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1969 Arizona State

8–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Frank Kush.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1969, game by game: won vs. No. 19 Minnesota 48–26; lost vs. Oregon State 7–30; won vs. BYU 23–7; lost at Utah 23–24; won at San José State 45–11; won vs. No. 15 Wyoming 30–14; won at New Mexico 48–17; won at UTEP 42–19; won vs. Colorado State 79–7; won vs. Arizona 38–24+72−23Won 48–26 vs. No. 19 Minnesota+22No. 19 MinnesotaLost 7–30 vs. Oregon State-23Oregon StateWon 23–7 vs. BYU+16BYULost 23–24 at Utah-1UtahWon 45–11 at San José State+34San José StateWon 30–14 vs. No. 15 Wyoming+16No. 15 WyomingWon 48–17 at New Mexico+31New MexicoWon 42–19 at UTEP+23UTEPWon 79–7 vs. Colorado State+72Colorado StateWon 38–24 vs. Arizona+14Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs19MinnesotaW 48–⁠2665%
Sep 27vsOregon StateL 7–⁠3062%
Oct 4vsBYUW 23–⁠779%
Oct 11atUtahL 23–⁠2459%
Oct 18atSan José StateW 45–⁠1181%
Nov 1vs15WyomingW 30–⁠1447%
Nov 8atNew MexicoW 48–⁠1785%
Nov 15atUTEPW 42–⁠1974%
Nov 22vsColorado StateW 79–⁠783%
Nov 29vsArizonaW 38–⁠2484%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona 38–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1969.

Western Athletic Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
383–⁠179
Coach
Frank Kush
Elo
1679 +71 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.6 No. 21 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 2Art Malone RBAtlanta Falcons

1969 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State6–⁠18–⁠2
Utah5–⁠18–⁠2
BYU4–⁠36–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠36–⁠4
Arizona3–⁠33–⁠7
UTEP2–⁠54–⁠6
New Mexico1–⁠54–⁠6
Colorado State0–⁠44–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.