2019 Stanford Cardinal football team

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2019 Stanford Cardinal football
Stanford Cardinal logo.svg
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2019 record4–8 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTavita Pritchard (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLance Anderson (6th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
(Capacity: 50,424)
Uniform
Stanford cardinal football uniforms.png
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 5 Oregon x$   8 – 1     12 – 2  
California   4 – 5     8 – 5  
Washington   4 – 5     8 – 5  
Oregon State   4 – 5     5 – 7  
Washington State   3 – 6     6 – 7  
Stanford   3 – 6     4 – 8  
South Division
No. 16 Utah x   8 – 1     11 – 3  
USC   7 – 2     8 – 5  
Arizona State   4 – 5     8 – 5  
UCLA   4 – 5     4 – 8  
Colorado   3 – 6     5 – 7  
Arizona   2 – 7     4 – 8  
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by ninth-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium and were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–6 in Pac-12 play, to finish last place in the North Division. This was Stanford's worst record since 2007 and the first time that they did not earn bowl eligibility since 2008.

Previous season[]

Main article: 2018 Stanford Cardinal football team

In 2018, the Cardinal finished the season by defeating Pitt in the Sun Bowl. They went 9–4 (6–3 Pac-12).

Preseason[]

Pac-12 media day[]

Pac-12 media poll[]

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Stanford was voted to finish in third place in the North Division.[1]

Media poll (North Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oregon 190 (17)
2 Washington 189 (17)
3 Stanford 129
4 Washington State 108 (1)
5 California 81
6 Oregon State 38

Position key[]

Back B Center C Cornerback CB Defensive back DB
Defensive end DE Defensive lineman DL Defensive tackle DT End E
Fullback FB Guard G Halfback HB Kicker K
Kickoff returner KR Offensive tackle OT Offensive lineman OL Linebacker LB
Long snapper LS Punter P Punt returner PR Quarterback QB
Running back RB Safety S Tight end TE Wide receiver WR

Recruits[]

Personnel[]

Coaching staff[]

Name Position Stanford Years Alma mater
David Shaw Head Coach 13th Stanford (1994)
Lance Anderson Defensive Coordinator / Outside Linebackers Coach 13th Idaho State (1996)
Tavita Pritchard Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 7th Stanford (2009)
Pete Alamar Special Teams Coordinator 4th Cal Lutheran (1983)
Ron Gould Running Backs Coach 3rd Oregon (1987)
Morgan Turner Tight Ends Coach 7th Illinois (2009)
Kevin Carberry Offensive Line Coach 2nd Ohio (2005)
Bobby Kennedy Wide Receivers Coach 2nd Northern Colorado (1989)
Duane Akina Defensive Backs Coach 6th Washington (1979)
Peter Hansen Inside Linebackers Coach 6th Arizona (2001)
Diron Reynolds Defensive Linemen Coach 3rd Wake Forest (1994)

Roster[]

2019 Stanford Cardinal Football

Quarterback

  •  3 K. J. Costello – Senior (6'5, 215)
  • 10 Jack West – Sophomore (6'4, 210)
  • 15 Davis Mills – Junior (6'4, 220)
  • 17 Dylan Plautz – Sophomore (6'2, 200)
  • 18 Jack Richardson – Senior (6'5, 213)

Running back

  • 20 Austin Jones – Freshman (5'10, 200)
  • 21 Trevor Speights – Senior (5'11, 209)
  • 22 Cameron Scarlett – 5th year - Senior (6'1, 216)
  • 25 Justus Woods – Sophomore (6'1, 211)
  • 28 Dorian Maddox – Senior (5'10, 202)
  • 30 Cameron McFarlane – Sophomore (6'0, 200)
  • 32 Nathaniel Peat – Freshman (5'10, 190)

Fullback

  • 24 Jay Symonds – Sophomore (6'3, 247)
  • 34 Houston Heimuli – Junior (5'11, 244)

Wide receiver

  • 2 Colby Bowman – Freshman (6'2, 195)
  •  4 Michael Wilson – Sophomore (6'2, 200)
  •  5 Connor Wedington – Junior (6'0, 198)
  • 6 Isaiah Brandt-Sims – 5th year – Senior (5'11, 183)
  •  8 Donald Stewart – Senior (6'4, 200)
  •  9 Osiris St. Brown – Junior (6'2, 186)
  • 11 Harry Schwartz – Senior (6'0, 189)
  • 13 Simi Fehoko – Sophomore (6'4, 210)
  • 14 Cameron Buzzell – Junior (5'10, 170)
  • 19 Elijah Higgins – Freshman (6'3, 215)
  • 23 Marcus Graham – Freshman (5'11, 170)
  • 41 Diego Preciado – Freshman (5'11, 175)
  • 81 Brycen Tremayne – Sophomore (6'4, 185)
  • 86 Kale Lucas – Sophomore (6'0, 190)

Tight end

  • 44 TaeVeon Le – Sophomore (6'4, 230)
  • 80 Scooter Harrington – Senior (6'5, 250)
  • 84 Colby Parkinson – Junior (6'7, 240)
  • 85 Kyle McCombs – Junior (6'5, 233)
  • 87 Bradley Archer – Freshman (6'4, 240)
  • 88 Tucker Fisk – Junior (6'4, 260)

Placekicker

  • 26 Jet Toner – Senior (6'4, 201)
  • 37 Collin Riccitelli – Senior (6'0, 196)
  

Offensive lineman

  • 50 Trey Stratford – OG/OT – Sophomore (6'4, 258)
  • 51 Drew Dalman – C – Junior (6'3, 279)
  • 55 Dylan Powell – OG/-C – Senior (6'3, 281)
  • 60 Drake Nugent – OG/-C – Freshman (6'2, 280)
  • 66 Branson Bragg – OG/-OT – Freshman (6'4, 305)
  • 70 Wakely Rush – OT – Freshman (6'5, 240)
  • 72 Walker Little – OT – Junior (6'7, 313)
  • 73 Jake Hornibrook – OG/-OT – Freshman (6'5, 285)
  • 74 Devery Hamilton – OT – Senior (6'7, 287)
  • 75 Walter Rouse – OT – Freshman (6'6, 300)
  • 76 Grant Pease – OT – Sophomore (6'4, 250)
  • 78 Henry Hattis – OT – Senior (6'6, 291)
  • 79 Foster Sarell – OT – Junior (6'7, 314)

Long snapper

  • 49 Kyle Petrucci – Sophomore (6'6, 230)
  • 69 Richard McNitzky – Senior (6'1, 216)

Punter

  • 14 Alex Gracey – Sophomore (6'3, 195)
  • 27 Ryan Sanborn – Freshman (6'3, 205)

Defensive linemen

  • 23 Ryan Johnson – DE – Junior (6'4, 262)
  • 34 Thomas Booker – DE – Sophomore (6'4, 279)
  • 50 Dalyn Wade-Perry – DT – Junior (6'4, 316)
  • 51 Jovan Swann – DE – Senior (6'2, 271)
  • 57 Michael Williams – DT – Senior (6'2, 293)
  • 58 Dylan Boles – DE – Junior (6'4, 262)
  • 91 Thomas Schaffer – DE – Senior (6'7, 290)
  • 93 Trey LaBounty – DE – Sophomore (6'7, 235)
  • 99 Bo Peek – DT – Senior (6'3, 296)
  

Linebacker

  •  2 Curtis Robinson – ILB – Senior (6'3, 232)
  •  6 Andres Fox – OLB – Sophomore (6'4, 240)
  • 10 Jordan Fox – OLB – Senior (6'3, 227)
  • 14 Jacob Mangum-Farrar – ILB – Sophomore (6'4, 223)
  • 15 Stephen Herron – OLB – Freshman (6'4, 238)
  • 19 Joshua Pakola – OLB – Freshman (6'3, 255)
  • 20 Aenas Dicosmo – ILB – Freshman (6'3, 220)
  • 25 Andrew Pryts - ILB - Senior (6'1, 222)
  • 30 Levani Damuni – ILB – Freshman (6'2, 235)
  • 35 Tobe Umerah – OLB – Sophomore (6'4, 239)
  • 36 Tristian Sinclair – ILB – Freshman (6'2, 205)
  • 40 Anthony Trinh – OLB – Senior (6'2, 239)
  • 42 Caleb Phillips – OLB – Junior (6'5, 215)
  • 43 Ryan Beecher – ILB – 5th year – Senior (6'1, 245)
  • 44 Caleb Kelly – OLB – Sophomore (6'3, 213)
  • 45 Ricky Miezan – ILB – Sophomore (6'2, 248)
  • 47 Tangaloa Kaufusi – OLB – Sophomore (6'3, 245)
  • 52 Casey Toohill – OLB – 5th year – Senior (6'4, 248)
  • 56 Jake Lynch – ILB – Sophomore (6'2, 220)
  • 77 Thunder Keck – OLB – Junior (6'3, 230)
  • 90 Gabe Reid – OLB – Junior (6'2, 231)

Cornerback

  • 4 J.J. Parson – Senior (5'10, 175)
  • 5 Donjae Logan – Sophomore (5'11, 178)
  •  8 Treyjohn Butler – Senior (5'11, 197)
  • 11 Paulson Adebo – Junior (6'1, 189)
  • 13 Ethan Bonner – Sophomore (6'1, 181)
  • 17 Kyu Blu Kelly – Freshman (6'1, 175)
  • 21 Kendall Williamson – Sophomore (6'1, 195)
  • 22 Obi Eboh – Junior (6'2, 194)
  • 24 Nicolas Toomer – S – Junior (6'2, 180)
  • 28 Salim Turner-Muhammad – S – Freshman (6'0, 185)
  • 32 Jonathan McGill – S – Freshman (5'10, 175)

Safety

  •  3 Malik Antoine – FS – Senior (5'11, 192)
  • 9 Noah Williams – FS – Junior (6'0, 191)
  • 18 Stuart Head – SS – Junior (6'4, 201)
  • 26 Brock Jones – Freshman (6'1, 185)
  • 29 Spencer Jorgensen – Freshman (6'2, 205)
  • 38 Jason Kaul – Freshman (6'4, 205)
Source and player details:[2]

Depth chart[]

Starters and backups.

  • Projected Depth Chart 2019

True Freshman
Double Position : *

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 311:00 p.m.Northwestern*No. 25
FOXW 17–737,179
September 77:30 p.m.at USCNo. 23
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
ESPNL 20–4562,109
September 1412:30 p.m.at No. 17 UCF*
  • Spectrum Stadium
  • Orlando, FL
ESPNL 27–4544,206
September 214:00 p.m.No. 16 Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNL 6–2139,249
September 284:00 p.m.at Oregon State
P12NW 31–2832,326
October 57:30 p.m.No. 15 Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNW 23–1333,225
October 176:00 p.m.UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNL 16–3431,464
October 2612:30 p.m.Arizonadagger
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
P12NW 41–3131,711
November 912:00 p.m.at Colorado
P12NL 13–1649,224
November 161:30 p.m.at Washington State
P12NL 22–4932,952
November 231:00 p.m.California
P12NL 20–2448,904
November 301:00 p.m.No. 16 Notre Dame*
FOXL 24–4537,391
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[3]

Game summaries[]

Northwestern[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7
No. 25 Cardinal 0 10 0 7 17
See also: 2019 Northwestern Wildcats football team

at USC[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Cardinal 7 13 0 0 20
Trojans 3 21 7 14 45
See also: 2019 USC Trojans football team and Stanford–USC football rivalry

at UCF[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 7 0 3 17 27
No. 17 Knights 28 10 0 7 45
See also: 2019 UCF Knights football team

Oregon[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Ducks 7 7 0 7 21
Cardinal 3 0 0 3 6
See also: 2019 Oregon Ducks football team

at Oregon State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 7 7 7 10 31
Beavers 0 0 7 21 28
See also: 2019 Oregon State Beavers football team

Washington[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Huskies 7 3 3 0 13
Cardinal 3 10 7 3 23
See also: 2019 Washington Huskies football team

UCLA[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 14 7 6 7 34
Cardinal 10 0 0 6 16
See also: 2019 UCLA Bruins football team

Arizona[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 14 7 0 31
Cardinal 7 24 7 3 41
See also: 2019 Arizona Wildcats football team

at Colorado[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 3 3 0 7 13
Buffaloes 7 3 0 6 16

at Washington State[]

See also: 2019 Washington State Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 0 14 8 0 22
Cougars 13 9 10 17 49

Statistics

Statistics STAN WSU
First downs 23 33
Total yards 510 624
Rushing yards 6 104
Passing yards 504 520
Turnovers 2 1
Time of possession 26:06 33:54
Team Category Player Statistics
Stanford Passing Davis Mills 33–50, 504 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Osiris St. Brown 1 rush, 8 yards
Receiving Connor Weddington 8 receptions, 119 yards
Washington State Passing Anthony Gordon 44–60, 520 yards, 5 TD, INT
Rushing Max Borghi 15 rushes, 111 yards, TD
Receiving Brandon Arconado 9 receptions, 148 yards, TD

Quarterback Davis Mills set a school record during the game, throwing for 504 yards.[4]

California[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 7 3 0 14 24
Cardinal 7 3 7 3 20
See also: 2019 California Golden Bears football team and Big Game (American football)

Notre Dame[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Fighting Irish 7 14 7 17 45
Cardinal 10 7 0 7 24
See also: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry

Rankings[]

Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 25 23 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches 23 23 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
CFP Not released NR NR NR NR Not released

Players drafted into the NFL[]

See also: 2020 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
4 133 Colby Parkinson TE Seattle Seahawks
7 233 Casey Toohill DE Philadelphia Eagles

References[]

  1. ^ "Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". pac-12.com. July 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Stanford Cardinal roster". gostanford.com.
  3. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Stanford University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Record game from Stanford's Davis Mills not enough at Washington State". SFChronicle.com. November 17, 2019.
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