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

Personnel

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 WR Jeff James OL Kurt Josephson TE Craig Landis OL John Mahoney OL Jeff Marchin WR Ed McCaffrey RB Brian Morris WR Carl Morris RB Brad Muster OL Tom Nye OL Andy Papathanassiou QB John Paye TE Jim Price RB Kevin R. Scott OL Andy Sinclair TE Eric Snelson OL John Zentner	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Darron Bennett LB Kurt Colehower DB Toi Cook DB Walt Harris DB Brad Humphreys DL Tony Leiker DL Joe Lortie LB Barry McKeever LB Mike Noble DB Bruce Richardson LB Kevin Richardson DL Eric Volta LB David Wyman	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Doug Robison K David Sweeney	Head coach Jack Elway Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

at California

See also: 1986 California Golden Bears football team and The Big Game (Football)

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. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1987.htm