1946 Stanford Indians football team

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]

1946 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1946 record6–3–1 (3–3–1 PCC)
Head coachMarchmont Schwartz (2nd season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 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

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 28Idaho
W 45–0
October 5San Francisco*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 33–7
October 12at No. 5 UCLANo. 17
L 6–26
October 19Santa Clara*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 33–26
October 26USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 20–28
November 2Oregon State
T 0–0
November 9Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 15–21
November 16at Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 27–26
November 23at California
W 25–6
December 23Hawaii*
W 18–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players drafted by the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Lloyd MerrimanBack532Chicago Bears
Bill HachtenGuard13114New York Giants
Charley WakefieldTackle28261Philadelphia Eagles
Lynn BrownsonBack29268Washington Redskins

[2]

References
  1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1946–1950". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  2. "1947 NFL Draft". Retrieved September 15, 2014.
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