1935 Stanford Indians football team
American college football season
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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.[2] This was the third season that the "Vow Boys" kept their vow and defeated USC.
- Tiny Thornhill (3rd season)
| 1935 Stanford Indians football | |
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PCC co-champion Rose Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (4–1 PCC) |
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| Captain | Bob "Bones" Hamilton[1] |
| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[3] 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 | Source |
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| September 28 | San Jose State* | W 35–0 | [4] | ||
| October 5 | at San Francisco* | W 10–0 | 25,000 | [5] | |
| October 12 | UCLA |
| L 6–7 | 35,000 | [6] |
| October 26 | at Washington | W 6–0 | 35,098 | [7] | |
| November 2 | Santa Clara* |
| W 9–6 | 60,000 | [8] |
| November 9 | at USC | W 3–0 | 50,000 | [9] | |
| November 16 | Montana |
| W 32–0 | [10] | |
| November 23 | California |
| W 13–0 | 90,000 | [11] |
| January 1, 1936 | vs. SMU* | W 7–0 | 87,000 | [12] | |
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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 |