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
Claude E. 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.