Stanford Cardinal Game Information Date ...................................................................... Saturday, Oct. 22 4-2 overall • 2-2 Pac-12 Time .................................................................................... Noon PT Date Opponent Time • Result Location ......................Stanford, Calif. • Stanford Stadium (50,424) 9.2 Kansas State [FS1] ............................................. W, 26-13 Television ..............................................................Pac-12 Networks 9.17 USC* [ABC] ......................................................... W, 27-10 Greg Wolf, Glenn Parker, Jill Savage 9.24 at UCLA* [ABC] ................................................... W, 22-13 Stanford Radio ......................................................... KNBR 1050 AM 9.30 at #10/9 Washington* [ESPN] ...............................L, 6-44 Colorado Stanford Scott Reiss ’93, Todd Husak ’00 and John Platz ’84 10.8 Washington State* [ESPN] ..................................L, 16-42 Stanford Student Radio .............................................KZSU 90.1 FM 10.15 at Notre Dame [NBC] ......................................... W, 17-10 Buffaloes Cardinal National Radio ................................................... Sirius 145 • XM 197 10.22 Colorado* [Pac-12 Networks] ................................ Noon (5-2 • 3-1 Pac-12) (4-2 • 2-2 Pac-12) Live Stats ...............................................................GoStanford.com 10.29 at Arizona* ............................................................. 8 p.m. 11.5 Oregon State* ............................................................TBA • The Cardinal plays host to Colorado on Reunion Homecoming at Stanford Stadium with a noon PT kickoff. Pac-12 Networks will 11.12 at Oregon* .................................................................TBA broadcast Saturday’s game. 11.19 at Cal* ........................................................................TBA 11.26 Rice.............................................................................TBA • After playing six consecutive night contests to begin the 2016 season, the home start time is the earliest for the Cardinal since a noon 12.2 Pac-12 Championship Game [FOX] ...................... 6 p.m. kickoff against Oregon State on Nov. 10, 2012. *Pac-12 contest • All times PT • Beginning in 1904, the series is Stanford’s fourth-oldest with any league team. Saturday will mark the fourth meeting since 2011, with the Cardinal sweeping and outscoring the Buffs over that stretch, 138-17. Colorado Buffaloes 5-2 • 3-1 overall • Stanford has won five straight over Colorado, including the only three Pac-12 Conference contests. Date Opponent Time • Result 9.2 vs. Colorado State ............................................... W, 44-7 • The Cardinal has never scored fewer than 42 points, and Colorado has yet to score more than 10 points in each of the past three 9.10 Idaho State .......................................................... W, 56-7 meetings. During that stretch, Stanford has held the ball for an average of 35:15 while out-gaining Colorado, 1,461-571. 9.17 at Michigan ..........................................................L, 28-45 9.24 Oregon* ............................................................. W, 41-38 • Head coach David Shaw is undefeated against five Pac-12 opponents, including Colorado. The Cardinal also has not lost to Arizona, 10.1 Oregon State* ...................................................... W, 47-6 Cal, Oregon State and UCLA under Shaw. 10.8 at USC* .................................................................L, 17-21 10.15 Arizona State* .................................................... W, 40-16 • The Cardinal is 48-7 at Stanford Stadium since 2008. 10.22 at Stanford* ............................................................ Noon 11.3 UCLA* ..................................................................... 6 p.m. • Stanford is 50-7 this decade in games played on California soil. 11.12 at Arizona* .................................................................TBA 11.19 Washington State* ....................................................TBA • Under head coach David Shaw, Stanford is 32-5 at home, 38-11 vs. Pac-12 opponents (regular season), 38-6 vs. unranked opponents, 11.26 Utah* ..........................................................................TBA 18-5 in October, 45-14 coming off a win, 25-6 in day games, 4-1 after playing Notre Dame and 8-2 on Pac-12 Networks. *Pac-12 contest • All times PT • Stanford’s 70 wins this decade are the most of any private school, ahead of Baylor (63), TCU (62), Notre Dame (57) and USC (56). Inside the Notes • For the first time in the 56-year history of the conference preseason poll, Stanford was chosen as the favorite to win the Pac-12 Probable Starters ........................................................................ 2-5 Conference title. The media poll has correctly selected the conference champion in 29 of 55 previous polls, but only twice in the last Coaching Staff .................................................................................6 nine polls. The Cardinal was not picked to win as much as the Pac-12 North Division in any of its three recent championship seasons Rosters ....................................................................................... 7-10 (2012, 2013, 2015). Notes ........................................................................................ 11-15 Statistics .................................................................................. 16-25 • The Cardinal returns 48 letterwinners (20 offense, 24 defense, four specialists) and 14 starters (five offense, six defense, three Game Summaries .................................................................... 26-31 specialists) from last season’s Pac-12 championship team that finished 12-2 and won the Rose Bowl Game against Iowa. Only 24.5 Records .................................................................................... 32-48 percent of this year’s Stanford roster is composed of fourth- and fifth-year seniors. Underclassmen make up 75.5 percent of the 2016 Longest Plays ................................................................................49 roster. The Last Time (Stanford) ..............................................................50 The Last Time (Opponents) ..........................................................51 • Stanford has won at least 11 games four times in five seasons under head coach David Shaw. From 1891-2010, the program recorded Depth Chart ...................................................................................52 four 10-win seasons. • Stanford’s ongoing streak of seven consecutive winning seasons is the longest in program history since an 11-season streak from #GoStanford 1968-78 under John Ralston, Jack Christiansen and Bill Walsh. The program’s longest streak (not including the rugby years) is 13, from Twitter ....................................................................@StanfordFBall 1923-35 under coaches Andrew Kerr, Pop Warner and Tiny Thornhill. Instagram .................................................................. StanfordFBall Facebook ..............................................................StanfordFootball • Stanford’s 2016 roster includes student-athletes from 29 states, Canada and Austria. Snapchat .................................................................... StanfordFBall • Stanford requires students to declare a major before their junior year. Among the team’s upperclassmen, 15 majors are represented. Eight Cardinal are engineering majors. Majors among Cardinal student-athletes include: architectural design, biomechanical Communications engineering, civil engineering, communication, computer science, earth systems, economics, human biology, Japanese, management Director ......................................................................... Alan George science and engineering, philosophy, psychology, public policy, science, technology and society, and urban studies. alan.george@stanford.edu • 574.340.3977 • @treeSIDjorge Assistant Director ........................................................... Eric Dolan • Fifth-year senior SS Dallas Lloyd, senior OLB Peter Kalambayi, fifth-year senior OG Johnny Caspers, junior DE Solomon Thomas and edolan@stanford.edu • 585.260.8322 • @EJDolan junior RB Christian McCaffrey serve as captains, as voted by their teammates. In the modern era of Stanford’s captains voting, only Assistant Director ...........................................................Greg Marsh fourth- and fifth-year seniors had ever appeared on the ballot, making the nods for McCaffrey and Thomas a program-first. gbmarsh@stanford.edu • 510.449.1485 • @GregMarsh24 • Stanford joins Clemson, Duke, Northwestern and Wisconsin as the only FBS football teams to earn APR Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA in each of the past four years. 1 Probable Starters • Offense 17 • RYAN BURNS • 6-5 • 232 • Sr. • Leesburg, Va. (Stone Bridge) • Science, technology and society major PASSING G Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic • One touchdown pass in five of six career starts 2014 2 1-1-0 13 0 13 1.000 13.0 6.5 209.2 • First career fourth-quarter comeback at UCLA in 2016 2015 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- QB • 10 of 10 passing to begin first career start vs. Kansas State 2016 6 79-123-4 888 5 56 64.2 7.2 148.0 131.8 • 51-6 as high school starter, 3-2 as college starter TOTAL 12 80-124-4 901 5 56