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1999 Stanford

8–⁠4 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1999, game by game: lost at Texas 17–69; won vs. Washington State 54–17; won at No. 19 Arizona 50–22; won vs. No. 18 UCLA 42–32; lost vs. San José State 39–44; won vs. Oregon State 21–17; won at USC 35–31; lost at Washington 30–35; won at Arizona State 50–30; won vs. California 31–13; won vs. Notre Dame 40–37; lost vs. No. 4 Wisconsin 9–17+37−52Lost 17–69 at Texas-52TexasWon 54–17 vs. Washington State+37Washington StateWon 50–22 at No. 19 Arizona+28No. 19 ArizonaWon 42–32 vs. No. 18 UCLA+10No. 18 UCLALost 39–44 vs. San José State-5San José StateWon 21–17 vs. Oregon State+4Oregon StateWon 35–31 at USC+4USCLost 30–35 at Washington-5WashingtonWon 50–30 at Arizona State+20Arizona StateWon 31–13 vs. California+18CaliforniaWon 40–37 vs. Notre Dame+3Notre DameLost 9–17 vs. No. 4 Wisconsin-8No. 4 Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atTexasL 17–⁠6927%
Sep 11vsWashington StateW 54–⁠1760%
Sep 18at19ArizonaW 50–⁠2222%
Sep 25vs18UCLAW 42–⁠3239%
Oct 2vsSan José StateL 39–⁠4473%
Oct 16vsOregon StateW 21–⁠1763%
Oct 23atUSCW 35–⁠3136%
Oct 30atWashingtonL 30–⁠3541%
Nov 13atArizona StateW 50–⁠3039%
Nov 20vsCaliforniaW 31–⁠1374%
Nov 27vsNotre DameW 40–⁠3765%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4WisconsinRose BowlL 9–⁠1731%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 17–⁠9 in the Rose Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 15: 22
  2. Wk 16: 22

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 1999.

Pac-10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Biletnikoff AwardTroy Walters, WR

Consensus All-AmericanTroy Walters, WR

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
418–⁠364
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1593 +137 this season
SP+ rating
10.7 No. 34 of 114; offense No. 5, defense No. 88
SRS
7.1 No. 33 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Offensive coordinator
Bill Diedrick
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 5Troy Walters WRMinnesota Vikings
Rd 6Todd Husak QBWashington Redskins

All-Pac-10

7 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠18–⁠4
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠319
Washington6–⁠27–⁠5
Arizona State5–⁠36–⁠6
Oregon State4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠56–⁠6
USC3–⁠56–⁠6
California3–⁠54–⁠7
UCLA2–⁠64–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠73–⁠9

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