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[quote author=lex24 link=topic=18293.msg218110#msg218110 date=1513148571]
I remember 69. Plunkett. Vatsha. Bob Moore. Bubba Brown. Howie Williams Jackie Brown Hillary Shockley. Jack Lassiter. Jeff Siemon.. Don Parish. Dave Tipton. Pete Lazitich. John Sande. A great team. I still remember listening to Don Klein call Ron Ayalas FG. I burst into tears. 11.  But then in ‘70- “Plunkett Keeps His Promise.”  My all-time favorite Chron/Examiner Sports headline.

So tell us a little more. To us young'uns that is basically just a list of names.

Were the Rose Bowl teams the next two years really much better, or just better at picking their spots?
With all that offense, was the defense a problem? (Maybe not - I see they got three shut outs)
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Stanford's 1969 offensive statistics benefitted by running a lot of plays. That offense averaged 84.1 plays per game, easily the most in Stanford history. That allowed the offense to rack up a lot of yards. As a point of comparison, Stanford's Andrew Luck offenses (2010 and 2011) averaged 70.3 and 71.9 plays per game. This year's offense averages 60.2 plays per game.

I'm not sure whether the high number of plays in 1969 was due to fast pace of play, different rules about stopping the clock, or what. Did Plunkett call his own plays? If so, maybe he was really quick at getting plays called and getting the ball snapped. The 1968 and 1970 offense rank 2nd and 6th in Stanford history in plays per game, so all of the Plunkett teams ran a relatively high number of plays.

Measured by yards per play, the 1969 offense would rank #10 in Stanford history at 5.8 yards per play. Stanford's top offenses in yards per play are:

2011  6.8
2010  6.7
2015  6.6
2009  6.5

The 1999 offense averaged 6.3 yards per play. The 2001 offense averaged 5.8 yards per play.

The statistical leaders in 1969:

Rushing
Bubba Brown - 588 yds, 4.6 yds/att
Howie Williams - 494 yds, 4.3 yds/att
Jackie Brown - 209 yds, 4.1 yds/att

Passing
Jim Plunkett - 197-336, 2,673 yds, 20 TD, 15 int

Receiving
Bob Moore - 38 rec, 476 yds
Randy Vataha - 35 rec, 691 yds
Jack Lasater - 34 rec, 515 yds
Howie Williams - 30 rec, 314 yds

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[quote author=lex24 link=topic=18293.msg218110#msg218110 date=1513148571]
I remember 69. Plunkett. Vatsha. Bob Moore. Bubba Brown. Howie Williams Jackie Brown Hillary Shockley. Jack Lassiter. Jeff Siemon.. Don Parish. Dave Tipton. Pete Lazitich. John Sande. A great team. I still remember listening to Don Klein call Ron Ayalas FG. I burst into tears. 11.  But then in ‘70- “Plunkett Keeps His Promise.”  My all-time favorite Chron/Examiner Sports headline.

So tell us a little more. To us young'uns that is basically just a list of names.

Were the Rose Bowl teams the next two years really much better, or just better at picking their spots?
With all that offense, was the defense a problem? (Maybe not - I see they got three shut outs)
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Stanford's 1969 offensive statistics benefitted by running a lot of plays. That offense averaged 84.1 plays per game, easily the most in Stanford history. That allowed the offense to rack up a lot of yards. As a point of comparison, Stanford's Andrew Luck offenses (2010 and 2011) averaged 70.3 and 71.9 plays per game. This year's offense averages 60.2 plays per game.

I'm not sure whether the high number of plays in 1969 was due to fast pace of play, different rules about stopping the clock, or what. Did Plunkett call his own plays? If so, maybe he was really quick at getting plays called and getting the ball snapped. The 1968 and 1970 offense rank 2nd and 6th in Stanford history in plays per game, so all of the Plunkett teams ran a relatively high number of plays.

Measured by yards per play, the 1969 offense would rank #10 in Stanford history at 5.8 yards per play. Stanford's top offenses in yards per play are:

2011  6.8
2010  6.7
2015  6.6
2009  6.5

The 1999 offense averaged 6.3 yards per play. The 2001 offense averaged 5.8 yards per play.

The statistical leaders in 1969:

Rushing
Bubba Brown - 588 yds, 4.6 yds/att
Howie Williams - 494 yds, 4.3 yds/att
Jackie Brown - 209 yds, 4.1 yds/att

Passing
Jim Plunkett - 197-336, 2,673 yds, 20 TD, 15 int

Receiving
Bob Moore - 38 rec, 476 yds
Randy Vataha - 35 rec, 691 yds
Jack Lasater - 34 rec, 515 yds
Howie Williams - 30 rec, 314 yds