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1963 Stanford

3–⁠7 (1–⁠4 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by John Ralston.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1963, game by game: won vs. San José State 29–13; lost vs. Oregon 7–36; lost vs. UCLA 9–10; lost at Rice 13–23; lost at Washington 11–19; won vs. Notre Dame 24–14; lost at Oregon State 7–10; lost at USC 11–25; lost vs. Washington State 15–32; won vs. California 28–17+16−29Won 29–13 vs. San José State+16San José StateLost 7–36 vs. Oregon-29OregonLost 9–10 vs. UCLA-1UCLALost 13–23 at Rice-10RiceLost 11–19 at Washington-8WashingtonWon 24–14 vs. Notre Dame+10Notre DameLost 7–10 at Oregon State-3Oregon StateLost 11–25 at USC-14USCLost 15–32 vs. Washington State-17Washington StateWon 28–17 vs. California+11California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSan José StateW 29–⁠1368%
Sep 28vsOregonL 7–⁠3649%
Oct 5vsUCLAL 9–⁠1058%
Oct 12atRiceL 13–⁠2335%
Oct 19atWashingtonL 11–⁠1924%
Oct 26vsNotre DameW 24–⁠1440%
Nov 2atOregon StateL 7–⁠1023%
Nov 9atUSCL 11–⁠2519%
Nov 16vsWashington StateL 15–⁠3258%
Nov 30vsCaliforniaW 28–⁠1749%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 28–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 89th-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 1963.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠4 6th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠199
Coach
John Ralston
Elo
1418 −44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.2 No. 58 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 2Steve Thurlow RBNew York Giants

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Marv HarrisCAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Frank PatitucciEAP-2; UPI-2
  • Al HildebrandOTUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington4–⁠16–⁠5
USC3–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA2–⁠22–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠43–⁠7

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