1942 Stanford Indians football team

The 1942 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1942 college football season and was led by first-year head coach Marchmont Schwartz. With the United States now fully engaged in World War II, Stanford played three "home" games at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco in order to comply with wartime requirements to minimize the use of non-essential public transportation by holding events near population centers.[1][2] The team also played four games at its usual home stadium, Stanford Stadium.

1942 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record6–4 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 1 0 7 4 0
Washington State 5 1 1 6 2 2
No. 12 Stanford 5 2 0 6 4 0
USC 4 2 1 5 5 1
Oregon State 4 4 0 4 5 1
Washington 3 3 2 4 3 3
California 3 4 0 5 5 0
Oregon 2 5 0 2 6 0
Idaho 1 5 0 3 7 0
Montana 0 6 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Stanford suspended football after this season, resuming in 1946.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Washington StateL 0–615,000
October 3vs. Santa Clara*L 6–1430,000[3]
October 10at Notre Dame*L 0–2722,374
October 17Idaho
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 54–75,000[4]
October 24vs. USC
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA (rivalry)
W 14–625,000
October 31at No. 11 UCLAL 7–2155,000
November 7vs. Washington
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 20–723,000
November 14Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 49–13
November 21at CaliforniaW 26–7
November 28St. Mary's Pre-Flight*No. 12
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP12т12

Players drafted by the NFL

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Chuck Taylor Guard 4 30 Cleveland Rams
Ed Stamm Tackle 5 39 Chicago Bears
Bruno Banducci Guard 6 42 Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Eagles-Steelers
Milt Vucinich Center 7 59 Chicago Bears
Ray Hammett Back 11 99 Chicago Bears
Hank Norberg End 18 169 Chicago Bears

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References

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  1. ^ "Stanford granted football dates at Kezar". The Stanford Daily. June 19, 1942. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "Stanford-S.C. game shifted to Kezar". The Stanford Daily. September 28, 1942. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Art Cohn (October 4, 1942). "Santa Clara 14, Stanford 6: Beals Scores Two on Passes". Oakland Tribune. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cards trounce Vandals, 54-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 18, 1942. p. 9.
  5. ^ "1943 NFL Draft". Retrieved September 16, 2014.