1986 Stanford Cardinal football team

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1986 Stanford Cardinal football
Gator Bowl, L 21–27 vs. Clemson
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive scheme West Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Mannini (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
  1985
1987  
1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Arizona State $ 5 1 110 1 1
No. 14 UCLA 5 2 18 3 1
No. 18 Washington 5 2 18 3 1
No. 11 Arizona 5 3 09 3 0
Stanford 5 3 08 4 0
USC 5 3 07 5 0
Oregon 3 5 05 6 0
Washington State 2 6 13 7 1
California 2 7 02 9 0
Oregon State 1 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Contents

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13at Texas *W 31–2074,372
September 20 San Jose State *W 28–10
September 27at Oregon State W 17–7
October 4 San Diego State *
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 17–1036,500 [3]
October 11No. 12 Washington No. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
TBS L 24–1452,000
October 18at Oregon W 41–728,226
October 25 USC No. 19
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
CBS L 0–1073,500
November 1 Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 42–1235,000
November 8at No. 12 UCLA CBSW 28–2368,857
November 22at California No. 16L 11–1775,662
November 30vs. Arizona ESPN W 29–2455,000 [4]
December 27vs. No. 21 Clemson *No. 20CBSL 21–2780,104 [5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

At California

Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears
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Stanford 030811
California 0100717

at Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

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

Roster

1986 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL Robbie Coffin
RB Marshall Dillard
QB Greg Ennis
RB Scott Eschelman
WR Thomas HenleySr
WR Jeff JamesJr
OL Kurt Josephson
TE Craig Landis
OL John Mahoney
OL Jeff MarchinSo
WR 40 Ed McCaffrey Fr
RB Brian Morris
WR Carl Morris
RB 25 Brad Muster Jr
OL Tom NyeSr
OL Andy Papathanassiou
QB 14 John Paye Sr
TE Jim Price
RB Kevin R. ScottSr
OL Andy SinclairSo
TE Eric SnelsonJr
OL John ZentnerSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Darron Bennett
LB Kurt ColehowerJr
DB Toi Cook
DB Walt HarrisSr
DB Brad HumphreysJr
CB Pat KellySo
DL Tony Leiker Sr
DL Joe Lortie
LB Barry McKeeverSo
LB Mike Noble
DB Bruce Richardson
LB Kevin Richardson
DL Eric Volta
LB Chris WeberSr
LB 92 Dave Wyman Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Doug Robison
K David Sweeney
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Jimmy Walsh Running back
  • Dave Baldwin Wide receiver
  • Otto Kofler Tight end
  • Steve Axman Offensive line
  • Dick Mannini Defensive Coordinator & defensive line
  • Larry Kerr Inside linebacker
  • Jack Gilmete Outside Linebacker
  • Sonny Lubick Secondary

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

[6]

1987 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Dave Wyman Linebacker245 Seattle Seahawks
Thomas Henley Wide receiver6152 New Orleans Saints
Tony Leiker Defensive end7172 Green Bay Packers
Toi Cook Running back8207 New Orleans Saints
John Paye Quarterback10275 San Francisco 49ers

[7]

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