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1964 Stanford

5–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by John Ralston.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1964, game by game: lost at Washington State 23–29; won vs. San José State 10–8; lost at UCLA 20–27; won vs. Rice 34–7; lost vs. Washington 0–6; lost at No. 2 Notre Dame 6–28; won at No. 7 Oregon 10–8; lost vs. USC 10–15; won vs. No. 8 Oregon State 16–7; won at California 21–3+27−22Lost 23–29 at Washington State-6Washington StateWon 10–8 vs. San José State+2San José StateLost 20–27 at UCLA-7UCLAWon 34–7 vs. Rice+27RiceLost 0–6 vs. Washington-6WashingtonLost 6–28 at No. 2 Notre Dame-22No. 2 Notre DameWon 10–8 at No. 7 Oregon+2No. 7 OregonLost 10–15 vs. USC-5USCWon 16–7 vs. No. 8 Oregon State+9No. 8 Oregon StateWon 21–3 at California+18California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atWashington StateL 23–⁠2939%
Sep 26vsSan José StateW 10–⁠858%
Oct 3atUCLAL 20–⁠2736%
Oct 10vsRiceW 34–⁠741%
Oct 17vsWashingtonL 0–⁠646%
Oct 24at2Notre DameL 6–⁠2824%
Oct 31at7OregonW 10–⁠815%
Nov 7vsUSCL 10–⁠1535%
Nov 14vs8Oregon StateW 16–⁠731%
Nov 21atCaliforniaW 21–⁠349%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 21–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 68th-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 1964.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
150–⁠138
Coach
John Ralston
Elo
1508 +62 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.4 No. 25 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 3Jack Chapple LBSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pacific Coast

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Joe NealOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State3–⁠18–⁠38
USC3–⁠17–⁠310
Washington5–⁠26–⁠4
UCLA2–⁠24–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon1–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California0–⁠43–⁠7

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