1986 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 1986 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In head coach Jack Elway's third season at Stanford, the Cardinal had its first winning season since 1980 and received its first post-season bowl invitation since 1978.[1][2]

1986 Stanford Cardinal football
Gator Bowl, L 21–27 vs. Clemson
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1986 record	8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jack Elway (3rd season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (Capacity: 85,500)

1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Arizona State $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 UCLA	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Washington	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 11 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result
September 13	at Texas*		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 31–20
September 20	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		W 28–10
September 27	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 17–7
October 4	San Diego State*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 17–10
October 11	No. 12 Washington	No. 18	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	TBS	L 24–14
October 18	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 41–7
October 25	USC	No. 19	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	CBS	L 0–10
November 1	Washington State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 42–12
November 8	at No. 12 UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	CBS	W 28–23
November 22	at California	No. 16	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (89th Big Game)		L 11–17
November 30	vs. Arizona		National Olympic Stadium Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic)	ESPN	W 29–24
December 27	vs. No. 21 Clemson*	No. 20	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	CBS	L 21–27
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1986 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Robbie Coffin RB Marshall Dillard QB Greg Ennis RB Scott Eschelman WR Thomas Henley Sr WR Jeff James Jr OL Kurt Josephson TE Craig Landis OL John Mahoney OL Jeff Marchin So WR 40 Ed McCaffrey Fr RB Brian Morris WR Carl Morris RB 25 Brad Muster Jr OL Tom Nye Sr OL Andy Papathanassiou QB 14 John Paye Sr TE Jim Price RB Kevin R. Scott Sr OL Andy Sinclair So TE Eric Snelson Jr OL John Zentner So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Darron Bennett LB Kurt Colehower Jr DB Toi Cook DB Walt Harris Sr DB Brad Humphreys Jr CB Pat Kelly So DL Tony Leiker Sr DL Joe Lortie LB Barry McKeever So LB Mike Noble DB Bruce Richardson LB Kevin Richardson DL Eric Volta LB Chris Weber Sr LB 92 Dave Wyman Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Doug Robison K David Sweeney	Head coach Jack Elway (3rd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Source:[3]

Season summary

at California

Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	0	3	0	8	11
California	0	10	0	7	17

at Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

• Date: November 22, 1986
• Game attendance: 75,662
• Eugene Register Guard, 1986 Nov 23.

Game information

Second quarter CAL – Leland Rix 34-yard field goal. California 3–0. Drive: CAL – Wendell Peoples 5-yard pass from Kevin Brown (Leland Rix kick). California 10–0. Drive: STAN – David Sweeney 48-yard field goal. California 10–3. Drive: Fourth quarter CAL – Mike Ford 47-yard run (Leland Rix kick), 7:36. California 17–3. Drive: STAN – Jeff James 69-yard pass from John Paye (pass good), 5:37. California 17–11. Drive: Top passers STAN – John Paye – 23/35, 224 yards, TD CAL – Kevin Brown – 15/23, 221 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers STAN – Brad Muster – 18 rushes, 59 yards CAL – Mike Ford – 1 rush, 47 yards, TD Top receivers STAN – Jeff James – 7 receptions, 138 yards, TD CAL – James Devers – 7 receptions, 99 yards

1987 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Dave Wyman	Linebacker	2	45	Seattle Seahawks
Thomas Henley	Wide receiver	6	152	New Orleans Saints
Tony Leiker	Defensive end	7	172	Green Bay Packers
Toi Cook	Running back	8	207	New Orleans Saints
John Paye	Quarterback	10	275	San Francisco 49ers

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References

1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1986–1990". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
2. "1986 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
3. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 18, 1986. p. 2C.
4. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1987.htm