2013 Stanford Cardinal football team

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The 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by third-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.

The Cardinal won the Pac-12 North division for the second straight year, advancing to the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, where they defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils 38–14. With the win, the Cardinal won the Pac-12 Championship for the second straight year and represented the conference in the 100th Rose Bowl Game against the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2014, where they were defeated by the Spartans 24–20.

Previous season[edit]

The Cardinal won the conference title after defeating UCLA in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game and represented the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Wisconsin 20–14 to win their first Rose Bowl game since 1972. It was Stanford’s third consecutive year in a BCS bowl game. The Cardinal finished the season 12–2 (8–1 in the Pac-12).

Coaching staff[edit]

Michigan State defeated Stanford in the Rose Bowl Game on January 1, 2014
  • David Shaw– Head coach (Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football)
  • Derek Mason – Defensive coordinator (Willie Shaw Director of Defense)
  • Mike Bloomgren – Offensive coordinator/offensive line (Andrew Luck Director of Offense)
  • Pete alamar – Special teams coordinator
  • Lance Anderson – Outside linebackers/admissions liaison
  • Mike Sanford Jr. – Quarterbacks/wide receivers/recruiting coordinator
  • Randy Hart – Defensive line
  • Dave Kotulski – Inside linebackers
  • Tavita Pritchard – Running backs
  • Morgan Turner – Tight ends
  • Jarrett huk – Defensive assistant
  • Vavae tata – Defensive assistant
  • Derek Belch – Graduate assistant
  • Greg mangan – Defensive graduate assistant
  • Marc mattioli – Defensive graduate assistant
  • Joseph ashfield – Offensive assistant
  • Tsuyoshi kawata – Offensive assistant
  • Timot lamarre – Offensive assistant
  • Ron lynn – Director of player development
  • Shannon turley – Kissick family director of football sports performance
  • Steve bartlinski – Head football athletic trainer

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance
September 7 8:00 p.m. San Jose State* No. 5 P12N W 34–13 50,424[1]
September 14 9:00 a.m. at Army* No. 5 CBSSN W 34–20 39,644[2]
September 21 4:00 p.m. No. 23 Arizona State No. 5
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
 FOX W 42–28 50,424[3]
September 28 7:00 p.m. vs. Washington State No. 5 ESPN W 55–17 40,095[4]
October 5 7:30 p.m. No. 15 Washington No. 5
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
 ESPN W 31–28 50,424[5]
October 12 3:00 p.m. at Utah No. 5 P12N L 21–27 45,372[6]
October 19 12:30 p.m. No. 9 UCLAdagger No. 13
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
 ABC W 24–10 51,424[7]
October 26 7:30 p.m. at Oregon State No. 8 ESPN W 20–12 44,519[8]
November 7 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Oregon No. 6
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
 ESPN W 26–20 51,545[9]
November 16 5:00 p.m. at USC No. 5 ABC L 17–20 93,607[10]
November 23 1:00 p.m. California No. 10 FS1 W 63–13 50,424[11]
November 30 4:00 p.m. No. 25 Notre Dame* No. 8 FOX W 27–20 50,537[12]
December 7 4:45 p.m. at No. 11 Arizona State No. 7 ESPN W 38–14 69,535[13]
January 1, 2014 2:10 p.m. vs. No. 4 Michigan State* No. 5 ESPN L 20–24 95,173[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries[edit]

San Jose State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 3 3 7 0 13
#5 Cardinal 7 10 10 7 34

At Army[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Cardinal 7 13 7 7 34
Black Knights 6 7 0 7 20

No. 23 Arizona State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Sun Devils 0 0 7 21 28
#5 Cardinal 13 16 10 3 42

At Washington State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Cardinal 10 7 21 17 55
Cougars 3 0 0 14 17

No. 15 Washington[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Huskies 0 7 14 7 28
#5 Cardinal 7 10 14 0 31

At Utah[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Cardinal 14 0 0 7 21
Utes 14 7 3 3 27

1st quarter scoring: STAN – T. Gaffney 1-yard run (J. Williamson kick); UTAH – Karl Williams 4-yard pass from Travis Wilson (Andy Phillips kick); STAN – T. Montgomery 100-yard kickoff return (Williamson kick);
UTAH – Dres Anderson 51-yard pass from Wilson (Phillips kick)

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2nd quarter scoring: UTAH – Anderson 3-yard run (Phillips kick)

3rd quarter scoring: UTAH – Phillips 23-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: UTAH – Phillips 48-yard field goal; STAN – D. Cajuste 7-yard pass from K. Hogan (Williamson kick)

No. 9 UCLA[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Bruins 0 0 3 7 10
#13 Cardinal 3 0 14 7 24

1st quarter scoring: STAN – Conrad Ukropina 31-yard field goal

2nd quarter scoring: No scoring

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka’imi Fairbairn 38-yard field goal; STAN – Kodi Whitfield 30-yard pass from Kevin Hogan (Ukropina kick); STAN – Tyler Gaffney 1-yard run (Ukropina kick)

4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 3-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); STAN – Gaffney 4-yard run (Ukropina kick)

At Oregon State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Cardinal 0 7 6 7 20
Beavers 0 3 6 3 12

No. 2 Oregon[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Ducks 0 0 0 20 20
#6 Cardinal 7 10 6 3 26

Stanford leads the series with Oregon 45–30–1 (.599). The series started in 1900 at Stanford, Stanford 34, Oregon 0; the last meeting was the 2012 game at Oregon, Stanford 17, Oregon 14 (OT).

1st quarter scoring: STAN – Tyler Gaffney 2-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick)

2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Kevin Hogan 11-yard run (Williamson kick); STAN – Williamson 19-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Williamson 34-yard field goal; STAN – Williamson 26-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: STAN – Williamson 30-yard field goal; ORE – Daryle Hawkins 23-yard pass from Marcus Mariota (Matt Wogan kick); ORE – Rodney Hardrick 65-yard blocked field goal return (Two-point conversion failed); ORE – Pharaoh Brown 12-yard pass from Mariota (Wogan kick)

At USC[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Cardinal 7 3 7 0 17
Trojans 14 3 0 3 20

1st quarter scoring: USC – Soma Vainuku 1-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Andre Heidari kick failed); STAN – T. Gaffney 35-yard run (C. Ukropina kick); USC – Javorius Allen 1-yard run (Marqise Lee pass from Kessler)

2nd quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 23-yard field goal; STAN – Ukropina 27-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Gaffney 18-yard run (Ukropina kick)

4th quarter scoring: USC – Heidari 47-yard field goal

California (The Big Game)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 10 3 0 0 13
#10 Cardinal 21 21 7 14 63

In a 63–13 victory, #10 Stanford broke the record for most points scored in a Big Game and for the largest margin of victory. With the victory, Stanford clinched the Pac-12 North Division Championship while Cal ended their season at 1–11, the most losses in one season in Cal football history.[15]

1st quarter scoring: STAN – T. Montgomery 31-yard run (J. Williamson kick) CAL – Maurice Harris 15-yard pass from Goff, Jared (Vincen D’Amato kick); STAN – Montgomery 50-yard pass from K. Hogan (Williamson kick); STAN – Montgomery 12-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick); CAL – D’Amato 29-yard field goal

2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Montgomery 72-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick); STAN – M. Rector 45-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick); CAL – D’Amato 47-yard field goal; STAN – Montgomery 9-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick)

3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Gaffney,T 58-yard run (C. Ukropina kick)

4th quarter scoring: STAN – K. Young 27-yard run (Ukropina kick); STAN – F. Owusu 14-yard pass from E. Crower (Ukropina kick)

No. 25 Notre Dame[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Fighting Irish 3 3 14 0 20
#8 Cardinal 7 7 10 3 27

At No. 11 Arizona State (Pac-12 Championship game)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Cardinal 14 14 3 7 38
#11 Sun Devils 7 7 0 0 14

1st quarter scoring: STAN – Tyler Gaffney 69-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick); ASU – D. J. Foster 51-yard run (Zane Gonzalez kick); STAN – Gaffney 1-yard run (Williamson kick)

2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Ty Montgomery 22-yard run (Williamson kick); STAN – Gaffney 1-yard run (Williamson kick); ASU – Foster 65-yard pass from Taylor Kelly (Gonzalez kick)

3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Williamson 30-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: STAN – Montgomery 24-yard pass from Kevin Hogan (Williamson kick)

Vs. No. 4 Michigan State (Rose Bowl)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Spartans 0 14 3 7 24
#5 Cardinal 10 7 0 3 20

1st quarter scoring: STAN – Tyler Gaffney 16-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick); STAN – Williamson 34-yard field goal

2nd quarter scoring: MSU – Jeremy Langford 2-yard run (Michael Geiger kick); STAN – Kevin Anderson 40-yard interception return (Williamson kick); MSU – Trevon Pendleton 2-yard pass from Connor Cook (Geiger kick)

3rd quarter scoring: MSU – Geiger 31-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: MSU – Tony Lippett 25-yard pass from Cook (Geiger kick); STAN – Williamson 39-yard field goal

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final
AP 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 13 8 6 6 5 10 8 7 5 11
Coaches 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 13 8 7 7 5 12 10 10 7 10
Harris Not released 12 8 6 6 5 11 8 7 5 Not released
BCS Not released 6 5 5 4 9 8 7 5 Not released

Statistics[edit]

Scores by quarter (all opponents)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
All Opponents 50 33 40 85 208
Stanford 96 97 102 72 367

Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Pac-12 Opponents 41 23 33 78 175
Stanford 82 74 85 58 299

Awards and honors[edit]

All-American Selections[edit]

Offense

  • David Yankey, OL — UNANIMOUS — (AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, AP, USAT, CBS, ESPN, SI, Athlon, FOX)

Defense

Special teams

  • Ty Montgomery, RS — CONSENSUS — (AFCA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, SI, USAT, Athlon, FOX)

All-Pac-12 Conference Team Selections[edit]

All-Conference Honors
Player Position Team
David Yankey (2) G 1st
Ben Gardner DE 1st
Trent Murphy (2) LB 1st
Shayne Skov LB 1st
Ed Reynolds (2) S 1st
Ty Montgomery RS 1st
Tyler Gaffney RB 2nd
Ty Montgomery WR 2nd
Andrus Peat OT 2nd
Cameron Fleming OT 2nd
Khalil Wilkes G 2nd
Joe Hemschoot ST 2nd

*Numbers in parentheses (2) indicate multiple All-Pac-12 Team Conference selections.

  • January 1, 2014 – OLB Kevin Anderson’s interception return for a touchdown was his first in his career, first in the Rose Bowl game since 2002.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “San Jose State Spartans vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. September 7, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  2. ^ “Army Black Knights vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. September 14, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  3. ^ “Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  4. ^ “Washington State Cougars vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  5. ^ “Washington Huskies vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  6. ^ “Stanford Cardinal vs. Utah Utes – Box Score”. ESPN. October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  7. ^ “UCLA Bruins vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  8. ^ “Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon State Beavers – Box Score”. ESPN. October 26, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  9. ^ “Oregon Ducks vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  10. ^ “Stanford Cardinal vs. USC Trojans – Box Score”. ESPN. November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  11. ^ “California Golden Bears vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. November 23, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  12. ^ “Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score”. ESPN. November 30, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
  13. ^ “Stanford Cardinal vs. Arizona State Sun Devils – Box Score”. ESPN. December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  14. ^ “Stanford Cardinal vs. Michigan State Spartans – Box Score”. ESPN. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  15. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (November 23, 2013). “Stanford Routs Cal, Reaches Pac-12 Title Game”. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  16. ^ “Stanford Postgame Notes” (PDF). Stanford Athletics. January 1, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.


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