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Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
in the
2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 27, 2014 and ended on D ...
. The Cardinal were led by fourth-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at
Stanford Stadium Stanford Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium on the west coast of the United States, located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal and hosts the university's commencemen ...
and were members of the North Division of the
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. They finished the season 8–5, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the North Division. They were invited to the Foster Farms Bowl where they defeated
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.


Previous season

The Cardinal won the conference title for the second year in a row after defeating
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in the
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, and represented the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl, losing to
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24–20. The game represented Stanford's first consecutive Rose Bowl appearances since
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and its fourth consecutive appearance in a BCS
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, the only team to do so from 2011 to 2014.


2014 recruiting class

*Casey Tucker (#5 OT,
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, Hamilton High School, 6'6", 290) *
Keller Chryst Keller Joseph Chryst (born November 17, 1995) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Tennessee and Stanford. Early years Chryst attended Weddington High School in Weddington, North Carolina for his freshman ye ...
(#3 QB-PP,
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, 6'4", 234) * Dalton Schultz (#1 TE-Y, South Jordan, UT, Bingham High School, 6'6", 235) *
Christian McCaffrey Christian Jackson McCaffrey (born June 7, 1996) is an American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers eighth overa ...
(#26 ATH,
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, 6'0" ,195) *Brandon Simmons (#14 S,
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, 6'1", 182) *Joey Alfieri (#34 OLB,
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, Jesuit High School, 6'2", 230) *Jordan Perez (#36 OLB,
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, Carlsbad High School, 6'1", 210) * Bobby Okereke (#51 ATH,
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, Foothill High School, 6'1", 213) * Alijah Holder (#45 S,
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, 6'1", 165) *Austin Hall (#40 OG,
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, Brophy Prep, 6'5", 295) *
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(#3 FB,
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, 6'3", 238) *
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(#77 DE,
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, 6'4", 240) *Denzel Franklin (#63 S,
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, 6'0", 182) *Lane Veach (#100 OLB, Chandler, AZ, Perry High School, 6'5", 220) *Isaiah Brandt-Sims (#120 RB, Wenatchee, WA, Wenatchee High School, 5'11", 185) *Uriah Leiataua (#104 DE,
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, 6'3", 232) *Alameen Murphy (#108 S,
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, 5'10", 182)


Personnel


Coaching staff

*
David Shaw – Head coach (Bradford M. Freeman director of football) * Lance Anderson – Defensive coordinator (
Willie Shaw Willie Lorenzo Shaw (born January 11, 1944) is a former American football player and coach who coached for a number of NFL and college football teams. He is the father of former Stanford head coach David Shaw. Early life and playing career B ...
director of defense) *
Mike Bloomgren Michael Scott Bloomgren (born January 25, 1977) is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at Rice University. Prior to beginning his coaching career, Bloomgren played the tight end position at Culver–Stockton Colle ...
– Offensive coordinator/offensive line (
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director of offense), associate head coach * Pete alamar – Special teams coordinator *
Duane Akina Duane Akina (born October 22, 1956) is the defensive backs coach for the Stanford Cardinal football team. In 28 years of coaching football, Akina has coached three Thorpe Award winners in Darryll Lewis (1990), Michael Huff (2005), and Aaron Ro ...
– Defensive backs *
Tavita Pritchard Tavita Pritchard (born February 20, 1987) is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the Washington Commanders. He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, where he was also an assistant coach from 2010 to 2022. H ...
– Quarterbacks/wide receivers/recruiting coordinator * Randy Hart – Defensive line * Peter Hansen – Inside linebackers * Lance Taylor – Running backs * Morgan turner – Tight ends * Jarrett huk – Defensive assistant *
Derek Belch Derek Belch (born 1985) is the founder and CEO of virtual reality company Strivr, which helps corporations to create and administer courses for employee training. He was the graduate assistant football coach at Stanford University until 2014 when ...
– Special teams 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


Roster


Schedule

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Game summaries


UC Davis


No.14 USC


Army


At Washington


At No. 9 Notre Dame (

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Washington State


At No. 17 Arizona State


Oregon State


At No. 5 Oregon


Utah


California

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At No. 9 UCLA


Vs. Maryland (Foster Farms Bowl)


Rankings


Statistics


Scores by quarter


Awards and honors


Players of the week

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams. *Week 5 (Sept. 29)
Peter Kalambayi Peter Mukeba Kalambayi (born June 26, 1995) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Stanford. Professional career Houston Texans Kalambayi was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round, 2 ...
, LB *Week 7 (Oct. 13) Ty Montgomery, WR


All-American Selections

Offense *
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, OL (TSN, ESPN, SI)


All-Pac-12 Conference Team Selections

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


References

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