2016 Stanford Cardinal football team

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2016 Stanford Cardinal football
Stanford Cardinal logo.svg
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 25–23 vs. North Carolina
Conference Pac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 12
Record10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren (4th season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Lance Anderson (3rd season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
←  2015
2017  →
2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 4 Washington x$^  8 –1   12 –2  
Washington State  7 –2   8 –5  
No. 12 Stanford  6 –3   10 –3  
California  3 –6   5 –7  
Oregon State  3 –6   4 –8  
Oregon  2 –7   4 –8  
South Division
No. 17 Colorado x  8 –1   10 –4  
No. 3 USC  7 –2   10 –3  
No. 23 Utah  5 –4   9 –4  
Arizona State  2 –7   5 –7  
UCLA  2 –7   4 –8  
Arizona  1 –8   3 –9  
Championship: Washington 41, Colorado 10
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by sixth-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 10–3, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated North Carolina.

Contents

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionStanford yearsAlma mater
David Shaw Head coach10th Stanford (1994)
Lance Anderson Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach10th Idaho State (1996)
Mike Bloomgren Associate head coach / offensive coordinator6th Florida State (1999)
Pete Alamar Special teams coordinator5th Cal Lutheran (1983)
Duane Akina Defensive backs coach3rd Washington (1979)
Peter Hansen Inside linebackers coach3rd Arizona (2001)
Tavita Pritchard Quarterbacks coach / wide receivers coach4th Stanford (2009)
Diron ReynoldsDefensive linemen coach1st Wake Forest (1994)
Lance Taylor Running backs coach3rd Alabama (2003)
Morgan TurnerTight ends coach4th Illinois (2009)

Roster

2016 Stanford Cardinal football

Quarterback

  • 10 Keller Chryst – junior (6'5, 237)
  • 11 K. J. Costello – freshman (6'5, 220)
  • 17 Ryan Burns – senior (6'5, 233)
  • 18 Brent Peus – freshman (6'3, 205)
  • 19 Jack Richardson – freshman (6'4, 205)

Tailback

  •  5 Christian McCaffrey – junior (6'0, 202)
  • 20 Bryce Love – sophomore (5'10, 181)
  • 22 Cameron Scarlett – sophomore (6'1, 216)
  • 23 Trevor Speights – freshman (5'11, 207)
  • 28 Dorian Maddox – freshman (5'10, 205)
  • 42 Pat McFadden – senior (5'10, 194)

Fullback

  • 15 Reagan Williams – sophomore (6'3, 237)
  • 35 Daniel Marx – junior (6'2, 253)
  • 82 Chris Harrell – Redshirt.svg senior (6'4, 239)

Wide receiver

  •  2 Trenton Irwin – sophomore (6'2, 202)
  •  3 Michael Rector – Redshirt.svg senior (6'1, 185)
  •  4 Jay Tyler – sophomore (5'8, 169)
  •  6 Francis Owusu – senior (6'3, 223)
  •  8 Donald Stewart – freshman (6'4, 200)
  • 13 Taijuan Thomas – senior (5'10, 173)
  • 14 Paxton Segina – freshman (6'4, 210)
  • 19 J. J. Arcega-Whiteside – sophomore (6'3, 221)
  • 21 Isaiah Brandt-Sims – junior (5'11, 181)
  • 46 Sidhart Krishnamurthi – sophomore (5'11, 168)
  • 81 Harry Schwartz – freshman (6'0, 195)
  • 85 Treyvion Foster – senior (6'1, 209)
  • Simi Fehoko – freshman (6'4, 190)

Tight end

  •  9 Dalton Schultz – junior (6'6, 240)
  • 80 Scooter Harrington – freshman (6'5, 240)
  • 82 Kaden Smith – freshman (6'5, 250)
  • 87 Ben Snyder – sophomore (6'4, 239)
  • 88 Greg Taboada – senior (6'5, 250)

Punter

  • 14 Jake Bailey – sophomore (6'2, 187) (+K)
  • 47 Alex Robinson – senior (6'0, 216)
 

Offensive lineman

  • 54 Nick Wilson - OG – sophomore (6'3, 287)
  • 55 Dylan Powell - OG – freshman (6'3, 270)
  • 57 Johnny Caspers - OG-C – Redshirt.svg senior (6'4, 296)
  • 58 Matthew Gutwald - OG – freshman (6'4, 295)
  • 60 Lucas Hinds - OG-OT – senior (6'4, 284)
  • 62 Austin Maihen - OG – sophomore (6'5, 292)
  • 63 Nate Herbig - OG – freshman (6'4, 350)
  • 64 David Bright - OT – senior (6'5, 301)
  • 65 Brian Chaffin - C – sophomore (6'2, 289)
  • 70 Clark Yarbrough - OT – freshman (6'6, 282)
  • 71 Brandon Fanaika - OG – junior (6'3, 318)
  • 73 Jesse Burkett - C – junior (6'4, 304)
  • 74 Devery Hamilton - OT – freshman (6'7, 290)
  • 75 A.T. Hall - OT – junior (6'5, 280)
  • 76 Jack Dreyer - OT – sophomore (6'8, 306)
  • 77 Casey Tucker - OT – junior (6'6, 296)
  • 78 Henry Hattis - OT – freshman (6'6, 270)

Defensive linemen

  • 51 Jovan Swann - DE-DT – freshman (6'2, 270)
  • 56 Wesley Annan - DT – sophomore (6'4, 261)
  • 57 Michael Williams - DE-DT – freshman (6'2, 300)
  • 66 Harrison Phillips - DT-DE – junior (6'4, 290)
  • 75 Jordan Watkins - DE – Redshirt.svg senior (6'5, 277)
  • 80 Eric Cotton - DE – senior (6'6, 265)
  • 90 Solomon Thomas - DE-DT – junior (6'3, 275)
  • 91 Thomas Schaffer - DE – freshman (6'7, 270)
  • 92 Bo Peek - DT – freshman (6'3, 296)
  • 97 Dylan Jackson - DE – sophomore (6'6, 268)
  • 99 Luke Kaumatule – Redshirt.svg senior (6'7, 294)

Long snappers

  • 68 C.J. Keller – junior (6'3, 202)
  • 69 Richard McNitzky – freshman (6'1, 215)

Placekicker

  • 26 Jet Toner – freshman (6'4, 185) (+P)
  • 27 Charlie Beall – sophomore (6'2, 205)
  • 34 Conrad Ukropina – Redshirt.svg senior (6'1, 192)
  • 37 Collin Riccitelli – freshman (6'0, 180)
 

Linebacker

  •  3 Noor Davis - ILB – Redshirt.svg senior (6'4, 244)
  • 15 Jordan Perez - ILB – junior (6'2, 223)
  • 17 Jordan Fox - OLB – freshman (6'3, 227)
  • 20 Bobby Okereke - ILB – junior (6'3, 232)
  • 21 Curtis Robinson - OLB – freshman (6'3, 215)
  • 27 Sean Barton - ILB – junior (6'3, 225)
  • 30 Craig Jones - ILB – Redshirt.svg senior (6'0, 223)
  • 31 Mustafa Branch - ILB – sophomore (5'11, 218)
  • 32 Joey Alfieri - OLB – junior (6'3, 240)
  • 33 Mike Tyler - OLB – senior (6'5, 236)
  • 34 Peter Kalambayi - OLB – senior (6'3, 245)
  • 40 Anthony Trinh - OLB – freshman (6'2, 238)
  • 43 Ryan Beecher - ILB – sophomore (6'1, 229)
  • 44 Kevin Palma - ILB – senior (6'2, 250)
  • 49 Lewis Burik - ILB – sophomore (5'10, 207)
  • 52 Casey Toohill - OLB – sophomore (6'4, 245)
  • 86 Lane Veach - OLB – junior (6'6, 239)
  • Tangaloa Kaufusi - OLB – freshman (6'3, 220)

Cornerback

  •  5 Frank Buncom – sophomore (6'2, 194)
  •  4 Treyjohn Butler – freshman (5'11, 186) (+S)
  • 11 Terrence Alexander – junior (5'10, 185)
  • 13 Alijah Holder – junior (6'2, 185)
  • 18 Malik Antoine – freshman (5'11, 184)
  • 19 Ryan Gaertner – senior (5'10, 175)
  • 22 Obi Eboh – freshman (6'2, 194)
  • 23 Alameen Murphy – junior (5'11, 195)
  • 24 Quenton Meeks – sophomore (6'2, 195)
  • 26 J.J. Parson – freshman (5'10, 176)

Safety

  •  2 Brandon Simmons – junior (6'0, 190)
  •  8 Justin Reid - SS – sophomore (6'1, 196)
  •  9 Ben Edwards - FS – sophomore (6'0, 195)
  • 10 Zach Hoffpauir - FS – senior (6'0, 197)
  • 25 Andrew Pryts – freshman (6'1, 196)
  • 28 Denzel Franklin - SS – junior (6'0, 198)
  • 29 Dallas Lloyd - SS – Redshirt.svg senior (6'3, 213)
  • 36 Kelly Blake – freshman (6'0, 190)
  • 45 Calvin Chandler - FS – senior (6'2, 203)

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m. Kansas State *No. 8
 FS1 W 26–1346,147
September 175:00 p.m. USC No. 7
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
 ABC W 27–1048,763
September 245:00 p.m.at UCLA No. 7
ABCW 22–1370,833
September 306:00 p.m.at No. 10 Washington No. 7
ESPNL 6–4472,027
October 87:30 p.m. Washington State No. 15
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
 ESPN L 16–4250,424
October 154:30 p.m.at Notre Dame *
 NBC W 17–1080,795
October 2212:00 p.m. Colorado Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
 P12N L 5–1044,535
October 298:00 p.m.at Arizona
FS1W 34–1046,740
November 512:30 p.m. Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
FS1W 26–1538,813
November 121:00 p.m.at Oregon
P12NW 52–2753,757
November 192:30 p.m.at California No. 24
P12NW 45–3152,266
November 265:00 p.m. Rice *No. 24
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
P12NW 41–1736,171
December 3011:00 a.m.vs. North Carolina *No. 18
 CBS W 25–2342,166

Game summaries

Kansas State

1234Total
Wildcats033713
#8 Cardinal3140926

USC

1234Total
Trojans307010
#7 Cardinal71010027

At UCLA

1234Total
#7 Cardinal3031622
Bruins730313

At No. 10 Washington

1234Total
#7 Cardinal00606
#10 Huskies131071444

Washington State

1234Total
Cougars77141442
#15 Cardinal037616

At Notre Dame

1234Total
Cardinal009817
Fighting Irish730010

Colorado

1234Total
Buffaloes070310
Cardinal30025

At Arizona

1234Total
Cardinal01710734
Wildcats073010

Oregon State

1234Total
Beavers070815
Cardinal10310326

At Oregon

1234Total
Cardinal211714052
Ducks6701427

At California

1234Total
Cardinal710141445
Golden Bears7710731

Rice

1234Total
Owls037717
#17 Cardinal13721041

Vs. North Carolina–Sun Bowl

1234Total
#16 Cardinal763925
Tar Heels7010623

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 8777715RVRV———RVRV171612
Coaches 7566615RVRV——RVRVRV171612
CFP Not released——24241818Not released

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
13 Solomon Thomas DE San Francisco 49ers
18 Christian McCaffrey RB Carolina Panthers

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