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
Conf.Overall
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.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 201:30 p.m. San Jose State *No. 16W 63–2131,000
September 271:32 p.m. Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–037,500 [1]
October 410:30 a.m.at No. 8 Purdue *No. 17L 35–3665,472
October 118:00 p.m.at No. 4 USC No. 16L 24–2682,812
October 18 Washington State No. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 49–031,000
October 251:30 p.m.No. 6 UCLA No. 19
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 20–2084,000
November 11:30 p.m.at Oregon State No. 16W 33–027,798 [2]
November 8at Washington No. 14W 21–750,976
November 15No. 20 Air Force *No. 13
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 47–3441,500
November 221:30 p.m. 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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References

  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. "Schedule/Results (1969 Stanford)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  4. "1970 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2013.