Stanford Cardinal | |||
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Current season: 2024 Stanford Cardinal | |||
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First season | 1892 | ||
Athletic director | Bernard Muir | ||
Head coach | David Shaw | ||
9th year, 86–34 (.717) | |||
Home stadium | Stanford Stadium | ||
Field | Foster Field | ||
Year built | 1921/1996 | ||
Stadium capacity | 50,000 | ||
Stadium surface | Grass | ||
Location | Stanford, California | ||
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||
All-time history | |||
All-time record | 657–467–49 (.581) | ||
Postseason bowl record | 15–14–1 (.517) | ||
Claimed national titles | 2 (1926, 1940)[1] | ||
Conference titles | 15 | ||
Heisman winners | 1 | ||
Consensus All-Americans | Template:American college football All-Americans | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors | Cardinal and White
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Fight song | "Come Join The Band" (official) "All Right Now" (de facto) | ||
Mascot | Stanford Tree (unofficial) | ||
Marching band | Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band | ||
Rivals | California Golden Bears USC Trojans Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ||
Website | GoStanford.com |
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program,[2] has a highly successful football tradition. The team is known as the Cardinal, referring to the color, not the bird. The team was known as the Indians from 1930 to 1972 and the Cardinals (also referring to the color) from 1972 to 1981.
Stanford began playing football in 1892, and participated in the first ever Rose Bowl against Michigan in 1902. Its annual Big Game against California is the oldest and most storied rivalry in the Pac-12 and the western United States. The Cardinal also compete for the Legends Trophy against independent rival Notre Dame.
The program has an all-time record of 688–457–52 for a winning percentage of .594 and has winning series records against all of its Pac-12 North rivals, except for the Washington Huskies, against whom they are 38–41–4.[3] Led by legendary coach Glenn "Pop" Warner, who still has the most wins in Cardinal history, Stanford claimed a National Championship in 1926. The 1940 team went unbeaten and untied after defeating Nebraska 21–13 in the 1941 Rose Bowl, but the team was ranked #2 in the final AP poll, released before the game was played.
Pop Warner's era predated the AP poll, but Stanford has finished at least one season in the Top 10 in six different decades under eight different coaches, including Claude E. Thornhill in 1934, Clark Shaughnessy in 1940, Chuck Taylor in 1951, John Ralston in 1970 and 1971, Bill Walsh in 1992, Jim Harbaugh in 2010, and David Shaw in 2011 and 2012. Stanford's most recent season finish in the top 5 was in 2010 after the #5 Cardinal dismantled ACC Champion Virginia Tech 40–12 in the 2011 Orange Bowl to finish with a school record 12 wins and 1 loss. Stanford finished #4 in both the AP and Coaches polls.
Quarterback Jim Plunkett is the only Stanford player to win the Heisman Trophy, doing so in 1970. Stanford players have finished second in Heisman voting a total of six times: quarterback John Elway was second to Herschel Walker in 1982; running back Toby Gerhart was second to Mark Ingram in 2009; quarterback Andrew Luck was second in Heisman voting to both Cam Newton in 2010 and Robert Griffin III in 2011; and running back Christian McCaffery was second to Derrick Henry in 2015. The Cardinal have played in 24 bowl games in their history, including 15 appearances in bowls now comprising the Bowl Championship Series, specifically one each in the Orange Bowl and Fiesta Bowl, and thirteen in the Rose Bowl.
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Recent season records[]
Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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Buddy Teevens (2002–2004) | |||||||||
2002 | Buddy Teevens | 2-9 | 1-7 | T-9th | |||||
2003 | Buddy Teevens | 4-7 | 2-6 | T-8th | |||||
2004 | Buddy Teevens | 4-7 | 2-6 | T-8th | |||||
Buddy Teevens: | 10-23 | 5-19 | |||||||
Walt Harris (2005–2006) | |||||||||
2005 | Walt Harris | 5-6 | 4-4 | T-4th | |||||
2006 | Walt Harris | 1-11 | 1-8 | 10th | |||||
Walt Harris: | 6-17 | 5-13 | |||||||
Jim Harbaugh (2007–2010) | |||||||||
2007 | Jim Harbaugh | 4-8 | 3-6 | T-7th | |||||
2008 | Jim Harbaugh | 5-7 | 4-5 | T-6th | |||||
2009 | Jim Harbaugh | 8-5 | 6-3 | T-2nd | L Sun | ||||
2010 | Jim Harbaugh | 12-1 | 8-1 | 2nd (North) | W Orange | 4 | 4 | ||
Jim Harbaugh: | 29-21 | 21-15 | |||||||
David Shaw (2011–present) | |||||||||
2011 | David Shaw | 11-2 | 8-1 | T-1st (North) | L Fiesta | ||||
2012 | David Shaw | 12-2 | 8-1 | T-1st (North) | W Rose | ||||
2013 | David Shaw | 11-3 | 7-2 | T-1st (North) | L Rose | ||||
2014 | David Shaw | 8-5 | 5-4 | 2nd (North) | W Foster Farms | ||||
2015 | David Shaw | 12-2 | 8-1 | 1st (North) | W Rose | ||||
2016 | David Shaw | 10-3 | 6-3 | 3rd (North) | W Sun | ||||
2017 | David Shaw | 9-5 | 7-2 | T-1st (North) | L Alamo | ||||
2018 | David Shaw | 9-4 | 6-3 | 2nd (North) | W Sun | ||||
2019 | David Shaw | 4-8 | 3-6 | 6th (North) | |||||
David Shaw: | 86-34 | 56-22 | |||||||
Total: | 152-97-0 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
Bowl game appearances and results[]
Coaches by number of victories[]
Coach | Total Games Coached |
Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % | Total Seasons Coached |
# in Chronological Order |
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Glenn "Pop" Warner | 96 | 71 | 17 | 8 | .781 | 9 | 16 |
John Ralston | 94 | 55 | 36 | 3 | .585 | 9 | 22 |
David Shaw | 68 | 54 | 14 | 0 | .794 | 5 | 34 |
Tyrone Willingham | 81 | 44 | 36 | 1 | .549 | 7 | 30 |
Chuck Taylor | 71 | 40 | 29 | 2 | .577 | 7 | 20 |
Claude E. Thornhill | 67 | 35 | 25 | 7 | .575 | 7 | 17 |
Bill Walsh | 59 | 34 | 24 | 1 | .585 | 5 | 24/29 |
Jack Christiansen | 55 | 30 | 22 | 3 | .573 | 5 | 23 |
Jim Harbaugh | 50 | 29 | 21 | 0 | .580 | 4 | 33 |
Marchmont Schwartz | 60 | 28 | 28 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 19 |
Jack Elway | 56 | 25 | 29 | 2 | .464 | 5 | 27 |
James F. Lanagan | 29 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .862 | 3 | 11 |
Dennis Green | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | .471 | 3 | 28 |
Paul Wiggin | 44 | 16 | 28 | 0 | .364 | 4 | 26 |
Clark Shaughnessy | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .742 | 2 | 18 |
Jack Curtice | 50 | 14 | 36 | 0 | .280 | 5 | 21 |
Andrew Kerr | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 2 | 15 |
Walter Camp | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .735 | 1 | 1/3 |
Buddy Teevens | 33 | 10 | 23 | 0 | .303 | 3 | 31 |
C. D. "Pop" Bliss | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .944 | 1 | 2 |
Fielding H. Yost | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 1 | 8 |
Harry P. Cross | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .615 | 2 | 4/6 |
Walt Harris | 23 | 6 | 17 | 0 | .261 | 2 | 32 |
Carl L. Clemans | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1 | 10 |
Rod Dowhower | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 25 |
Eugene Van Gent | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .625 | 1 | 14 |
Walter D. Powell | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1 | 13 |
Bob Evans | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1 | 12 |
George H. Brooke | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1 | 5 |
Charles Fickert | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .571 | 1 | 9 |
Burr Chamberlain | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 7 |
Individual award winners[]
- Jim Plunkett – 1970
- Jim Plunkett – 1970
- Chic Harley Award
- Jim Plunkett – 1970
- Troy Walters – 1999
- Sammy Baugh Trophy
- Dick Norman – 1959
- Guy Benjamin – 1977
- Steve Dils – 1978
- John Elway – 1982
- Walter Camp Award
- Jim Plunkett – 1970
- Toby Gerhart – 2009
- Paul Hornung Award
- Owen Marecic – 2010
College Football Hall of Fame[]
The following Stanford players and coaches are members of the College Football Hall of Fame:[4]
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Pro Football Hall of Famers[]
The following Stanford players are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame:[5]
Stanford's All-Century Team[]
chosen by the Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA, November 18, 1999
Coach
Glenn "Pop" Warner (1924–32)
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Record vs. conferences[]
Current as of 10/19/2015.
Division I FBS conference record[]
Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Win % |
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ACC | 9 | 10 | 0 | 47.37% |
American | 10 | 4 | 1 | 71.43% |
Big 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 35.71% |
Big Ten | 23 | 30 | 5 | 43.40% |
C-USA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% |
Independents | 19 | 25 | 0 | 43.18% |
MWC | 81 | 19 | 3 | 81.00% |
Pac 12 | 347 | 311 | 26 | 52.74% |
SEC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
Sun Belt | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% |
Totals | 502 | 413 | 35 | 54.86% |
Current NFL players[]
The following Stanford players are currently playing in the NFL:[6]
- Johnson Bademosi – Cleveland Browns
- Doug Baldwin – Seattle Seahawks
- Alex Debniak – San Francisco 49ers
- David DeCastro – Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jim Dray – Arizona Cardinals
- Zach Ertz – Philadelphia Eagles
- Coby Fleener – Indianapolis Colts
- Sione Fua – Denver Broncos
- Toby Gerhart – Minnesota Vikings
- Delano Howell – Indianapolis Colts
- Thomas Keiser – San Diego Chargers
- Erik Lorig – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Andrew Luck – Indianapolis Colts
- Matthew Masifilo – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Chris Owusu – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Konrad Reuland – New York Jets
- Richard Sherman – Seattle Seahawks
- Alex Smith – Cincinnati Bengals
- Jeremy Stewart – Oakland Raiders
- Will Svitek – New England Patriots
- Stepfan Taylor – Arizona Cardinals
- Michael Thomas – Miami Dolphins
- Levine Toilolo – Atlanta Falcons
- Ryan Whalen – Cincinnati Bengals
- Griff Whalen – Indianapolis Colts
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ In virtually all rankings of U.S. universities, Stanford is rated in the top six with Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, MIT, and Caltech. None of these field an FBS team.
- ↑ According to College Football Data Warehouse, the all-time series records against the rest of the Pac-12 North are: California, 53–43–10; Oregon, 45–30–1; Oregon State 51–25–3; and Washington State 37–25–1.
- ↑ Hall of Famers. College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
- ↑ Colleges: Pro Football Hall of Fame. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2007-05-12. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
- ↑ NFL Colleges: S. ESPN.com. Retrieved on December 26, 2013.