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1966 Stanford

5–⁠5 (1–⁠4 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by John Ralston.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1966, game by game: won vs. San José State 25–21; lost at Minnesota 21–35; won vs. Tulane 33–14; lost at Oregon 3–7; lost vs. No. 5 USC 7–21; won at Illinois 6–3; lost vs. Washington 20–22; won vs. Air Force 21–6; lost at No. 8 UCLA 0–10; won at California 13–7+19−14Won 25–21 vs. San José State+4San José StateLost 21–35 at Minnesota-14MinnesotaWon 33–14 vs. Tulane+19TulaneLost 3–7 at Oregon-4OregonLost 7–21 vs. No. 5 USC-14No. 5 USCWon 6–3 at Illinois+3IllinoisLost 20–22 vs. Washington-2WashingtonWon 21–6 vs. Air Force+15Air ForceLost 0–10 at No. 8 UCLA-10No. 8 UCLAWon 13–7 at California+6California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsSan José StateW 25–⁠2165%
Sep 24atMinnesotaL 21–⁠3544%
Oct 1vsTulaneW 33–⁠1464%
Oct 8atOregonL 3–⁠755%
Oct 15vs5USCL 7–⁠2133%
Oct 22atIllinoisW 6–⁠335%
Oct 29vsWashingtonL 20–⁠2252%
Nov 5vsAir ForceW 21–⁠667%
Nov 12at8UCLAL 0–⁠1023%
Nov 19atCaliforniaW 13–⁠750%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 62nd-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 1966.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠4 8th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
149–⁠146
Coach
John Ralston
Elo
1521 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.4 No. 44 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 5Dave Lewis RBNew York Giants
Rd 5Mike Hibler LBOakland Raiders

All-Pac-8

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Tim SheehanCAP-1

Second team

  • Stan RootFBAP-2
  • Monty MohrmanDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠17–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠19–⁠15
Oregon State3–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
California2–⁠33–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠33–⁠7
Oregon1–⁠33–⁠7
Stanford1–⁠45–⁠5

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