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1982 Stanford

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Paul Wiggin.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1982, game by game: won at Purdue 35–14; lost vs. San José State 31–35; won at No. 13 Ohio State 23–20; won vs. Oregon State 45–5; lost at No. 11 Arizona State 17–21; lost vs. No. 14 USC 21–41; won at Washington State 31–26; won vs. No. 2 Washington 43–31; lost vs. Arizona 27–41; lost at No. 12 UCLA 35–38; lost at California 20–25+40−20Won 35–14 at Purdue+21PurdueLost 31–35 vs. San José State-4San José StateWon 23–20 at No. 13 Ohio State+3No. 13 Ohio StateWon 45–5 vs. Oregon State+40Oregon StateLost 17–21 at No. 11 Arizona State-4No. 11 Arizona StateLost 21–41 vs. No. 14 USC-20No. 14 USCWon 31–26 at Washington State+5Washington StateWon 43–31 vs. No. 2 Washington+12No. 2 WashingtonLost 27–41 vs. Arizona-14ArizonaLost 35–38 at No. 12 UCLA-3No. 12 UCLALost 20–25 at California-5California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atPurdueW 35–⁠1442%
Sep 18vsSan José StateL 31–⁠3553%
Sep 25at13Ohio StateW 23–⁠2026%
Oct 2vsOregon StateW 45–⁠587%
Oct 9at11Arizona StateL 17–⁠2124%
Oct 16vs14USCL 21–⁠4142%
Oct 23atWashington StateW 31–⁠2653%
Oct 30vs2WashingtonW 43–⁠3136%
Nov 6vsArizonaL 27–⁠4163%
Nov 13at12UCLAL 35–⁠3823%
Nov 20atCaliforniaL 20–⁠2547%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 25–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 66th-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 1982.

Heisman voteJohn Elway, second

Led the nationJohn Elway: passing touchdowns (24 TD)

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Elway, QB

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
328–⁠297
Coach
Paul Wiggin
Elo
1514 +12 this season
SP+ rating
13.7 No. 29 of 109; offense No. 5, defense No. 74
SRS
12.8 No. 29 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jim Fassel
Defensive coordinator
Fred von Appen
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 1John Elway QBBaltimore Colts
Rd 3Chris Dressel TEHouston Oilers
Rd 6Vincent White DBNew York Jets

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Chris RoseOTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠210–⁠27
Arizona State5–⁠210–⁠26
USC5–⁠28–⁠315
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠47–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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