1969 Stanford Indians football team

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1969 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 19
Record7–2–1 (5–1–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
  1968
1970  
1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 USC $ 6 0 010 0 1
No. 13 UCLA 5 1 18 1 1
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 17 2 1
Oregon State 4 3 06 4 0
Oregon 2 3 05 5 1
California 2 4 05 5 0
Washington 1 6 01 9 0
Washington State 0 7 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 San Jose State *No. 16W 63–21
September 27 Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–037,500 [1]
October 4at No. 8 Purdue *No. 17L 35–3665,472
October 11at No. 4 USC No. 16L 24–2682,812
October 18 Washington State No. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 49–031,000
October 25No. 6 UCLA No. 19
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 20–2084,000
November 1at Oregon State No. 16W 33–027,790 [2]
November 8at Washington No. 14W 21–750,976
November 15No. 20 Air Force *No. 13
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 47–34
November 22 California No. 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

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Don Parish Linebacker491 St. Louis Cardinals
Bob ReinhardGuard9224 Green Bay Packers
Isaiah BrownDefensive back10236 Pittsburgh Steelers
Dave SharpDefensive end15378 Houston Oilers

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