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1964 California

3–⁠7 (0–⁠4 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Ray Willsey.

Schedule and results

California in 1964, game by game: won vs. Missouri 21–14; lost vs. No. 3 Illinois 14–20; lost vs. Minnesota 20–26; won at Miami 9–7; won vs. Navy 27–13; lost at USC 21–26; lost vs. UCLA 21–25; lost at Washington 16–21; lost vs. Utah 0–14; lost vs. Stanford 3–21+14−18Won 21–14 vs. Missouri+7MissouriLost 14–20 vs. No. 3 Illinois-6No. 3 IllinoisLost 20–26 vs. Minnesota-6MinnesotaWon 9–7 at Miami+2MiamiWon 27–13 vs. Navy+14NavyLost 21–26 at USC-5USCLost 21–25 vs. UCLA-4UCLALost 16–21 at Washington-5WashingtonLost 0–14 vs. Utah-14UtahLost 3–21 vs. Stanford-18Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsMissouriW 21–⁠1438%
Sep 26vs3IllinoisL 14–⁠2044%
Oct 3vsMinnesotaL 20–⁠2652%
Oct 9atMiamiW 9–⁠744%
Oct 17vsNavyW 27–⁠1338%
Oct 24atUSCL 21–⁠2625%
Oct 31vsUCLAL 21–⁠2562%
Nov 7atWashingtonL 16–⁠2130%
Nov 14vsUtahL 0–⁠1437%
Nov 21vsStanfordL 3–⁠2151%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 21–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

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 1964.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠4 8th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
152–⁠187
Coach
Ray Willsey
Elo
1400 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.4 No. 42 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 1Craig Morton QBDallas Cowboys

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Craig MortonQB
  • Jack SchraubEAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Stan DuzuraDTAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Sam HardCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State3–⁠18–⁠38
USC3–⁠17–⁠310
Washington5–⁠26–⁠4
UCLA2–⁠24–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon1–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California0–⁠43–⁠7

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