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1996 Stanford

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

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1996, game by game: lost vs. Utah 10–17; won vs. San José State 25–2; lost at Wisconsin 0–14; lost at No. 18 Washington 6–27; won vs. Oregon 27–24; lost at Oregon State 12–26; lost vs. No. 4 Arizona State 9–41; won at UCLA 21–20; won vs. USC 24–20; won vs. Washington State 33–17; won at California 42–21; won vs. Michigan State 38–0+38−32Lost 10–17 vs. Utah-7UtahWon 25–2 vs. San José State+23San José StateLost 0–14 at Wisconsin-14WisconsinLost 6–27 at No. 18 Washington-21No. 18 WashingtonWon 27–24 vs. Oregon+3OregonLost 12–26 at Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 9–41 vs. No. 4 Arizona State-32No. 4 Arizona StateWon 21–20 at UCLA+1UCLAWon 24–20 vs. USC+4USCWon 33–17 vs. Washington State+16Washington StateWon 42–21 at California+21CaliforniaWon 38–0 vs. Michigan State+38Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsUtahL 10–⁠1754%
Sep 14vsSan José StateW 25–⁠278%
Sep 21atWisconsinL 0–⁠1437%
Oct 5at18WashingtonL 6–⁠2729%
Oct 12vsOregonW 27–⁠2452%
Oct 19atOregon StateL 12–⁠2669%
Oct 26vs4Arizona StateL 9–⁠4128%
Nov 2atUCLAW 21–⁠2027%
Nov 9vsUSCW 24–⁠2037%
Nov 16vsWashington StateW 33–⁠1755%
Nov 23atCaliforniaW 42–⁠2143%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsMichigan StateSun BowlW 38–⁠043%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan State 38–⁠0 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 40th-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 1996.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
247–⁠229
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1580 +45 this season
SP+ rating
8.6 No. 39 of 111; offense No. 76, defense No. 12
SRS
7.2 No. 37 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dana Bible
Defensive coordinator
Bill Harris
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 3Greg Clark TESan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Brad Badger OGWashington Redskins
Rd 6Brian Manning WRMiami Dolphins
Rd 7Nathan Parks OTKansas City Chiefs

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State8–⁠011–⁠14
Washington7–⁠19–⁠316
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠5
USC3–⁠56–⁠6
California3–⁠56–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon State1–⁠72–⁠9

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