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 | |
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| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| AP | No. 19 |
| Record | 7–2–1 (5–1–1 Pac-8) |
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| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | San Jose State* | No. 16 | W 63–21 | |||
| September 27 | Oregon |
| W 28–0 | 37,500 | [1] | |
| October 4 | at No. 8 Purdue* | No. 17 | L 35–36 | 65,472 | ||
| October 11 | at No. 4 USC | No. 16 | L 24–26 | 82,812 | ||
| October 18 | Washington State | No. 18 |
| W 49–0 | 31,000 | |
| October 25 | No. 6 UCLA | No. 19 |
| T 20–20 | 84,000 | |
| November 1 | at Oregon State | No. 16 | W 33–0 | 27,790 | [2] | |
| November 8 | at Washington | No. 14 | W 21–7 | 50,976 | ||
| November 15 | No. 20 Air Force* | No. 13 |
| W 47–34 | ||
| November 22 | California | No. 14 |
| W 29–28 | 80,000 | |
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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 |
References
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