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1969 California

5–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Ray Willsey.

Schedule and results

California in 1969, game by game: lost vs. No. 4 Texas 0–17; won at No. 10 Indiana 17–14; won vs. Rice 31–21; won vs. Washington 44–13; lost at No. 8 UCLA 0–32; won at Washington State 17–0; lost vs. No. 6 USC 9–14; lost vs. Oregon State 3–35; won vs. San José State 31–7; lost at No. 14 Stanford 28–29+31−32Lost 0–17 vs. No. 4 Texas-17No. 4 TexasWon 17–14 at No. 10 Indiana+3No. 10 IndianaWon 31–21 vs. Rice+10RiceWon 44–13 vs. Washington+31WashingtonLost 0–32 at No. 8 UCLA-32No. 8 UCLAWon 17–0 at Washington State+17Washington StateLost 9–14 vs. No. 6 USC-5No. 6 USCLost 3–35 vs. Oregon State-32Oregon StateWon 31–7 vs. San José State+24San José StateLost 28–29 at No. 14 Stanford-1No. 14 Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs4TexasL 0–⁠1744%
Sep 27at10IndianaW 17–⁠1441%
Oct 4vsRiceW 31–⁠2178%
Oct 11vsWashingtonW 44–⁠1375%
Oct 18at8UCLAL 0–⁠3237%
Oct 25atWashington StateW 17–⁠065%
Nov 1vs6USCL 9–⁠1435%
Nov 8vsOregon StateL 3–⁠3558%
Nov 15vsSan José StateW 31–⁠786%
Nov 22at14StanfordL 28–⁠2923%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 29–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
180–⁠182
Coach
Ray Willsey
Elo
1516 −37 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.6 No. 32 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Bob RichardsOTAP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1
  • Irby AugustineDEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Ken WiedemannDBUPI-1

Second team

  • Gary FowlerRBAP-2
  • Greg HendrenOGAP-2
  • Phil CroyleLBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Paul MartyrLBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠113
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠119
Oregon State4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon2–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
California2–⁠45–⁠5
Washington1–⁠61–⁠9
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠9

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