Filling in the 1960s

I paused the original records at 1968 because that’s when the Pac-8 era started and I was seeing some weirdness with FCS membership. I thought it would get weirder going older than that. But now I fixed the FCS check so let’s continue going into the past. Letdown spoiler: it’s not weird at all. Here’s a verbose run for 1960-67:

San José State 34 at Stanford 20 on Oct 14, 1960
California 10 at USC 27 on Oct 14, 1960
Stanford 8 at UCLA 26 on Oct 21, 1960
USC 21 at Stanford 6 on Oct 28, 1960
UCLA 28 at California 0 on Nov 04, 1960
San José State 20 at Pacific 26 on Nov 04, 1960
Stanford 10 at California 21 on Nov 18, 1960
USC 17 at UCLA 6 on Nov 18, 1960

1960 final standings

USC                     3-0
Pacific                 1-0
UCLA                    2-1
San José State          1-1
California              1-2
Stanford                0-4

1960, 8, USC, 3-0

Pacific 0 at San José State 16 on Sep 21, 1961
San José State 6 at Stanford 17 on Oct 13, 1961
USC 28 at California 14 on Oct 20, 1961
UCLA 20 at Stanford 0 on Oct 27, 1961
California 15 at UCLA 35 on Nov 03, 1961
Stanford 15 at USC 30 on Nov 10, 1961
San José State 29 at Pacific 26 on Nov 10, 1961
California 7 at Stanford 20 on Nov 24, 1961
UCLA 10 at USC 7 on Nov 24, 1961

1961 final standings

UCLA                    3-0
USC                     2-1
San José State          2-1
Stanford                2-2
Pacific                 0-2
California              0-3

1961, 9, UCLA, 3-0

San José State 8 at California 25 on Sep 28, 1962
California 6 at USC 32 on Oct 19, 1962
Stanford 17 at UCLA 7 on Oct 26, 1962
UCLA 26 at California 16 on Nov 02, 1962
San José State 24 at Pacific 22 on Nov 02, 1962
USC 39 at Stanford 14 on Nov 09, 1962
San José State 9 at Stanford 21 on Nov 16, 1962
Stanford 30 at California 13 on Nov 23, 1962
USC 14 at UCLA 3 on Nov 23, 1962

1962 final standings

USC                     3-0
Stanford                3-1
San José State          1-2
UCLA                    1-2
California              1-3
Pacific                 0-1

1962, 9, USC, 3-0

San José State 13 at Stanford 29 on Sep 20, 1963
UCLA 10 at Stanford 9 on Oct 04, 1963
San José State 13 at California 34 on Oct 18, 1963
USC 36 at California 6 on Oct 25, 1963
California 25 at UCLA 0 on Nov 01, 1963
Stanford 11 at USC 25 on Nov 08, 1963
Pacific 20 at San José State 32 on Nov 29, 1963
California 17 at Stanford 28 on Nov 29, 1963
UCLA 6 at USC 26 on Nov 29, 1963

1963 final standings

USC                     3-0
California              2-2
Stanford                2-2
San José State          1-2
UCLA                    1-2
Pacific                 0-1

1963, 9, USC, 3-0



San José State 8 at Stanford 10 on Sep 25, 1964
Stanford 20 at UCLA 27 on Oct 02, 1964
California 21 at USC 26 on Oct 23, 1964
San José State 37 at Pacific 13 on Oct 23, 1964
UCLA 25 at California 21 on Oct 30, 1964
USC 15 at Stanford 10 on Nov 06, 1964
Stanford 21 at California 3 on Nov 20, 1964
USC 34 at UCLA 13 on Nov 20, 1964

1964 final standings

USC                     3-0
UCLA                    2-1
Stanford                2-2
San José State          1-1
Pacific                 0-1
California              0-3

1964, 8, USC, 3-0


San José State 6 at Stanford 26 on Sep 16, 1965
Stanford 0 at USC 14 on Oct 15, 1965
California 3 at UCLA 56 on Oct 22, 1965
USC 35 at California 0 on Nov 05, 1965
Pacific 21 at San José State 52 on Nov 05, 1965
UCLA 30 at Stanford 13 on Nov 12, 1965
California 7 at Stanford 9 on Nov 19, 1965
UCLA 20 at USC 16 on Nov 19, 1965

1965 final standings

UCLA                    3-0
USC                     2-1
San José State          1-1
Stanford                2-2
Pacific                 0-1
California              0-3

1965, 8, UCLA, 3-0

San José State 21 at Stanford 25 on Sep 16, 1966
San José State 24 at California 0 on Oct 07, 1966
USC 21 at Stanford 7 on Oct 14, 1966
UCLA 28 at California 15 on Oct 21, 1966
San José State 35 at Pacific 38 on Oct 28, 1966
California 9 at USC 35 on Nov 04, 1966
Stanford 0 at UCLA 10 on Nov 11, 1966
Stanford 13 at California 7 on Nov 18, 1966
USC 7 at UCLA 14 on Nov 18, 1966

1966 final standings

UCLA                    3-0
Pacific                 1-0
USC                     2-1
Stanford                2-2
San José State          1-2
California              0-4

1966, 9, UCLA, 3-0

San José State 14 at Stanford 28 on Sep 29, 1967
Stanford 0 at USC 30 on Oct 06, 1967
California 14 at UCLA 37 on Oct 13, 1967
UCLA 21 at Stanford 16 on Oct 20, 1967
Pacific 34 at San José State 14 on Oct 27, 1967
USC 31 at California 12 on Nov 03, 1967
San José State 6 at California 30 on Nov 10, 1967
California 26 at Stanford 3 on Nov 17, 1967
UCLA 20 at USC 21 on Nov 17, 1967

1967 final standings

USC                     3-0
Pacific                 1-0
UCLA                    2-1
California              2-2
Stanford                1-3
San José State          0-3

1967, 9, USC, 3-0

In fact this might be an all-time low in scheduled MCC games with 8 in the middle years there. Wow those were some great UCLA and USC years. One of those teams won every year.

Why are there so few games? And what’s Pacific doing in there with 1 game some years?

In 1965 Pacific played a full schedule with games against Cal State LA, Fresno State and San Diego State but those state schools were only just coming into their own and still competing at the “College Division” (equivalent of today’s FCS.) So with our new FBS-only requirement that keeps them out and makes the standings so plain.

But was Pacific really University Divison (FBS)? Wikipedia thinks that the 1964 and 1965 Pacific teams dropped down to College Division before reverting to University in 1966. This seems somewhat improbable, and is not reflected in the cfbd dataset. College football reference doesn’t seem to be helpful. However the whole Pacific football team is somewhat improbable. This is one where a little digging on newspapers.com will be needed. For now I’m leaving it as the code spits out because of what the dataset says. It doesn’t affect any winners.

Next up the 50s where it finally gets a little weird. (Undefeated USF! Cal’s saddest hour!)