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1965 Stanford

6–⁠3–⁠1 (2–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by John Ralston.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1965, game by game: won vs. San José State 26–6; tied vs. Navy 7–7; won at Air Force 17–16; won vs. Oregon 17–14; lost at No. 6 USC 0–14; won vs. Army 31–14; lost at Washington 8–41; won at Tulane 16–0; lost vs. No. 7 UCLA 13–30; won vs. California 9–7+20−33Won 26–6 vs. San José State+20San José StateTied 7–7 vs. Navy0NavyWon 17–16 at Air Force+1Air ForceWon 17–14 vs. Oregon+3OregonLost 0–14 at No. 6 USC-14No. 6 USCWon 31–14 vs. Army+17ArmyLost 8–41 at Washington-33WashingtonWon 16–0 at Tulane+16TulaneLost 13–30 vs. No. 7 UCLA-17No. 7 UCLAWon 9–7 vs. California+2California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsSan José StateW 26–⁠667%
Sep 25vsNavyT 7–⁠762%
Oct 2atAir ForceW 17–⁠1653%
Oct 9vsOregonW 17–⁠1440%
Oct 16at6USCL 0–⁠1426%
Oct 23vsArmyW 31–⁠1462%
Oct 30atWashingtonL 8–⁠4146%
Nov 6atTulaneW 16–⁠059%
Nov 13vs7UCLAL 13–⁠3056%
Nov 20vsCaliforniaW 9–⁠759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 9–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 64th-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 1965.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 5th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
144–⁠149
Coach
John Ralston
Elo
1519 +14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.7 No. 41 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 2Gary Pettigrew DEPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • John WilburOTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Glenn MyersLBAP-2
  • Dale RubinDBAP-2
  • John GuilloryDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠14
USC4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠110
Washington State2–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠35–⁠5
Stanford2–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon State1–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon0–⁠54–⁠5–⁠1

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