicago Bears
Bill Hachten Guard 13 114 New York Giants
Charley Wakefield Tackle 28 261 Philadelphia Eagles
Lynn Brownson Back 29 268 Washington Redskins

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References

  1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 19461950". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  2. "1947 NFL Draft". Retrieved September 15, 2014.