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1969 San Diego State

11–⁠0 (6–⁠0 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Don Coryell.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1969, game by game: won at Cal State Los Angeles 49–0; won at San José State 55–21; won at West Texas 24–14; won at Texas–Arlington 27–10; won at California–Santa Barbara 55–13; won at Fresno State 48–20; won vs. Pacific 58–32; won vs. New Mexico State 70–21; won vs. North Texas 42–24; won vs. Long Beach State 36–32; won vs. Boston University 28–7+49Won 49–0 at Cal State Los Angeles+49Cal State Los A…Won 55–21 at San José State+34San José StateWon 24–14 at West Texas+10West TexasWon 27–10 at Texas–Arlington+17Texas–ArlingtonWon 55–13 at California–Santa Barbara+42California–Sant…Won 48–20 at Fresno State+28Fresno StateWon 58–32 vs. Pacific+26PacificWon 70–21 vs. New Mexico State+49New Mexico StateWon 42–24 vs. North Texas+18North TexasWon 36–32 vs. Long Beach State+4Long Beach StateWon 28–7 vs. Boston University+21Boston Universi…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atCal State Los AngelesW 49–⁠058%
Oct 4atSan José StateW 55–⁠2146%
Oct 11atWest TexasW 24–⁠1421%
Oct 18atTexas–ArlingtonW 27–⁠1073%
Oct 25atCalifornia–Santa BarbaraW 55–⁠1370%
Nov 1atFresno StateW 48–⁠2067%
Nov 8vsPacificW 58–⁠3248%
Nov 15vsNew Mexico StateW 70–⁠2164%
Nov 22vsNorth TexasW 42–⁠2445%
Nov 29vsLong Beach StateW 36–⁠3285%
Dec 6Bowls & playoffvsBoston UniversityPasadena BowlW 28–⁠781%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Boston University 28–⁠7 in the Pasadena Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Athletic Association champions.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 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 1969.

Pacific Coast Athletic Association champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Led the nationDennis Shaw: passing yards (3,185 yds), passing touchdowns (39 TD), passer rating (162.2), total offense (3,197 yds); Tom Reynolds: receiving touchdowns (18 TD)

Record
11–⁠0
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
492–⁠194
Coach
Don Coryell
Elo
1579 +279 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.8 No. 20 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rod Dowhower
Defensive coordinator
Claude Gilbert
Offense
Air Coryell
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 2Dennis Shaw QBBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Billie Hayes DBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 7Lon Woodard DENew Orleans Saints

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bill PiersonCAP-1

Second team

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

1969 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San Diego State6–⁠011–⁠0
Long Beach State3–⁠18–⁠3
Pacific2–⁠27–⁠3
San José State1–⁠12–⁠8
Fresno State1–⁠36–⁠4
California–Santa Barbara1–⁠36–⁠4
Cal State Los Angeles0–⁠40–⁠9

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