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1973 Stanford

7–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Pac-8), coached by Jack Christiansen.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1973, game by game: lost vs. No. 7 Penn State 6–20; lost at No. 5 Michigan 10–47; won vs. San José State 23–12; won at Illinois 24–0; lost vs. No. 15 UCLA 13–59; won at Washington 23–14; won vs. Washington State 45–14; won at Oregon State 24–23; lost at No. 8 USC 26–27; won vs. Oregon 24–7; won vs. California 26–17+31−46Lost 6–20 vs. No. 7 Penn State-14No. 7 Penn StateLost 10–47 at No. 5 Michigan-37No. 5 MichiganWon 23–12 vs. San José State+11San José StateWon 24–0 at Illinois+24IllinoisLost 13–59 vs. No. 15 UCLA-46No. 15 UCLAWon 23–14 at Washington+9WashingtonWon 45–14 vs. Washington State+31Washington StateWon 24–23 at Oregon State+1Oregon StateLost 26–27 at No. 8 USC-1No. 8 USCWon 24–7 vs. Oregon+17OregonWon 26–17 vs. California+9California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vs7Penn StateL 6–⁠2045%
Sep 22at5MichiganL 10–⁠4726%
Sep 29vsSan José StateW 23–⁠1262%
Oct 6atIllinoisW 24–⁠048%
Oct 13vs15UCLAL 13–⁠5953%
Oct 20atWashingtonW 23–⁠1453%
Oct 27vsWashington StateW 45–⁠1470%
Nov 3atOregon StateW 24–⁠2369%
Nov 10at8USCL 26–⁠2722%
Nov 17vsOregonW 24–⁠775%
Nov 24vsCaliforniaW 26–⁠1776%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 26–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 31st-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 1973.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
244–⁠240
Coach
Jack Christiansen
Elo
1606 +35 this season
SP+ rating
12.2 No. 30 of 123; offense No. 31, defense No. 45
SRS
12.7 No. 23 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Robert A. Jones
Defensive coordinator
Norb Hecker
Captains
Mike Boryla and Randy Poltl

Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 4Mike Boryla QBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 5Jim Ferguson DBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 6John Winesberry WRDenver Broncos
Rd 7Rod Garcia KOakland Raiders

All-Pac-8

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Mike BorylaQBAP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Bill SinglerWRCoaches-1
  • Roger StillwellDEAP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1
  • Gordy RiegelLBUPI-1
  • Randy PoltlDBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Rod GarciaKCoaches-1

Second team

  • Keith RowenOTAP-2
  • Jim KaffenDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠09–⁠2–⁠18
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠212
Stanford5–⁠27–⁠4
Washington State4–⁠35–⁠6
California2–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠9
Oregon State2–⁠52–⁠9
Washington0–⁠72–⁠9

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