1935 Stanford Indians football team explained

Year:1935
Team:Stanford Indians
Sport:football
Conference:Pacific Coast Conference
Short Conf:PCC
Record:8–1
Conf Record:4–1
Head Coach:Claude E. Thornhill
Hc Year:3rd
Captain:Bob "Bones" Hamilton[1]
Stadium:Stanford Stadium
Champion:PCC co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
Bowl:Rose Bowl
Bowl Result:W 7–0 vs. SMU

The 1935 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1935 college football season. In head coach Claude E. Thornhill's third season, the team was Pacific Coast Conference co-champions with one loss, allowing opponents to score just 13 points all season.[2] [3] 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.[4] 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.

Players drafted by the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
End2 11 Boston Redskins
Center3 19 Philadelphia Eagles
Back 3 21 Pittsburgh Pirates
Tackle 6 52 Green Bay Packers
Back8 67 Brooklyn Dodgers
End9 76 Brooklyn Dodgers
Tackle9 77 Chicago Cardinals
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Notes and References

  1. Stanford Football Media Guide . 2022 . Year-by-Year Records . 124 . gostanford.com . July 21, 2023.
  2. News: Methodists will oppose Stanford in grid classic. The Pittsburgh Press. December 2, 1935. October 14, 2013.
  3. Web site: Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1935 - 1939 . College Football Data Warehouse . October 14, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111019073343/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/stanford/yearly_results.php?year=1935 . October 19, 2011 .
  4. News: Stanford will represent west in Rose Bowl clash. The Palm Beach Post. November 25, 1935. October 14, 2013.
  5. Web site: 1936 NFL Draft. . September 12, 2014.