1947 Stanford Indians football team
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The 1947 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University
in the 1947 college football season
. Stanford was led by third-year head coach Marchmont Schwartz
. The team were members of the Pacific Coast Conference
and played their home games at Stanford Stadium
in Stanford, California
.
The 1947 season was one of two winless season in the history of Stanford football (the other was the 1960 season
).
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in the 1947 college football season
1947 college football season
The 1947 college football season finished with Notre Dame, Michigan and Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the first place choice for 107 of the 142 voters in the AP writers poll, and repeated as national champions...
. Stanford was led by third-year head coach Marchmont Schwartz
Marchmont Schwartz
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. The team were members of the Pacific Coast Conference
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis...
and played their home games at Stanford Stadium
Stanford Stadium
Stanford Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the Stanford University campus, the home of Stanford Cardinal college football team. It originally opened in 1921 as a football and track stadium, an earthen horseshoe with wooden bleacher seating and flooring upon a steel frame...
in Stanford, California
Stanford, California
Stanford is a census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States and is the home of Stanford University. The population was 13,809 at the 2010 census....
.
The 1947 season was one of two winless season in the history of Stanford football (the other was the 1960 season
1960 Stanford Indians football team
The 1960 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1960 NCAA football season. Stanford was led by third-year head coach Jack Curtice...
).