1935 Stanford Indians football team

American college football season

1935 Stanford Indians football
Head coach Tiny Thornhill
PCC co-champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 7–0 vs. SMU
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	8–1 (4–1 PCC)
Head coach	Tiny Thornhill (3rd season)
Captain	Bob "Bones" Hamilton
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons← 1934 1936 →

1935 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Stanford ^ +	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 California +	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 18 UCLA +	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Washington State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Oregon	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
No. 23 Washington	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
USC	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	5	–	2

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1935 college football season. In head coach Tiny Thornhill's third season, the team was Pacific Coast Conference co-champions with one loss, allowing opponents to score just 13 points all season. This was the third season that the "Vow Boys" kept their vow and defeated USC.

Each of the three co-champions had one loss to one of the other co-champions: Stanford to UCLA, UCLA to California, and California to Stanford. With Stanford's shutout of California in the last game of the season, Stanford was selected to represent the conference in the Rose Bowl against undefeated and number-one ranked SMU. This marked Stanford's third consecutive Rose Bowl appearance, and the team had lost the previous two appearances. Against heavily favored SMU, Stanford pulled off a 7–0 upset, the team's second Rose Bowl victory.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 35–0
October 5	at San Francisco*	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 10–0	25,000
October 19	UCLA	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 6–7
October 26	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 6–0	35,098
November 2	Santa Clara*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 9–6	60,000
November 9	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 3–0	50,000
November 16	Montana	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 32–0
November 23	California	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 13–0
January 1, 1936	vs. SMU*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 7–0	87,000
*Non-conference game

Players drafted by the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Keith Topping	End	2	11	Boston Redskins
Wes Muller	Center	3	19	Philadelphia Eagles
Bobby Grayson	Back	3	21	Pittsburgh Pirates
Bob Reynolds	Tackle	6	52	Green Bay Packers
Bob "Bones" Hamilton	Back	8	67	Brooklyn Dodgers
Monk Moscrip	End	9	76	Brooklyn Dodgers
Niels Larsen	Tackle	9	77	Chicago Cardinals

References

"Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Stanford Football Media Guide. 2022. p. 124. Retrieved July 21, 2023 – via gostanford.com.
"Methodists will oppose Stanford in grid classic". The Pittsburgh Press. December 2, 1935. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
"Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1935–1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
"Stanford will represent west in Rose Bowl clash". The Palm Beach Post. November 25, 1935. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
Bud Spencer (October 6, 1935). "Coffis Hero of Stanford's 10-0 Triumph Over Dons". Oakland Tribune. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
Harry M. Hayward (November 3, 1935). "Moscrip's Toe Wins 9-6 Game for Cards: Grayson, Hurt, Hero of Tilt; Seramin Runs 85 Yards". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 1S, 7S – via Newspapers.com.
Bill Henry (January 2, 1936). "Stanford Wins, 7-0, Over S.M.U.: Paulman Scores for Indians". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
"1936 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 12, 2014.

v t e Stanford Cardinal football
Venues	Stanford Field (1905–1921) Stanford Stadium (1921–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California: Big Game Notre Dame San Jose State: Bill Walsh Legacy Game USC
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play Stanford Axe T formation 1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams 1894 Chicago game 2007 USC game The Spirit of Stanford Radio KTCT KZSU
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Pac-12 Conference football champions
Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) California & Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)
AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)
Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)
Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)
Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021) Utah (2022) Washington (2023)
National championships in bold

Categories: