2019 Stanford Cardinal football team

2019 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	4–8 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	David Shaw (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tavita Pritchard (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Lance Anderson (6th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Uniform
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2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 5 Oregon x$		8	–	1					12	–	2
California		4	–	5					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					8	–	5
Oregon State		4	–	5					5	–	7
Washington State		3	–	6					6	–	7
Stanford		3	–	6					4	–	8
South Division
No. 16 Utah x		8	–	1					11	–	3
USC		7	–	2					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					8	–	5
UCLA		4	–	5					4	–	8
Colorado		3	–	6					5	–	7
Arizona		2	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by ninth-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 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.

Preseason

Pac-12 media day

Pac-12 media poll

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Stanford was voted to finish in third place in the North Division. ^[1]

Media poll (North Division)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Oregon	190 (17)
2	Washington	189 (17)
3	Stanford	129
4	Washington State	108 (1)
5	California	81
6	Oregon State	38

Position key

Back	B		Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB
Defensive end	DE		Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		End	E
Fullback	FB		Guard	G		Halfback	HB		Kicker	K
Kickoff returner	KR		Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB
Long snapper	LS		Punter	P		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Stanford years	Alma mater
David Shaw	Head coach	13th	Stanford (1994)
Lance Anderson	Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach	13th	Idaho State (1996)
Tavita Pritchard	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	7th	Stanford (2009)
Pete Alamar	Special teams coordinator	4th	Cal Lutheran (1983)
Ron Gould	Running backs coach	3rd	Oregon (1987)
Morgan Turner	Tight ends coach	7th	Illinois (2009)
Kevin Carberry	Offensive line coach	2nd	Ohio (2005)
Bobby Kennedy	Wide receivers coach	2nd	Northern Colorado (1989)
Duane Akina	Defensive backs coach	6th	Washington (1979)
Peter Hansen	Inside linebackers coach	6th	Arizona (2001)
Diron Reynolds	Defensive linemen coach	3rd	Wake Forest (1994)

Roster

2019 Stanford Cardinal football
Quarterback  3 K. J. Costello – senior (6'5, 215) 10 Jack West – sophomore (6'4, 210) 15 Davis Mills – junior (6'4, 220) 17 Dylan Plautz – sophomore (6'2, 200) 18 Jack Richardson – senior (6'5, 213) Running back 20 Austin Jones – freshman (5'10, 200) 21 Trevor Speights – senior (5'11, 209) 22 Cameron Scarlett – 5th year - Senior (6'1, 216) 25 Justus Woods – sophomore (6'1, 211) 28 Dorian Maddox – senior (5'10, 202) 30 Cameron McFarlane – sophomore (6'0, 200) 32 Nathaniel Peat – freshman (5'10, 190) Fullback 24 Jay Symonds – sophomore (6'3, 247) 34 Houston Heimuli – junior (5'11, 244) Wide receiver 2 Colby Bowman – freshman (6'2, 195)  4 Michael Wilson – sophomore (6'2, 200)  5 Connor Wedington – junior (6'0, 198) 6 Isaiah Brandt-Sims – 5th year – Senior (5'11, 183)  8 Donald Stewart – senior (6'4, 200)  9 Osiris St. Brown – junior (6'2, 186) 11 Harry Schwartz – senior (6'0, 189) 13 Simi Fehoko – sophomore (6'4, 210) 14 Cameron Buzzell – junior (5'10, 170) 19 Elijah Higgins – freshman (6'3, 215) 23 Marcus Graham – freshman (5'11, 170) 41 Diego Preciado – freshman (5'11, 175) 81 Brycen Tremayne – sophomore (6'4, 185) 86 Kale Lucas – sophomore (6'0, 190) Tight end 44 TaeVeon Le – sophomore (6'4, 230) 80 Scooter Harrington – senior (6'5, 250) 84 Colby Parkinson – junior (6'7, 240) 85 Kyle McCombs – junior (6'5, 233) 87 Bradley Archer – freshman (6'4, 240) 88 Tucker Fisk – junior (6'4, 260) Placekicker 26 Jet Toner – senior (6'4, 201) 37 Collin Riccitelli – senior (6'0, 196)		Offensive lineman 50 Trey Stratford – OG/OT – sophomore (6'4, 258) 51 Drew Dalman – C – junior (6'3, 279) 55 Dylan Powell – OG/-C – senior (6'3, 281) 60 Drake Nugent – OG/-C – freshman (6'2, 280) 66 Branson Bragg – OG/-OT – freshman (6'4, 305) 70 Wakely Rush – OT – freshman (6'5, 240) 72 Walker Little – OT – junior (6'7, 313) 73 Jake Hornibrook – OG/-OT – freshman (6'5, 285) 74 Devery Hamilton – OT – senior (6'7, 287) 75 Walter Rouse – OT – freshman (6'6, 300) 76 Grant Pease – OT – sophomore (6'4, 250) 78 Henry Hattis – OT – senior (6'6, 291) 79 Foster Sarell – OT – junior (6'7, 314) Long snapper 49 Kyle Petrucci – sophomore (6'6, 230) 69 Richard McNitzky – senior (6'1, 216) Punter 14 Alex Gracey – sophomore (6'3, 195) 27 Ryan Sanborn – freshman (6'3, 205) Defensive linemen 23 Ryan Johnson – DE – junior (6'4, 262) 34 Thomas Booker – DE – sophomore (6'4, 279) 50 Dalyn Wade-Perry – DT – junior (6'4, 316) 51 Jovan Swann – DE – senior (6'2, 271) 57 Michael Williams – DT – senior (6'2, 293) 58 Dylan Boles – DE – junior (6'4, 262) 91 Thomas Schaffer – DE – senior (6'7, 290) 93 Trey LaBounty – DE – sophomore (6'7, 235) 99 Bo Peek – DT – senior (6'3, 296)		Linebacker  2 Curtis Robinson – ILB – senior (6'3, 232)  6 Andres Fox – OLB – sophomore (6'4, 240) 10 Jordan Fox – OLB – senior (6'3, 227) 14 Jacob Mangum-Farrar – ILB – sophomore (6'4, 223) 15 Stephen Herron – OLB – freshman (6'4, 238) 19 Joshua Pakola – OLB – freshman (6'3, 255) 20 Aenas Dicosmo – ILB – freshman (6'3, 220) 25 Andrew Pryts - ILB – senior (6'1, 222) 30 Levani Damuni – ILB – freshman (6'2, 235) 35 Tobe Umerah – OLB – sophomore (6'4, 239) 36 Tristian Sinclair – ILB – freshman (6'2, 205) 40 Anthony Trinh – OLB – senior (6'2, 239) 42 Caleb Phillips – OLB – junior (6'5, 215) 43 Ryan Beecher – ILB – 5th year – Senior (6'1, 245) 44 Caleb Kelly – OLB – sophomore (6'3, 213) 45 Ricky Miezan – ILB – sophomore (6'2, 248) 47 Tangaloa Kaufusi – OLB – sophomore (6'3, 245) 52 Casey Toohill – OLB – 5th year – Senior (6'4, 248) 56 Jake Lynch – ILB – sophomore (6'2, 220) 77 Thunder Keck – OLB – junior (6'3, 230) 90 Gabe Reid – OLB – junior (6'2, 231) Cornerback 4 J.J. Parson – senior (5'10, 175) 5 Donjae Logan – sophomore (5'11, 178)  8 Treyjohn Butler – senior (5'11, 197) 11 Paulson Adebo – junior (6'1, 189) 13 Ethan Bonner – sophomore (6'1, 181) 17 Kyu Blu Kelly – freshman (6'1, 175) 21 Kendall Williamson – sophomore (6'1, 195) 22 Obi Eboh – junior (6'2, 194) 24 Nicolas Toomer – S – junior (6'2, 180) 28 Salim Turner-Muhammad – S – freshman (6'0, 185) 32 Jonathan McGill – S – freshman (5'10, 175) Safety  3 Malik Antoine – FS – senior (5'11, 192) 9 Noah Williams – FS – junior (6'0, 191) 18 Stuart Head – SS – junior (6'4, 201) 26 Brock Jones – freshman (6'1, 185) 29 Spencer Jorgensen – freshman (6'2, 205) 38 Jason Kaul – freshman (6'4, 205)
Source and player details: [2]

Depth chart

Starters and backups.

Defense FS Malik Antoine Noah Williams -- WLB MLB SLB Jordan Fox Gabe Reid Curtis Robinson Casey Toohill ⋅ Jacob Mangum-Farrar Andres Fox ⋅ Andrew Pryts -- SS Stuart Head -- -- CB Paulson Adebo Kendall Williamson -- DE DT DT DE Jovan Swann Trey LaBounty Bo Peek Thomas Booker Thomas Schaffer Dylan Boles -- Ryan Johnson -- -- -- -- CB Obi Eboh Treyjohn Butler -- Offense WR Michael Wilson Osiris St. Brown Harry Schwartz WR Donald Stewart Isaiah Brandt-Sims Brycen Tremayne LT LG C RG RT Foster Sarell Devery Hamilton Drew Dalman Dylan Powell Walker Little Jake Hornibrook Trey Stratford Branson Bragg Wakely Rush Henry Hattis Grant Pease Walter Rouse Barrett Miller -- -- TE Colby Parkinson Scooter Harrington Tucker Fisk WR Connor Wedington Simi Fehoko Cameron Buzzell QB K. J. Costello Davis Mills Jack West Key reserves Offense Defense Out (Suspension) Out (Season) Out (Mission) Out (Transfer) Special teams PK Jet Toner PK Collin Riccitelli P Alex Gracey P -- KR Cameron Scarlett PR Michael Wilson LS Richard McNitzky Kyle Petrucci H -- RB Cameron Scarlett Dorian Maddox Trevor Speights

• Projected Depth Chart 2019

True Freshman
Double Position : *

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	1:00 p.m.	Northwestern *	No. 25	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FOX	W 17–7	37,179
September 7	7:30 p.m.	at USC	No. 23	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–45	62,109
September 14	12:30 p.m.	at No. 17 UCF *		Spectrum Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPN	L 27–45	44,206
September 21	4:00 p.m.	No. 16 Oregon		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ESPN	L 6–21	39,249
September 28	4:00 p.m.	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 31–28	32,326
October 5	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 Washington		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ESPN	W 23–13	33,225
October 17	6:00 p.m.	UCLA		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ESPN	L 16–34	31,464
October 26	12:30 p.m.	Arizona		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	P12N	W 41–31	31,711
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	L 13–16	49,224
November 16	1:30 p.m.	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 22–49	32,952
November 23	1:00 p.m.	California		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (122nd Big Game / Stanford Axe)	P12N	L 20–24	48,904
November 30	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Notre Dame *		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy)	FOX	L 24–45	37,391
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

^[3]

Game summaries

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	7	7
No. 25 Cardinal	0	10	0	7	17

See also: 2019 Northwestern Wildcats football team

At USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Cardinal	7	13	0	0	20
Trojans	3	21	7	14	45

See also: 2019 USC Trojans football team and Stanford–USC football rivalry

At UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	7	0	3	17	27
No. 17 Knights	28	10	0	7	45

See also: 2019 UCF Knights football team

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Ducks	7	7	0	7	21
Cardinal	3	0	0	3	6

See also: 2019 Oregon Ducks football team

At Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	7	7	7	10	31
Beavers	0	0	7	21	28

See also: 2019 Oregon State Beavers football team

Washington

See also: 2019 Washington Huskies football team

Washington at Stanford – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Huskies	7	3	3	0	13
Cardinal	3	10	7	3	23

at Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA

• Date: October 5, 2019
• Game time: 7:30 pm PDT
• Game attendance: 33,225
• Referee: Kevin Mar
• TV: ESPN

Game information
Top passers UW – Jacob Eason: 16/36, 206 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception STAN – Davis Mills: 21/30, 293 yards, 1 touchdown Top rushers UW – Richard Newton: 10 rushes, 64 yards STAN – Cameron Scarlett: 33 rushes, 151 yards, 1 touchdown Top receiving UW – Aaron Fuller: 9 receptions, 171 yards STAN – Simi Fehoko: 3 receptions, 91 yards, 1 touchdown

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	14	7	6	7	34
Cardinal	10	0	0	6	16

See also: 2019 UCLA Bruins football team

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	14	7	0	31
Cardinal	7	24	7	3	41

See also: 2019 Arizona Wildcats football team

At Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	3	3	0	7	13
Buffaloes	7	3	0	6	16

See also: 2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team

At Washington State

See also: 2019 Washington State Cougars football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	14	8	0	22
Cougars	13	9	10	17	49

Statistics

Statistics	STAN	WSU
First downs	23	33
Total yards	510	624
Rushing yards	6	104
Passing yards	504	520
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	26:06	33:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Stanford	Passing	Davis Mills	33–50, 504 yards, 3 TD, 2 int
	Rushing	Osiris St. Brown	1 rush, 8 yards
	Receiving	Connor Weddington	8 receptions, 119 yards
Washington State	Passing	Anthony Gordon	44–60, 520 yards, 5 TD, int
	Rushing	Max Borghi	15 rushes, 111 yards, TD
	Receiving	Brandon Arconado	9 receptions, 148 yards, TD

Quarterback Davis Mills set a school record during the game, throwing for 504 yards. ^[4]

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	7	3	0	14	24
Cardinal	7	3	7	3	20

See also: 2019 California Golden Bears football team and Big Game (American football)

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Fighting Irish	7	14	7	17	45
Cardinal	10	7	0	7	24

See also: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry

Rankings

Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	25	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	23	23	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—		Not released

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
4	133	Colby Parkinson	TE	Seattle Seahawks
7	233	Casey Toohill	DE	Philadelphia Eagles

References

1. "Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". pac-12.com. July 24, 2019.
2. "2019 Stanford Cardinal roster". gostanford.com.
3. "2019 Football Schedule". Stanford University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
4. "Record game from Stanford's Davis Mills not enough at Washington State". SFChronicle.com. November 17, 2019.