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1979 Stanford

5–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Ron Dowhower.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1979, game by game: lost at Tulane 10–33; won vs. San José State 45–29; lost vs. Army 13–17; won vs. Boston College 33–14; won vs. UCLA 27–24; tied at No. 1 USC 21–21; won at Arizona 30–10; lost at Oregon State 31–33; won vs. Arizona State 28–21; lost vs. Oregon 7–16; lost vs. California 14–21+20−23Lost 10–33 at Tulane-23TulaneWon 45–29 vs. San José State+16San José StateLost 13–17 vs. Army-4ArmyWon 33–14 vs. Boston College+19Boston CollegeWon 27–24 vs. UCLA+3UCLATied 21–21 at No. 1 USC0No. 1 USCWon 30–10 at Arizona+20ArizonaLost 31–33 at Oregon State-2Oregon StateWon 28–21 vs. Arizona State+7Arizona StateLost 7–16 vs. Oregon-9OregonLost 14–21 vs. California-7California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atTulaneL 10–⁠3365%
Sep 15vsSan José StateW 45–⁠2970%
Sep 22vsArmyL 13–⁠1775%
Sep 29vsBoston CollegeW 33–⁠1479%
Oct 6vsUCLAW 27–⁠2452%
Oct 13at1USCT 21–⁠2121%
Oct 20atArizonaW 30–⁠1045%
Oct 27atOregon StateL 31–⁠3383%
Nov 3vsArizona StateW 28–⁠2156%
Nov 10vsOregonL 7–⁠1676%
Nov 17vsCaliforniaL 14–⁠2163%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13

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 1979.

Led the nationTurk Schonert: passer rating (163.0)

Consensus All-AmericanKen Margerum, WR

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
259–⁠239
Coach
Ron Dowhower
Elo
1551 −59 this season
SP+ rating
4.4 No. 59 of 135; offense No. 45, defense No. 84
SRS
6.7 No. 47 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 2Andre Hines OTSeattle Seahawks

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Washington5–⁠29–⁠311
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
California5–⁠46–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠71–⁠10

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