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1995 Stanford

7–⁠4–⁠1 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1995, game by game: won at San José State 47–33; won at Utah 27–20; tied vs. Wisconsin 24–24; won at No. 12 Oregon 28–21; won at Arizona State 30–28; lost vs. No. 24 Washington 28–38; lost vs. UCLA 28–42; won vs. Oregon State 24–3; lost at No. 14 USC 30–31; won at Washington State 36–24; won vs. California 29–24; lost vs. East Carolina 13–19+21−14Won 47–33 at San José State+14San José StateWon 27–20 at Utah+7UtahTied 24–24 vs. Wisconsin0WisconsinWon 28–21 at No. 12 Oregon+7No. 12 OregonWon 30–28 at Arizona State+2Arizona StateLost 28–38 vs. No. 24 Washington-10No. 24 WashingtonLost 28–42 vs. UCLA-14UCLAWon 24–3 vs. Oregon State+21Oregon StateLost 30–31 at No. 14 USC-1No. 14 USCWon 36–24 at Washington State+12Washington StateWon 29–24 vs. California+5CaliforniaLost 13–19 vs. East Carolina-6East Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atSan José StateW 47–⁠3353%
Sep 9atUtahW 27–⁠2034%
Sep 16vsWisconsinT 24–⁠2455%
Sep 23at12OregonW 28–⁠2129%
Oct 7atArizona StateW 30–⁠2857%
Oct 14vs24WashingtonL 28–⁠3861%
Oct 21vsUCLAL 28–⁠4251%
Oct 28vsOregon StateW 24–⁠375%
Nov 4at14USCL 30–⁠3125%
Nov 11atWashington StateW 36–⁠2449%
Nov 18vsCaliforniaW 29–⁠2473%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsEast CarolinaLiberty BowlL 13–⁠1949%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to East Carolina 19–⁠13 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 22
  2. Wk 7: 19
  3. Wk 8: 16
  4. Wk 9: 23

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 1995.

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
344–⁠307
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1553 +63 this season
SP+ rating
8.2 No. 40 of 107; offense No. 23, defense No. 64
SRS
5.6 No. 37 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dana Bible
Defensive coordinator
Bill Harris
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 7Jeff Buckey OGMiami Dolphins

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Jeff BuckleyOLCoaches-1
  • Eric AbramsKCoaches-1
  • Damon DunnRSCoaches-1

Second team

  • Mark ButterfieldQBCoaches-2
  • Anthony BookmanRBCoaches-2
  • Mark HarrisWRCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Washington6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠318
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠81–⁠10

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