2020 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 2020 Stanford Cardinal football team was to represent Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were to be led by tenth-year head coach David Shaw. They were to play their home games at Stanford Stadium as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

2020 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Pac-12)
Head coachDavid Shaw (10th season as HC, 14th overall season)
Offensive coordinatorTavita Pritchard (3rd season as OC, 11th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorLance Anderson (7th season as DC, 14th overall season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
(Capacity: 50,424)
2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
California   –      –  
Oregon   –      –  
Oregon State   –      –  
Stanford   –      –  
Washington   –      –  
Washington State   –      –  
South Division
Arizona   –      –  
Arizona State   –      –  
Colorado   –      –  
UCLA   –      –  
USC   –      –  
Utah   –      –  
Championship: TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference cancelled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Previous season
Main article: 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team

They finished the 2019 season 4–8, 3–6 in Pac-12 play, to finish last place in the North Division. This was Stanford's worst record since 2007 and the first time that they did not earn bowl eligibility since 2008.

Schedule

Stanford had games scheduled against William & Mary, Notre Dame, and BYU, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26at Washington
October 3at Arizona State
October 10USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
October 24at California
October 30Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
November 7at UCLA
November 14Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
November 21Colorado
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
November 28at Oregon
December 5Arizona
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA

[3]

Rankings
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches RV  
CFP Not released Not released
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References
  1. "Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year". pac-12.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. "2020 Stanford Football Schedule". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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