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1969 San José State

2–⁠8 (1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Joe McMullen.

Schedule and results

San José State in 1969, game by game: lost at No. 16 Stanford 21–63; lost at Utah 7–42; lost vs. San Diego State 21–55; won at Oregon 36–34; lost vs. Arizona State 11–45; lost at No. 16 Wyoming 7–16; lost vs. New Mexico 24–27; lost at BYU 3–21; lost at California 7–31; won vs. Pacific 15–12+7−42Lost 21–63 at No. 16 Stanford-42No. 16 StanfordLost 7–42 at Utah-35UtahLost 21–55 vs. San Diego State-34San Diego StateWon 36–34 at Oregon+2OregonLost 11–45 vs. Arizona State-34Arizona StateLost 7–16 at No. 16 Wyoming-9No. 16 WyomingLost 24–27 vs. New Mexico-3New MexicoLost 3–21 at BYU-18BYULost 7–31 at California-24CaliforniaWon 15–12 vs. Pacific+3Pacific
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20at16StanfordL 21–⁠6316%
Sep 27atUtahL 7–⁠4230%
Oct 4vsSan Diego StateL 21–⁠5554%
Oct 11atOregonW 36–⁠3419%
Oct 18vsArizona StateL 11–⁠4519%
Oct 25at16WyomingL 7–⁠167%
Nov 1vsNew MexicoL 24–⁠2759%
Nov 8atBYUL 3–⁠2117%
Nov 15atCaliforniaL 7–⁠3114%
Nov 22vsPacificW 15–⁠1221%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pacific 15–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 91 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
152–⁠346
Coach
Joe McMullen
Elo
1264 −74 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.4 No. 80 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

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.