1969 Stanford Indians football team

1969 Stanford Indians football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 19
Record	7–2–1 (5–1–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	John Ralston (7th season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons ←  1968 1970  →

1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State *	No. 16	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 63–21	31,000	[1]
September 27	1:32 p.m.	Oregon		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 28–0	37,500	[2]
October 4	10:30 a.m.	at No. 8 Purdue *	No. 17	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 35–36	65,472	[3]
October 11	8:00 p.m.	at No. 4 USC	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 24–26	82,812	[4]
October 18		Washington State	No. 18	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 49–0	31,000	[5]
October 25	1:30 p.m.	No. 6 UCLA	No. 19	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	T 20–20	84,000	[6]
November 1	1:30 p.m.	at Oregon State	No. 16	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 33–0	27,798	[7]
November 8		at Washington	No. 14	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 21–7	48,000	[8]
November 15		No. 20 Air Force *	No. 13	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 47–34	41,500	[9]
November 22	1:30 p.m.	California	No. 14	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 29–28	80,000	[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Players drafted by the NFL

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

1. "Plunkett paces Stanford win". The Tacoma News Tribune. September 21, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
2. Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 28, 1969). "'You can't win if you can't score'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
3. "Purdue's aerial show stops Stanford, 36–35". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 5, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Stanford Indians edges by Trojans". The Arizona Republic. October 12, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Stanford zips by league foe". The Shreveport Times. October 19, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Stanford ties; Bruins settle for 20–20 knot". The Sacramento Bee. October 26, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. Cawood, Neil (November 2, 1969). "Dee: 'It was a long afternoon'". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
8. "Huskies go ker-Plunkett". The Tacoma News Tribune. November 9, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Indians hammer Air Force, 47–34". The Sacramento Union. November 16, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Stanford wins a close one, edges Cal, 29–28". The Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Schedule/Results (1969 Stanford)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 25, 2025.
12. "1970 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2013.