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1934 Stanford Indians football team

1934 Stanford Indians football
Head coach Tiny Thornhill
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 13–29 vs. Alabama
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record9–1–1 (5–0 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 5 0 0 9 1 1
Washington State 4 0 1 4 3 1
Washington 5 1 1 6 1 1
Oregon 4 2 0 6 4 0
California 3 2 0 6 6 0
UCLA 2 3 0 7 3 0
USC 1 4 1 4 6 1
Idaho 1 4 0 3 5 0
Oregon State 0 5 2 3 6 2
Montana 0 4 1 2 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1934 college football season. In head coach Tiny Thornhill's second season as head coach, the Indians compiled an overall record of 9–1–1 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the PCC title. Stanford allowed only 14 points during the regular season and logged seven shutout victories This was the second season that the "Vow Boys" kept their vow and defeated USC. The team represented the conference in the Rose Bowl, losing to Alabama, 29–13.

The team was rated No. 1 by the contemporary Houlgate System and presented with the Foreman & Clark national championship trophy.[1]

  1. ^ Levandusky, J. F. (January 11, 1935). "Here's a little incident that happened after the Rose Bowl game". Waukegan News-Sun. Waukegan, Illinois. Retrieved January 31, 2023. Last year Stanford was Houlgate's choice and the presentation of the trophy was scheduled to take place after the Alabama–Stanford battle.

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