1969 Stanford Indians football team

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
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

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 201:30 p.m.San Jose State*No. 16
W 63–2131,000[1]
September 271:32 p.m.Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 28–037,500[2]
October 410:30 a.m.at No. 8 Purdue*No. 17
L 35–3665,472[3]
October 118:00 p.m.at No. 4 USCNo. 16
L 24–2682,812[4]
October 18Washington StateNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 49–031,000[5]
October 251:30 p.m.No. 6 UCLANo. 19
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 20–2084,000[6]
November 11:30 p.m.at Oregon StateNo. 16
W 33–027,798[7]
November 8at WashingtonNo. 14
W 21–748,000[8]
November 15No. 20 Air Force*No. 13
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 47–3441,500[9]
November 221:30 p.m.CaliforniaNo. 14
W 29–2880,000[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.
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