1983 Stanford

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Paul Wiggin.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1983, game by game: lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 14–27; lost at Illinois 7–17; lost vs. San José State 10–23; lost at No. 20 Arizona State 11–29; lost vs. UCLA 21–39; lost at No. 17 Washington 15–32; won vs. No. 19 Arizona 31–22; lost at Oregon State 18–31; lost at USC 7–30; lost vs. Oregon 7–16; lost vs. California 18–27+9−23Lost 14–27 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-13No. 2 OklahomaLost 7–17 at Illinois-10IllinoisLost 10–23 vs. San José State-13San José StateLost 11–29 at No. 20 Arizona State-18No. 20 Arizona StateLost 21–39 vs. UCLA-18UCLALost 15–32 at No. 17 Washington-17No. 17 WashingtonWon 31–22 vs. No. 19 Arizona+9No. 19 ArizonaLost 18–31 at Oregon State-13Oregon StateLost 7–30 at USC-23USCLost 7–16 vs. Oregon-9OregonLost 18–27 vs. California-9California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 27–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠293
Coach
Paul Wiggin
Elo
1345 −165 this season
SP+ rating
-12.6 No. 88 of 108; offense No. 92, defense No. 74
SRS
−8.5 No. 85 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jim Fassel
Defensive coordinator
A.J. Christoff
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 6Eric Mullins WRHouston Oilers

All-Pac-10

4 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠117
Washington5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington State5–⁠37–⁠4
USC4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
California3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠71–⁠10

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