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1997 Stanford

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1997, game by game: won vs. San José State 28–12; lost at No. 7 North Carolina 17–28; won at Oregon State 27–24; won vs. Oregon 58–49; won vs. Notre Dame 33–15; lost at Arizona 22–28; lost vs. Arizona State 14–31; lost vs. No. 12 UCLA 7–27; lost at USC 21–45; lost at No. 14 Washington State 28–38; won vs. California 21–20+18−24Won 28–12 vs. San José State+16San José StateLost 17–28 at No. 7 North Carolina-11No. 7 North CarolinaWon 27–24 at Oregon State+3Oregon StateWon 58–49 vs. Oregon+9OregonWon 33–15 vs. Notre Dame+18Notre DameLost 22–28 at Arizona-6ArizonaLost 14–31 vs. Arizona State-17Arizona StateLost 7–27 vs. No. 12 UCLA-20No. 12 UCLALost 21–45 at USC-24USCLost 28–38 at No. 14 Washington State-10No. 14 Washington StateWon 21–20 vs. California+1California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsSan José StateW 28–⁠1279%
Sep 13at7North CarolinaL 17–⁠2832%
Sep 20atOregon StateW 27–⁠2462%
Sep 27vsOregonW 58–⁠4954%
Oct 4vsNotre DameW 33–⁠1563%
Oct 11atArizonaL 22–⁠2856%
Oct 18vsArizona StateL 14–⁠3145%
Nov 1vs12UCLAL 7–⁠2744%
Nov 8atUSCL 21–⁠4539%
Nov 15at14Washington StateL 28–⁠3830%
Nov 22vsCaliforniaW 21–⁠2065%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 21–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 21
  6. Wk 6: 20
  7. Wk 7: 19
  8. Wk 8: 16
  9. Wk 9: 25

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 1997.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
276–⁠317
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1493 −60 this season
SP+ rating
6.2 No. 48 of 112; offense No. 34, defense No. 59
SRS
4.2 No. 45 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dana Bible
Defensive coordinator
Bill Harris
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 2Kailee Wong LBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 3Jon Ritchie RBOakland Raiders
Rd 6Chris Draft LBChicago Bears
Rd 6Carl Hansen DTSeattle Seahawks
Rd 7Jon Haskins LBSan Diego Chargers

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State7–⁠110–⁠29
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠25
Arizona State6–⁠29–⁠314
Washington5–⁠38–⁠418
Arizona4–⁠47–⁠5
USC4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠57–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
California1–⁠73–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠83–⁠8

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