1990 Stanford Cardinal football team

American college football season

1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Washington $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 USC	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	5:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 17–21	50,669
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 31–32	45,855
September 22	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 37–3	45,000
September 29	12:30 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 23–29	45,500
October 6	10:00 a.m.	at No. 1 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		W 36–31	59,075
October 13	12:30 p.m.	No. 16 USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	ABC	L 22–37	62,000
October 20	12:30 p.m.	No. 13 Washington	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 16–52	36,500
October 27	1:00 p.m.	No. 25 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 0–31	37,559
November 3	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 31–13	30,000
November 10	1:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 23–10	52,609
November 17	3:30 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)		W 27–25	75,662
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

1990 Stanford Cardinal football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`17`	John Lynch	So
WR	`40`	Ed McCaffrey	Sr
RB	`5`	Glyn Milburn	So
QB	`12`	Jason Palumbis	Jr
FB	`44`	Tommy Vardell	Jr
WR	`80`	Chris Walsh	Jr
OT	`70`	Bob Whitfield	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`21`	Darrien Gordon	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`94`	John Hopkins	Sr

Stanford at #5 Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	14	0	0	3	17
• Buffaloes	0	0	14	7	21

Scoring summary

Q1	5:47	STAN	Palumbis 1-yard run (Hopkins kick)	STAN 7–0
Q1	4:09	STAN	Vardell 1-yard run (Hopkins kick)	STAN 14–0

Q3	8:04	COL	Eric Bieniemy 18-yard run (Harper kick)	STAN 14–7
Q3	5:09	COL	Eric Bieniemy 36-yard run (Harper kick)	Tied 14–14

Q4	4:17	STAN	Hopkins 27-yard field goal	STAN 17–14
Q4	0:12	COL	Eric Bieniemy 1-yard run (Harper kick)	COL 21-17

Stanford at #1 Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Cardinal	7	8	14	7	36
Fighting Irish	7	17	7	0	31

Scoring summary

1	ND	Mirer 1 yard run (Hentrich kick)	ND 7-0

1	Sta	Milburn 9 run (Hopkins kick)	Tied 7-7

2	ND	Hentrich 29 yard field goal	ND 10-7

2	ND	T. Smith 11 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick)	ND 17-7

2	ND	T. Smith 15 yard pass from Mirer (Hentrich kick)	ND 24-7

2	Sta	Vardell 1 yard run (Palumbis to McCafferty pass)	ND 24-15

3	Sta	Vardell 1 yard run (Hopkins kick)	ND 24-22

3	ND	Culver 1 yard run (Hentrich kick)	ND 31-22

3	Sta	Vardell 1 yard run (Hopkins kick)	ND 31-29

4	Sta	Vardell 1 yard run (Hopkins kick)	Stan 36-31

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Stanford	0	6	9	12	27
California	3	14	0	8	25

Scoring summary

Q1		CAL	Keen 50 yard field goal	CAL 3–0

Q2		STAN	Hopkins 26 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q2		CAL	White 2 yard run (Keen kick)	CAL 10–3

Q2		CAL	Dawkins 15 yard pass from Pawlawski (Keen kick)	CAL 17–3

Q2		STAN	Hopkins 29 yard field goal	CAL 17–6

Q3		STAN	Hopkins 47 yard field goal	CAL 17–9

Q3		STAN	Milburn 53 yard run (run failed)	CAL 17–15

Q3		STAN	Hopkins 22 yard field goal	STAN 18–17

Q4		CAL	White 8 yard pass from Pawlawski (Zomadt pass from Pawlawski)	CAL 25–18

Q4	0:12	STAN	McCaffrey 19 yard pass from Palumbis (pass failed)	CAL 25–24

Q4	0:00	STAN	Hopkins 39 yard field goal	STAN 27–25

^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1990–1994". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 10, 2003. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
^ "Irish Run Out of Miracles". Los Angeles Times. October 7, 1990. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ "Luck Of Irish Runs Out". The New York Times. October 7, 1990. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ "Bears commit Cardinal sins." Eugene Register-Guard. 1990 Nov 18. Retrieved 2016-Dec-15.

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