1986 Stanford Cardinal football team

1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In head coach Jack Elway's third season at Stanford, the Cardinal had its first winning season since 1980 and received its first post-season bowl invitation since 1978.^[1]^[2]

The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result
September 13	at Texas*		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 31–20
September 20	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		W 28–10
September 27	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 17–7
October 4	San Diego State*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 17–10
October 11	No. 12 Washington	No. 18	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	TBS	L 24–14
October 18	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 41–7
October 25	USC	No. 19	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	CBS	L 0–10
November 1	Washington State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 42–12
November 8	at No. 12 UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	CBS	W 28–23
November 22	at California	No. 16	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (89th Big Game)		L 11–17
November 30	vs. Arizona		National Olympic Stadium Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic)	ESPN	W 29–24
December 27	vs. No. 21 Clemson*	No. 20	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	CBS	L 21–27
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1986 Stanford Cardinal football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL		Robbie Coffin
RB		Marshall Dillard
QB		Greg Ennis
RB		Scott Eschelman
WR		Thomas Henley	Sr
WR		Jeff James	Jr
OL		Kurt Josephson
TE		Craig Landis
OL		John Mahoney
OL		Jeff Marchin	So
WR	`40`	Ed McCaffrey	Fr
RB		Brian Morris
WR		Carl Morris
RB	`25`	Brad Muster	Jr
OL		Tom Nye	Sr
OL		Andy Papathanassiou
QB	`14`	John Paye	Sr
TE		Jim Price
RB		Kevin R. Scott	Sr
OL		Andy Sinclair	So
TE		Eric Snelson	Jr
OL		John Zentner	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Darron Bennett
LB		Kurt Colehower	Jr
DB		Toi Cook
DB		Walt Harris	Sr
DB		Brad Humphreys	Jr
CB		Pat Kelly	So
DL		Tony Leiker	Sr
DL		Joe Lortie
LB		Barry McKeever	So
LB		Mike Noble
DB		Bruce Richardson
LB		Kevin Richardson
DL		Eric Volta
LB		Chris Weber	Sr
LB	`92`	Dave Wyman	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Doug Robison
K		David Sweeney

Source:^[3]

Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	0	3	0	8	11
California	0	10	0	7	17

Game information

Second quarter

CAL – Leland Rix 34-yard field goal. California 3–0. Drive:
CAL – Wendell Peoples 5-yard pass from Kevin Brown (Leland Rix kick). California 10–0. Drive:
STAN – David Sweeney 48-yard field goal. California 10–3. Drive:

Fourth quarter

CAL – Mike Ford 47-yard run (Leland Rix kick), 7:36. California 17–3. Drive:
STAN – Jeff James 69-yard pass from John Paye (pass good), 5:37. California 17–11. Drive:

^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1986–1990". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
^ "1986 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 18, 1986. p. 2C.
^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.

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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California: Big Game Notre Dame San Jose State: Bill Walsh Legacy Game USC
Culture and lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play Stanford Axe T formation 1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams 1894 Chicago game 2007 USC game The Spirit of Stanford Radio KTCT KZSU
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National championship seasons in bold

1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Arizona State $	5	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 UCLA	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Washington	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 11 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll