2016 Stanford Cardinal football team

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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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)

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

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

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

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

Personnel

2016 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 4 Washington xy$^	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 xy	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 y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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

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

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