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1969 Stanford

7–⁠2–⁠1 (5–⁠1–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by John Ralston, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1969, game by game: won vs. San José State 63–21; won vs. Oregon 28–0; lost at No. 8 Purdue 35–36; lost at No. 4 USC 24–26; won vs. Washington State 49–0; tied vs. No. 6 UCLA 20–20; won at Oregon State 33–0; won at Washington 21–7; won vs. No. 20 Air Force 47–34; won vs. California 29–28+49−2Won 63–21 vs. San José State+42San José StateWon 28–0 vs. Oregon+28OregonLost 35–36 at No. 8 Purdue-1No. 8 PurdueLost 24–26 at No. 4 USC-2No. 4 USCWon 49–0 vs. Washington State+49Washington StateTied 20–20 vs. No. 6 UCLA0No. 6 UCLAWon 33–0 at Oregon State+33Oregon StateWon 21–7 at Washington+14WashingtonWon 47–34 vs. No. 20 Air Force+13No. 20 Air ForceWon 29–28 vs. California+1California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsSan José StateW 63–⁠2184%
Sep 27vsOregonW 28–⁠071%
Oct 4at8PurdueL 35–⁠3635%
Oct 11at4USCL 24–⁠2626%
Oct 18vsWashington StateW 49–⁠080%
Oct 25vs6UCLAT 20–⁠2053%
Nov 1atOregon StateW 33–⁠043%
Nov 8atWashingtonW 21–⁠778%
Nov 15vs20Air ForceW 47–⁠3460%
Nov 22vsCaliforniaW 29–⁠2877%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 29–⁠28; No. 19 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 3: 17
  3. Wk 4: 16
  4. Wk 5: 18
  5. Wk 6: 19
  6. Wk 7: 16
  7. Wk 8: 14
  8. Wk 9: 13
  9. Wk 10: 14
  10. Wk 11: 15
  11. Wk 12: 17
  12. Wk 13: 16
  13. Final: 19

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 1969.

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Pac-8
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 13
Points
349–⁠172
Coach
John Ralston
Elo
1673 +108 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
26.5 No. 5 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 4Don Parish LBSt. Louis Cardinals

All-Pacific Coast

6 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Jim PlunkettQBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Bob MooreEAP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1
  • Bob ReinhardOGAP-2; UPI-1
  • John SandeCAP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Don ParishLBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Rich KellerDBAP-2; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Bubba BrownRBUPI-2
  • Pete SeymourOTUPI-2
  • Pat PrestonLBAP-2
  • Jim KauffmanDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠113
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠119
Oregon State4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon2–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
California2–⁠45–⁠5
Washington1–⁠61–⁠9
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠9

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