1969 Stanford Indians football team

The 1969 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The Indians were coached by John Ralston in his seventh season, matching Tiny Thornhill for the second-longest tenure of any Stanford coach to date. Stanford was led by future Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett in his second season as starting quarterback.

1969 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 19
Record7–2–1 (5–1–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 USC $ 6 0 0 10 0 1
No. 13 UCLA 5 1 1 8 1 1
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 1 7 2 1
Oregon State 4 3 0 6 4 0
Oregon 2 3 0 5 5 1
California 2 4 0 5 5 0
Washington 1 6 0 1 9 0
Washington State 0 7 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20San Jose State*No. 16W 63–21
September 27Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–037,500[1]
October 4at No. 8 Purdue*No. 17L 35–3665,472
October 11at No. 4 USCNo. 16L 24–2682,812
October 18Washington StateNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 49–031,000
October 25No. 6 UCLANo. 19
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 20–2084,000
November 1at Oregon StateNo. 16W 33–027,790[2]
November 8at WashingtonNo. 14W 21–750,976
November 15No. 20 Air Force*No. 13
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 47–34
November 22CaliforniaNo. 14
W 29–2880,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Players drafted by the NFL

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Don Parish Linebacker 4 91 St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Reinhard Guard 9 224 Green Bay Packers
Isaiah Brown Defensive back 10 236 Pittsburgh Steelers
Dave Sharp Defensive end 15 378 Houston Oilers

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References

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  1. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 28, 1969). "'You can't win if you can't score'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. ^ Cawood, Neil (November 2, 1969). "Dee: 'It was a long afternoon'". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  3. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1969–1973". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  4. ^ "1970 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2013.