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1993 Stanford

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Bill Walsh.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1993, game by game: lost at No. 12 Washington 14–31; won vs. San José State 31–28; won vs. No. 7 Colorado 41–37; lost vs. UCLA 25–28; lost vs. No. 4 Notre Dame 20–48; lost at No. 11 Arizona 24–27; lost vs. Arizona State 30–38; won vs. Oregon State 31–27; lost at USC 20–45; won at Oregon 38–34; lost vs. California 17–46+7−29Lost 14–31 at No. 12 Washington-17No. 12 WashingtonWon 31–28 vs. San José State+3San José StateWon 41–37 vs. No. 7 Colorado+4No. 7 ColoradoLost 25–28 vs. UCLA-3UCLALost 20–48 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame-28No. 4 Notre DameLost 24–27 at No. 11 Arizona-3No. 11 ArizonaLost 30–38 vs. Arizona State-8Arizona StateWon 31–27 vs. Oregon State+4Oregon StateLost 20–45 at USC-25USCWon 38–34 at Oregon+4OregonLost 17–46 vs. California-29California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at12WashingtonL 14–⁠3144%
Sep 11vsSan José StateW 31–⁠2876%
Sep 18vs7ColoradoW 41–⁠3753%
Sep 25vsUCLAL 25–⁠2876%
Oct 2vs4Notre DameL 20–⁠4841%
Oct 16at11ArizonaL 24–⁠2737%
Oct 23vsArizona StateL 30–⁠3875%
Oct 30vsOregon StateW 31–⁠2777%
Nov 6atUSCL 20–⁠4534%
Nov 13atOregonW 38–⁠3441%
Nov 20vsCaliforniaL 17–⁠4664%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 46–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 23
  4. Wk 4: 20
  5. Wk 5: 17

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 1993.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
291–⁠389
Coach
Bill Walsh
Elo
1511 −141 this season
SP+ rating
3.7 No. 49 of 105; offense No. 18, defense No. 83
SRS
2.9 No. 43 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Terry Shea
Defensive coordinator
Fred von Appen
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 4Vaughn Bryant DBDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona6–⁠210–⁠210
UCLA6–⁠28–⁠418
USC6–⁠28–⁠5
Washington5–⁠37–⁠4
California4–⁠49–⁠425
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon2–⁠65–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7

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