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1976 Stanford

6–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Pac-8), coached by Jack Christiansen.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1976, game by game: lost at No. 10 Penn State 12–15; lost at No. 1 Michigan 0–51; won vs. San José State 28–23; lost at Army 20–21; lost at No. 5 UCLA 20–38; won vs. Washington 34–28; won at Washington State 22–16; won vs. Oregon State 24–3; lost vs. No. 4 USC 24–48; won at Oregon 28–17; won at California 27–24+21−51Lost 12–15 at No. 10 Penn State-3No. 10 Penn StateLost 0–51 at No. 1 Michigan-51No. 1 MichiganWon 28–23 vs. San José State+5San José StateLost 20–21 at Army-1ArmyLost 20–38 at No. 5 UCLA-18No. 5 UCLAWon 34–28 vs. Washington+6WashingtonWon 22–16 at Washington State+6Washington StateWon 24–3 vs. Oregon State+21Oregon StateLost 24–48 vs. No. 4 USC-24No. 4 USCWon 28–17 at Oregon+11OregonWon 27–24 at California+3California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11at10Penn StateL 12–⁠1527%
Sep 18at1MichiganL 0–⁠5124%
Sep 25vsSan José StateW 28–⁠2342%
Oct 2atArmyL 20–⁠2167%
Oct 9at5UCLAL 20–⁠3820%
Oct 16vsWashingtonW 34–⁠2858%
Oct 23atWashington StateW 22–⁠1662%
Oct 30vsOregon StateW 24–⁠384%
Nov 6vs4USCL 24–⁠4838%
Nov 13atOregonW 28–⁠1759%
Nov 20atCaliforniaW 27–⁠2434%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 27–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 47th-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 1976.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
239–⁠284
Coach
Jack Christiansen
Elo
1555 +31 this season
SP+ rating
8.6 No. 39 of 132; offense No. 24, defense No. 84
SRS
5.1 No. 47 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Norb Hecker

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 3Tony Hill WRDallas Cowboys
Rd 4Duncan McColl DEWashington Redskins
Rd 5Mike Michel KMiami Dolphins

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Gordy CeresinoLBCoaches-2
  • Rich WatersDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠011–⁠12
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠5
California3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠10

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