2016 Stanford Cardinal football team

2016 Stanford Cardinal football

Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 25–23 vs. North Carolina
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	David Shaw (6th season)
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
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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.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Stanford years	Alma mater
David Shaw	Head coach	10th	Stanford (1994)
Lance Anderson	Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach	10th	Idaho State (1996)
Mike Bloomgren	Associate head coach / offensive coordinator	6th	Florida State (1999)
Pete Alamar	Special teams coordinator	5th	Cal Lutheran (1983)
Duane Akina	Defensive backs coach	3rd	Washington (1979)
Peter Hansen	Inside linebackers coach	3rd	Arizona (2001)
Tavita Pritchard	Quarterbacks coach / wide receivers coach	4th	Stanford (2009)
Diron Reynolds	Defensive linemen coach	1st	Wake Forest (1994)
Lance Taylor	Running backs coach	3rd	Alabama (2003)
Morgan Turner	Tight ends coach	4th	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 –

senior (6'4, 239)

Wide receiver

2 Trenton Irwin – sophomore (6'2, 202)
3 Michael Rector –

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 –

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 –

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 –

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 –

senior (6'1, 192)
37 Collin Riccitelli – freshman (6'0, 180)

Linebacker

3 Noor Davis - ILB –

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 –

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 –

senior (6'3, 213)
36 Kelly Blake – freshman (6'0, 190)
45 Calvin Chandler - FS – senior (6'2, 203)

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Kansas State*	No. 8	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FS1	W 26–13	46,147
September 17	5:00 p.m.	USC	No. 7	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–10	48,763
September 24	5:00 p.m.	at UCLA	No. 7	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 22–13	70,833
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Washington	No. 7	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ESPN	L 6–44	72,027
October 8	7:30 p.m.	Washington State	No. 15	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ESPN	L 16–42	50,424
October 15	4:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	W 17–10	80,795
October 22	12:00 p.m.	Colorado		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	P12N	L 5–10	44,535
October 29	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	W 34–10	46,740
November 5	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FS1	W 26–15	38,813
November 12	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	W 52–27	53,757
November 19	2:30 p.m.	at California	No. 24	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (119th Big Game/Stanford Axe)	P12N	W 45–31	52,266
November 26	5:00 p.m.	Rice*	No. 24	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	P12N	W 41–17	36,171
December 30	11:00 a.m.	vs. North Carolina*	No. 18	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 25–23	42,166
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	3	3	7	13
#8 Cardinal	3	14	0	9	26

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	3	0	7	0	10
#7 Cardinal	7	10	10	0	27

At UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Cardinal	3	0	3	16	22
Bruins	7	3	0	3	13

At No. 10 Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Cardinal	0	0	6	0	6
#10 Huskies	13	10	7	14	44

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	7	7	14	14	42
#15 Cardinal	0	3	7	6	16

At Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	0	9	8	17
Fighting Irish	7	3	0	0	10

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	7	0	3	10
Cardinal	3	0	0	2	5

At Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	17	10	7	34
Wildcats	0	7	3	0	10

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	7	0	8	15
Cardinal	10	3	10	3	26

At Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	21	17	14	0	52
Ducks	6	7	0	14	27

At California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	7	10	14	14	45
Golden Bears	7	7	10	7	31

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	3	7	7	17
#17 Cardinal	13	7	21	0	41

Vs. North Carolina–Sun Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Cardinal	7	6	3	9	25
Tar Heels	7	0	10	6	23

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	8	7	7	7	7	15	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	17	16	12
Coaches	7	5	6	6	6	15	RV	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV	17	16	12
CFP	Not released									—	—	24	24	18	18	Not released

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
1	3	Solomon Thomas	DE	San Francisco 49ers
1	8	Christian McCaffrey	RB	Carolina Panthers

References

v t e Stanford Cardinal football
Venues	Stanford Field (1905–1921) Stanford Stadium (1921–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California: Big Game Notre Dame San Jose State: Bill Walsh Legacy Game USC
Culture and lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play Stanford Axe T formation 1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams 1894 Chicago game 2007 USC game The Spirit of Stanford Radio KTCT KZSU
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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