1996 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 1996 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Tyrone Willingham, the Cardinal compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing third in the Pac-10. Stanford was invited to the Sun Bowl, where the Cardinal defeated Michigan State. The team played home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	4:00 p.m.	Utah*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 10–17	34,587
September 14	12:30 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		W 25–2	34,150
September 21	9:30 a.m.	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	L 0–14	77,894
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 18 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 6–27	71,488
October 12	2:00 p.m.	Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 27–24 ^OT	41,150
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 12–26	21,305
October 26	12:30 p.m.	No. 4 Arizona State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 9–41	32,550
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 21–20	64,820
November 9	7:15 p.m.	USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	FSN	W 24–20	41,980
November 16	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 33–17	30,280
November 23	12:30 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)		W 42–21	70,500
December 31	11:00 a.m.	vs. Michigan State*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 38–0	42,271
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Schedule

1996 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Arizona State $	8	–	0	11	–	1
No. 16 Washington	7	–	1	9	–	3
Stanford	5	–	3	7	–	5
UCLA	4	–	4	5	–	6
Oregon	3	–	5	6	–	5
California	3	–	5	6	–	6
USC	3	–	5	6	–	6
Arizona	3	–	5	5	–	6
Washington State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Oregon State	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll