1986 Stanford Cardinal football team

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]

1986 Stanford Cardinal football
Gator Bowl, L 21–27 vs. Clemson
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1986 record8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
(Capacity: 85,500)
1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResult
September 13at Texas*W 31–20
September 20San Jose State*W 28–10
September 27at Oregon StateW 17–7
October 4San Diego State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 17–10
October 11No. 12 WashingtonNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
TBSL 24–14
October 18at OregonW 41–7
October 25USCNo. 19
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
CBSL 0–10
November 1Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 42–12
November 8at No. 12 UCLACBSW 28–23
November 22at CaliforniaNo. 16L 11–17
November 30vs. ArizonaESPNW 29–24
December 27vs. No. 21 Clemson*No. 20CBSL 21–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1986 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
P Doug Robison
K David Sweeney
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt
    Source:[3]

    Season summary

    at California

    Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears
    1 2 34Total
    Stanford 0 3 0811
    California 0 10 0717

    at Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

    • Date: November 22, 1986
    • Game attendance: 75,662
    • Eugene Register Guard, 1986 Nov 23.

    1987 NFL Draft

    PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
    Dave WymanLinebacker245Seattle Seahawks
    Thomas HenleyWide receiver6152New Orleans Saints
    Tony LeikerDefensive end7172Green Bay Packers
    Toi CookRunning back8207New Orleans Saints
    John PayeQuarterback10275San Francisco 49ers

    [4]

    References

    1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 19861990". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
    2. "1986 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
    3. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 18, 1986. p. 2C.
    4. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1987.htm
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