The 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team represented

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in the

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. The Cardinal were led by third-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at

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and were members of the North Division of the

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. The Cardinal won the Pac-12 North division for the second straight year, advancing to the

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, where they defeated the

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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

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of the

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on New Year's Day, January 1, 2014, where they were defeated by the Spartans 24–20.

Previous season

The Cardinal won the conference title after defeating

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in the

and represented the Pac-12 in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated

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20–14 to win their first Rose Bowl game since

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. It was Stanford's third consecutive year in a BCS

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. The Cardinal finished the season 12–2 (8–1 in the Pac-12).

Roster

Coaching staff

* David Shaw– Head Coach (Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football) *

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– Defensive Coordinator (

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Director of Defense) *

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– Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line (

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Director of Offense) *Pete Alamar – Special Teams Coordinator * Lance Anderson – Outside Linebackers/Admissions Liaison *

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– Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator * Randy Hart – Defensive Line * Dave Kotulski – Inside Linebackers *

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– Running Backs *Morgan Turner –Tight Ends * Jarrett Huk – Defensive Assistant *Vavae Tata – Defensive Assistant *

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– 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

Game summaries

San Jose State

at Army

No. 23 Arizona State

at Washington State

No. 15 Washington

at Utah

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) 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

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

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(Fairbairn kick); STAN – Gaffney 4-yard run (Ukropina kick)

at Oregon State

No. 2 Oregon

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

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(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

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 –

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1-yard run (

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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)

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. 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

at No. 11 Arizona State (Pac-12 Championship Game)

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

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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)

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

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(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

Statistics

Scores by quarter (all opponents)

Scores by quarter (Pac-12 opponents)

Awards and honors

All-American Selections

Offense *

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, OL -- UNANIMOUS -- (AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, AP, USAT, CBS, ESPN, SI, Athlon, FOX) Defense *

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, LB -- CONSENSUS -- (AFCA, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, ESPN, SI, FOX) *

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, S (CBS, Athlon) Special teams *

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, RS -- CONSENSUS -- (AFCA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, SI, USAT, Athlon, FOX)

All-Pac-12 Conference Team Selections

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

Notes

*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.

References

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