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1967 Stanford

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

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1967, game by game: lost at Oregon State 7–13; won vs. Kansas 21–20; won vs. San José State 28–14; lost at No. 1 USC 0–30; won vs. Washington State 31–10; lost vs. No. 3 UCLA 16–21; lost at Army 20–24; won at Washington 14–7; won vs. Oregon 17–14; lost vs. California 3–26+21−30Lost 7–13 at Oregon State-6Oregon StateWon 21–20 vs. Kansas+1KansasWon 28–14 vs. San José State+14San José StateLost 0–30 at No. 1 USC-30No. 1 USCWon 31–10 vs. Washington State+21Washington StateLost 16–21 vs. No. 3 UCLA-5No. 3 UCLALost 20–24 at Army-4ArmyWon 14–7 at Washington+7WashingtonWon 17–14 vs. Oregon+3OregonLost 3–26 vs. California-23California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atOregon StateL 7–⁠1337%
Sep 23vsKansasW 21–⁠2070%
Sep 30vsSan José StateW 28–⁠1471%
Oct 7at1USCL 0–⁠3026%
Oct 14vsWashington StateW 31–⁠1074%
Oct 21vs3UCLAL 16–⁠2133%
Oct 28atArmyL 20–⁠2429%
Nov 4atWashingtonW 14–⁠728%
Nov 11vsOregonW 17–⁠1474%
Nov 18vsCaliforniaL 3–⁠2670%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 26–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 72nd-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 1967.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
157–⁠179
Coach
John Ralston
Elo
1489 −25 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.7 No. 53 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 5Blaine Nye OTDallas Cowboys

All-Pac-8

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob HeffernanOGAP-2
  • Tom HazelriggDEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠110–⁠11
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠17
Washington3–⁠45–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠45–⁠5
California2–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon1–⁠52–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠52–⁠8

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