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1974 Stanford

5–⁠4–⁠2 (5–⁠1–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by Jack Christiansen.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1974, game by game: lost at No. 8 Penn State 20–24; lost vs. Illinois 7–41; tied vs. San José State 21–21; lost vs. No. 4 Michigan 16–27; tied at UCLA 13–13; won vs. Washington 34–17; won at Washington State 20–18; won vs. Oregon State 17–13; lost vs. No. 11 USC 10–34; won at Oregon 17–0; won at No. 19 California 22–20+17−34Lost 20–24 at No. 8 Penn State-4No. 8 Penn StateLost 7–41 vs. Illinois-34IllinoisTied 21–21 vs. San José State0San José StateLost 16–27 vs. No. 4 Michigan-11No. 4 MichiganTied 13–13 at UCLA0UCLAWon 34–17 vs. Washington+17WashingtonWon 20–18 at Washington State+2Washington StateWon 17–13 vs. Oregon State+4Oregon StateLost 10–34 vs. No. 11 USC-24No. 11 USCWon 17–0 at Oregon+17OregonWon 22–20 at No. 19 California+2No. 19 California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14at8Penn StateL 20–⁠2425%
Sep 21vsIllinoisL 7–⁠4168%
Sep 28vsSan José StateT 21–⁠2160%
Oct 5vs4MichiganL 16–⁠2730%
Oct 12atUCLAT 13–⁠1325%
Oct 19vsWashingtonW 34–⁠1772%
Oct 26atWashington StateW 20–⁠1852%
Nov 2vsOregon StateW 17–⁠1376%
Nov 9vs11USCL 10–⁠3436%
Nov 16atOregonW 17–⁠064%
Nov 23at19CaliforniaW 22–⁠2038%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 22–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20
  2. Wk 3: 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 1974.

Consensus All-AmericanPat Donovan, DE

Record
5–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
197–⁠228
Coach
Jack Christiansen
Elo
1545 −26 this season
SP+ rating
7.1 No. 48 of 124; offense No. 54, defense No. 48
SRS
4.2 No. 52 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Norb Hecker

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 4Pat Donovan DEDallas Cowboys

All-Pac-8

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Keith RowenOTUPI-1
  • Pat DonovanDLAP-1; UPI-1
  • Drew PalinDLUPI-1
  • Gordon RiegelLBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Doc BlanchardDBUPI-1

Second team

  • Scott LaidlawRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠1–⁠12
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠2
California4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠43–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon0–⁠72–⁠9

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