American college football season
The 2006 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season . In head coach Walt Harris 's second season at Stanford, the Cardinal won only one game, ending the season with a 1–11 record, the school's worst since a winless 1960 season .[1] Harris was fired on December 4, 2006, two days after Stanford's regular season ended. By the end of his tenure at Stanford, Harris had surpassed Jack Curtice with the lowest winning percentage in the history of Stanford football , with a 26.1% win record.[2]
The team played their home games at the newly renovated Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 12:30 p.m. at No. 21 Oregon ABC L 10–4858,450
September 9 3:00 p.m. at San Jose State * CSNW L 34–3529,321
September 16 7:00 p.m. Navy * FSNBA L 9–3744,022
September 23 2:00 p.m. Washington State Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA L 10–3637,498
September 30 7:15 p.m. at UCLA FSN L 0–3172,095
October 7 11:30 a.m. at No. 12 Notre Dame * NBC L 10–3180,795
October 14 2:00 p.m. Arizona Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA L 7–2039,317
October 21 12:30 p.m. at Arizona State L 3–3853,323
November 4 4:00 p.m. No. 9 USC Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry ) FSN L 0–4249,371
November 11 12:30 p.m. at Washington W 20–355,896
November 18 12:30 p.m. Oregon State Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA FSNBA L 7–3038,502
December 2 12:00 p.m. at No. 20 California FSNBA L 17–2672,516
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Coaches [ ]
Name
Position
Year at Stanford
Alma mater (Year)
Walt Harris
Head Coach Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks
2nd
Pacific (1968)
Defensive Coordinator Defensive Backs
1st
Idaho (1971)
Offensive Line (Centers & Guards) Run Game Coordinator
2nd
San Diego State (1969)
Outside Linebackers Special Teams
1st
Arizona (1991)
Specialists Recruiting Coordinator
2nd
UC Davis (2001)
Inside Linebackers
2nd
TCU (1984)
Running Backs
4th
Hawaii (1982)
Doug Sams
Offensive Line (Tackles & Tight Ends)
1st
Oregon State (1978)
Dave Tipton
Defensive Line
18th
Stanford (1971)
Wide Receivers
2nd
DePauw (1993)
Strength and Conditioning
5th
Florida (1995)
Game summaries [ ]
Oregon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
3
7
0
0
10
#21 Ducks
3
24
7
14
48
San Jose State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
13
21
0
0
34
Spartans
7
14
14
0
35
Navy [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
3
7
17
10
37
Cardinal
0
3
0
6
9
Washington State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
2
20
7
7
36
Cardinal
0
0
3
7
10
UCLA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
0
0
0
0
0
Bruins
7
0
7
17
31
Notre Dame [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
3
0
0
7
10
#12 Fighting Irish
7
7
10
7
31
Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
14
3
3
10
30
Cardinal
0
7
0
0
7
Arizona State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
0
0
3
0
3
Sun Devils
10
7
14
7
38
USC [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Trojans
7
21
7
7
42
Cardinal
0
0
0
0
0
Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
0
3
7
10
20
Huskies
0
3
0
0
3
Oregon State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Beavers
7
13
3
7
30
Cardinal
7
0
0
0
7
California [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinal
0
10
7
0
17
#20 Golden Bears
3
10
10
3
26
References [ ]
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