2020 Stanford Cardinal football team

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2020 Stanford Cardinal football
Stanford Cardinal logo.svg
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2020 record4–2 (4–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
  • David Shaw (10th season as HC, 14th overall season)
Offensive coordinatorTavita Pritchard (3rd season as OC, 11th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorLance Anderson (7th season as DC, 14th overall season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
(Capacity: 50,424)
Uniform
Stanford cardinal football uniforms.png
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
Washington x   3 1     3 1  
Oregon y$   3 2     4 3  
Stanford   4 2     4 2  
California   1 3     1 3  
Washington State   1 3     1 3  
Oregon State   2 5     2 5  
South Division
No. 21 USC xy   5 0     5 1  
Colorado   3 1     4 2  
Utah   3 2     3 2  
Arizona State   2 2     2 2  
UCLA   3 4     3 4  
Arizona   0 5     0 5  
Championship: Oregon 31, USC 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on November 6. In addition to the title game on December 18, the conference seeded all remaining teams for a game during that weekend.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by tenth-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

On August 11, the Pac-12 Conference initially canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On September 24, the conference announced that a six-game conference-only season would begin on November 6, with the Pac-12 Championship Game to be played December 18. Teams not selected for the championship game would be seeded to play a seventh game.[3]

On December 13, with a record of 3–2 and one game left to play, the program announced that it would not participate in any bowl game.[4] The Cardinal won their final game, finishing their season with a 4–2 record.

Previous season[]

They finished the 2019 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.

Pac-12 media day[]

Pac-12 media poll[]

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Stanford was voted to finish fourth in the Pac-12 North division.

Media poll (North Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oregon 222 (35)
2 California 176 (3)
3 Washington 161
4 Stanford 105
5 Oregon State 76
6 Washington State 58

Schedule[]

Stanford had games scheduled against William & Mary (September 5), Notre Dame (October 10), and BYU (November 28), but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
November 74:30 p.m.at No. 12 Oregon
ABCL 14–35
November 1412:30 p.m.ColoradoESPNL 32–351
November 218:00 p.m.Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
FS1No Contest[6]
November 271:30 p.m.at CaliforniaFOXW 24–23
December 51:00 p.m.at No. 22 Washington
FOXW 31–26278
December 127:30 p.m.at Oregon StateESPNUW 27–24
December 194:00 p.m.at UCLAESPNW 48–47 2OT0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[8]

Personnel[]

Coaching staff[]

Name Position Stanford Years Alma mater
David Shaw Head Coach 14th Stanford (1994)
Lance Anderson Defensive Coordinator / Outside Linebackers Coach 14th Idaho State (1996)
Tavita Pritchard Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 8th Stanford (2009)
Pete Alamar Special Teams Coordinator 5th Cal Lutheran (1983)
Ron Gould Running Backs Coach 4th Oregon (1987)
Morgan Turner Tight Ends Coach 8th Illinois (2009)
Kevin Carberry Offensive Line Coach 4th Ohio (2005)
Bobby Kennedy Wide Receivers Coach 3rd Northern Colorado (1989)
Duane Akina Defensive Backs Coach 7th Washington (1979)
Eric Sanders Inside Linebackers Coach 1st UC Davis (2005)
Diron Reynolds Defensive Linemen Coach 4th Wake Forest (1994)

Game Summaries[]

at Oregon[]

Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon Ducks – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 7 0 0714
No. 12 Ducks 7 7 14735

at Autzen StadiumEugene, Oregon

  • Date: November 7, 2020
  • Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 46 °F (8 °C)
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Michael Mothershed
  • TV: ABC
  • Reference
Game information

Colorado[]

Colorado Buffaloes vs. Stanford Cardinal – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Buffaloes 7 7 14735
Cardinal 3 6 71632

at Stanford StadiumStanford, California

  • Date: November 14, 2020
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Overcast, 50 °F (10 °C)
  • Game attendance: 1
  • Referee: Francisco Villar
  • TV: ESPN
  • Reference
Game information

at California[]

Stanford Cardinal vs. California Golden Bears – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 0 10 14024
Golden Bears 7 3 7623

at California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California

  • Date: November 27, 2020
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Clear, 64 °F (18 °C)
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Matt Richards
  • TV announcers (FOX): Alex Faust and Petros Papadakis
  • Reference
Game information

at Washington[]

Stanford Cardinal vs. Washington Huskies – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 14 10 7031
No. 22 Huskies 0 3 131026

at Husky StadiumSeattle, Washington

  • Date: December 5, 2020
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Sunny, 55 °F (13 °C)
  • Game attendance: 278
  • Referee: Michael Mothershed
  • TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis and Mark Helfrich
  • Reference
Game information

at Oregon State[]

Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon State Beavers – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 6 3 71127
Beavers 7 7 7324

at Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR

  • Date: December 12, 2020
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 36 °F (2 °C)
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Francisco Villar
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): John Schriffen and Rene Ingoglia
  • Reference
Game information

at UCLA[]

Stanford Cardinal vs. UCLA Bruins – Game summary
1 2 34OT2OTTotal
Cardinal 7 13 0147748
Bruins 3 0 14177647

at Rose Bowl StadiumPasadena, CA

  • Date: December 19, 2020
  • Game time: 4:05 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Michael Mothershed
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, and Taylor McGregor
Game information

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 15 16 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR  
CFP Not released NR NR Not released

Players drafted into the NFL[]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
2 45 Walker Little OT Jacksonville Jaguars
3 67 Davis Mills QB Houston Texans
3 76 Paulson Adebo CB New Orleans Saints
4 114 Drew Dalman C Atlanta Falcons
5 179 Simi Fehoko WR Dallas Cowboys

References[]

  1. ^ Pac-12 Conference. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year". pac-12.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". pac-12.com. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Teams opting out of bowls in 2020: Stanford becomes the latest school to decline a bowl invite". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Saturday's Washington State vs Stanford football game cancelled because of COVID-19 cases". KomoNews. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Pac-12 statement regarding Stanford vs. Oregon State football game". Pac-12.com. Retrieved December 1, 2020. The Pac-12 announced today that in order to comply with the newly issued Santa Clara Public Health Department directives and related restrictions on sport competitions, the December 12 football game between Stanford and Oregon State will now take place at Reser Stadium in Corvallis.
  8. ^ "2020 Stanford Football Schedule". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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