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1968 Stanford

6–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by John Ralston.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1968, game by game: won vs. San José State 68–20; won at Oregon 28–12; won vs. Air Force 24–13; lost vs. No. 2 USC 24–27; tied vs. Washington State 21–21; lost at UCLA 17–20; lost vs. Oregon State 7–29; won vs. Washington 35–20; won at Pacific 24–0; won at No. 18 California 20–0+48−22Won 68–20 vs. San José State+48San José StateWon 28–12 at Oregon+16OregonWon 24–13 vs. Air Force+11Air ForceLost 24–27 vs. No. 2 USC-3No. 2 USCTied 21–21 vs. Washington State0Washington StateLost 17–20 at UCLA-3UCLALost 7–29 vs. Oregon State-22Oregon StateWon 35–20 vs. Washington+15WashingtonWon 24–0 at Pacific+24PacificWon 20–0 at No. 18 California+20No. 18 California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSan José StateW 68–⁠2072%
Sep 28atOregonW 28–⁠1256%
Oct 5vsAir ForceW 24–⁠1369%
Oct 12vs2USCL 24–⁠2735%
Oct 19vsWashington StateT 21–⁠2177%
Oct 26atUCLAL 17–⁠2040%
Nov 2vsOregon StateL 7–⁠2943%
Nov 9vsWashingtonW 35–⁠2058%
Nov 16atPacificW 24–⁠050%
Nov 23at18CaliforniaW 20–⁠033%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 18
  2. Wk 6: 14

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 1968.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
268–⁠162
Coach
John Ralston
Elo
1598 +105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.9 No. 19 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 1Gene Washington WRSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 2George Buehler OGOakland Raiders
Rd 3Malcolm Snider OTAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Bill Nicholson DEChicago Bears

All-Pac-8

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠14
Oregon State5–⁠17–⁠315
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠43–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2

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