1969 Stanford Indians football team

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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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	San Jose State*	No. 16	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 63–21
September 27	Oregon		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 28–0	37,500	^[1]
October 4	at No. 8 Purdue*	No. 17	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 35–36	65,472
October 11	at No. 4 USC	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 24–26	82,812
October 18	Washington State	No. 18	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 49–0	31,000
October 25	No. 6 UCLA	No. 19	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	T 20–20	84,000
November 1	at Oregon State	No. 16	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 33–0	27,790	^[2]
November 8	at Washington	No. 14	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 21–7	50,976
November 15	No. 20 Air Force*	No. 13	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 47–34
November 22	California	No. 14	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 29–28	80,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

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