The 1969 Stanford Indians football team represented

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during the

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. The Indians were coached by John Ralston in his seventh season, matching

Tiny Thornhill Claude Earl "Tiny" Thornhill (April 14, 1893 – June 30, 1956) was an All-American college football player at Pittsburgh Panthers football, Pittsburgh and the head football coach at Stanford Cardinal football, Stanford from 1933 to 1939. Playin ...

for the second-longest tenure of any Stanford coach to date. Stanford was led by future

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winner

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in his second season as starting quarterback.

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Players drafted by the NFL

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Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...

Stanford Cardinal football seasons

Stanford Indians football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The program was previously in the Pac-12 Conference. The team is known as ...