1936 Stanford Indians football team

American college football season

1936 Stanford Indians football
Head coach Tiny Thornhill
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	2–5–2 (2–3–2 PCC)
Head coach	Tiny Thornhill (4th season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons← 1935 1937 →

1936 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Washington $	7	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Washington State	6	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
USC	3	–	2	–	2	4	–	2	–	3
California	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Stanford	2	–	3	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Montana	1	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1936 college football season. After winning three consecutive PCC championships the three prior seasons and the 1936 Rose Bowl on January 1, the Indians won only two games in head coach Tiny Thornhill's fourth season at Stanford. With a 2–5–2 record, Stanford lost more games in the 1936 season than in the prior three seasons combined and produced the school's worst season since the 1899 season when the Indians finished with an identical 2–5–2 record. The team played home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Santa Clara*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 0–13	25,000
October 3	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 13–14	23,000
October 10	Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	T 7–7
October 24	No. 6 USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 7–14	35,000
October 31	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 19–6	30,000
November 7	No. 6 Washington	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	T 14–14	20,676
November 14	vs. Oregon State	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 20–14
November 21	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	L 0–20
November 28	at Columbia*	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–7	28,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

"Stanford bows to Santa Clara". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 27, 1936. p. 4, sports.
"Santa Clara ion upset win over Stanford". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). United Press. September 28, 1936. p. 5.
"Columbia will play Stanford in Gotham tilt". Schenectady Gazette. November 28, 1936. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
Daley, Arthur J. (November 29, 1936). "Columbia Tops Stanford, 7-0, on Furey's Long Dash". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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