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1959 Stanford

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

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1959, game by game: lost vs. Oregon 27–28; lost at No. 8 Wisconsin 14–16; won vs. Pacific 21–6; lost at Washington 0–10; lost vs. Washington State 19–36; lost at No. 5 USC 28–30; won vs. San José State 54–38; lost vs. UCLA 13–55; won at Oregon State 39–22; lost vs. California 17–20+17−42Lost 27–28 vs. Oregon-1OregonLost 14–16 at No. 8 Wisconsin-2No. 8 WisconsinWon 21–6 vs. Pacific+15PacificLost 0–10 at Washington-10WashingtonLost 19–36 vs. Washington State-17Washington StateLost 28–30 at No. 5 USC-2No. 5 USCWon 54–38 vs. San José State+16San José StateLost 13–55 vs. UCLA-42UCLAWon 39–22 at Oregon State+17Oregon StateLost 17–20 vs. California-3California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsOregonL 27–⁠2843%
Sep 26at8WisconsinL 14–⁠1619%
Oct 3vsPacificW 21–⁠648%
Oct 10atWashingtonL 0–⁠1031%
Oct 17vsWashington StateL 19–⁠3638%
Oct 24at5USCL 28–⁠3017%
Oct 31vsSan José StateW 54–⁠3851%
Nov 7vsUCLAL 13–⁠5554%
Nov 14atOregon StateW 39–⁠2232%
Nov 21vsCaliforniaL 17–⁠2062%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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 1959.

Led the nationDick Norman: passing yards (1,963 yds), total offense (2,018 yds); Chris Burford: receptions (61 catches)

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠4 5th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
232–⁠261
Coach
Jack Curtice
Elo
1409 −9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.2 No. 52 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 5Dick Norman QBChicago Bears

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington3–⁠110–⁠18
USC3–⁠18–⁠214
UCLA3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
California1–⁠32–⁠8
Stanford0–⁠43–⁠7

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