2020 Stanford Cardinal football team

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.

2020 Stanford Cardinal football
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
2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
Washington x  3 –1     3 –1  
Stanford  4 –2     4 –2  
Oregon y$  3 –2     4 –3  
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.

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
Main article: 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team

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, Notre Dame, and BYU, 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.Colorado
ESPNL 32–351
November 218:00 p.m.Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
FS1No Contest[6]
November 271:30 p.m.at California
FOXW 24–23—
December 51:00 p.m.at No. 22 Washington
FOXW 31–26278
December 127:30 p.m.at Oregon State
ESPNUW 27–24—
December 194:00 p.m.at UCLA
ESPNW 48–47 2OT0

[8]

Personnel

Coaching staff
NamePositionStanford YearsAlma mater
David ShawHead Coach13thStanford (1994)
Lance AndersonDefensive Coordinator / Outside Linebackers Coach13thIdaho State (1996)
Tavita PritchardOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks7thStanford (2009)
Pete AlamarSpecial Teams Coordinator4thCal Lutheran (1983)
Ron GouldRunning Backs Coach3rdOregon (1987)
Morgan TurnerTight Ends Coach7thIllinois (2009)
Kevin CarberryOffensive Line Coach2ndOhio (2005)
Bobby KennedyWide Receivers Coach2ndNorthern Colorado (1989)
Duane AkinaDefensive Backs Coach6thWashington (1979)
Eric SandersInside Linebackers Coach1stUC Davis (2005)
Diron ReynoldsDefensive Linemen Coach3rdWake Forest (1994)

Game Summaries

at Oregon
See also: 2020 Oregon Ducks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
47–33–1 2018 L, 21–6
Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon Ducks – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 7 0 0714
No. 12 Ducks 7 7 14735

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, 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
See also: 2020 Colorado Buffaloes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–5 2019 L, 16–13
Colorado Buffaloes vs. Stanford Cardinal – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Buffaloes 7 7 14735
Cardinal 3 6 71632

at Stanford Stadium • Stanford, 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
See also: 2020 California Golden Bears football team and Big Game (American football)
Overall record Last meeting Result
59–44–10 2019 L, 24–20
Stanford Cardinal vs. California Golden Bears – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 0 10 14024
Golden Bears 7 3 7623

at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, 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
See also: 2020 Washington Huskies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
43–43–4 2019 W, 23–13
Stanford Cardinal vs. Washington Huskies – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 14 10 7031
No. 22 Huskies 0 3 131026

at Husky Stadium • Seattle, 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
See also: 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
58–25–3 2019 W, 31–28
Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon State Beavers – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 6 3 71127
Beavers 7 7 7324

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, 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
See also: 2020 UCLA Bruins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
42–46–3 2019 L, 16–34
Stanford Cardinal vs. UCLA Bruins – Game summary
1 2 34OT2OTTotal
Cardinal 7 13 0147748
Bruins 3 0 14177647

at Rose Bowl Stadium • Pasadena, 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
Further information: 2020 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 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

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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