2019 Stanford Cardinal football team

American college football season

2019 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record4–8 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach
  • David Shaw (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorTavita Pritchard (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLance Anderson (6th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 5 Oregon x$   8 1     12 2  
California   4 5     8 5  
Washington   4 5     8 5  
Oregon State   4 5     5 7  
Washington State   3 6     6 7  
Stanford   3 6     4 8  
South Division
No. 16 Utah x   8 1     11 3  
USC   7 2     8 5  
Arizona State   4 5     8 5  
UCLA   4 5     4 8  
Colorado   3 6     5 7  
Arizona   2 7     4 8  
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by ninth-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium and were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the 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.

Preseason

Pac-12 media day

Pac-12 media poll

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Stanford was voted to finish in third place in the North Division.[1]

Media poll (North Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oregon 190 (17)
2 Washington 189 (17)
3 Stanford 129
4 Washington State 108 (1)
5 California 81
6 Oregon State 38

Position key

Back B Center C Cornerback CB Defensive back DB
Defensive end DE Defensive lineman DL Defensive tackle DT End E
Fullback FB Guard G Halfback HB Kicker K
Kickoff returner KR Offensive tackle OT Offensive lineman OL Linebacker LB
Long snapper LS Punter P Punt returner PR Quarterback QB
Running back RB Safety S Tight end TE Wide receiver WR

Recruits

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Stanford years Alma mater
David Shaw Head coach 13th Stanford (1994)
Lance Anderson Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach 13th Idaho State (1996)
Tavita Pritchard Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 7th Stanford (2009)
Pete Alamar Special teams coordinator 4th Cal Lutheran (1983)
Ron Gould Running backs coach 3rd Oregon (1987)
Morgan Turner Tight ends coach 7th Illinois (2009)
Kevin Carberry Offensive line coach 2nd Ohio (2005)
Bobby Kennedy Wide receivers coach 2nd Northern Colorado (1989)
Duane Akina Defensive backs coach 6th Washington (1979)
Peter Hansen Inside linebackers coach 6th Arizona (2001)
Diron Reynolds Defensive linemen coach 3rd Wake Forest (1994)

Roster

2019 Stanford Cardinal football

Quarterback

  •  3 K. J. Costellosenior (6'5, 215)
  • 10 Jack West – sophomore (6'4, 210)
  • 15 Davis Millsjunior (6'4, 220)
  • 17 Dylan Plautz – sophomore (6'2, 200)
  • 18 Jack Richardson – senior (6'5, 213)

Running back

  • 20 Austin Jones – freshman (5'10, 200)
  • 21 Trevor Speights – senior (5'11, 209)
  • 22 Cameron Scarlett – 5th year - Senior (6'1, 216)
  • 25 Justus Woods – sophomore (6'1, 211)
  • 28 Dorian Maddox – senior (5'10, 202)
  • 30 Cameron McFarlane – sophomore (6'0, 200)
  • 32 Nathaniel Peat – freshman (5'10, 190)

Fullback

  • 24 Jay Symonds – sophomore (6'3, 247)
  • 34 Houston Heimuli – junior (5'11, 244)

Wide receiver

  • 2 Colby Bowman – freshman (6'2, 195)
  •  4 Michael Wilson – sophomore (6'2, 200)
  •  5 Connor Wedington – junior (6'0, 198)
  • 6 Isaiah Brandt-Sims – 5th year – Senior (5'11, 183)
  •  8 Donald Stewart – senior (6'4, 200)
  •  9 Osiris St. Brown – junior (6'2, 186)
  • 11 Harry Schwartz – senior (6'0, 189)
  • 13 Simi Fehokosophomore (6'4, 210)
  • 14 Cameron Buzzell – junior (5'10, 170)
  • 19 Elijah Higginsfreshman (6'3, 215)
  • 23 Marcus Graham – freshman (5'11, 170)
  • 41 Diego Preciado – freshman (5'11, 175)
  • 81 Brycen Tremayne – sophomore (6'4, 185)
  • 86 Kale Lucas – sophomore (6'0, 190)

Tight end

  • 44 TaeVeon Le – sophomore (6'4, 230)
  • 80 Scooter Harrington – senior (6'5, 250)
  • 84 Colby Parkinsonjunior (6'7, 240)
  • 85 Kyle McCombs – junior (6'5, 233)
  • 87 Bradley Archer – freshman (6'4, 240)
  • 88 Tucker Fisk – junior (6'4, 260)

Placekicker

  • 26 Jet Toner – senior (6'4, 201)
  • 37 Collin Riccitelli – senior (6'0, 196)
 

Offensive lineman

  • 50 Trey Stratford – OG/OT – sophomore (6'4, 258)
  • 51 Drew Dalman – C – junior (6'3, 279)
  • 55 Dylan Powell – OG/-C – senior (6'3, 281)
  • 60 Drake Nugent – OG/-C – freshman (6'2, 280)
  • 66 Branson Bragg – OG/-OT – freshman (6'4, 305)
  • 70 Wakely Rush – OT – freshman (6'5, 240)
  • 72 Walker Little – OT – junior (6'7, 313)
  • 73 Jake Hornibrook – OG/-OT – freshman (6'5, 285)
  • 74 Devery Hamilton – OT – senior (6'7, 287)
  • 75 Walter Rouse – OT – freshman (6'6, 300)
  • 76 Grant Pease – OT – sophomore (6'4, 250)
  • 78 Henry Hattis – OT – senior (6'6, 291)
  • 79 Foster Sarell – OT – junior (6'7, 314)

Long snapper

  • 49 Kyle Petrucci – sophomore (6'6, 230)
  • 69 Richard McNitzky – senior (6'1, 216)

Punter

  • 14 Alex Gracey – sophomore (6'3, 195)
  • 27 Ryan Sanborn – freshman (6'3, 205)

Defensive linemen

  • 23 Ryan Johnson – DE – junior (6'4, 262)
  • 34 Thomas Booker – DE – sophomore (6'4, 279)
  • 50 Dalyn Wade-Perry – DT – junior (6'4, 316)
  • 51 Jovan Swann – DE – senior (6'2, 271)
  • 57 Michael Williams – DT – senior (6'2, 293)
  • 58 Dylan Boles – DE – junior (6'4, 262)
  • 91 Thomas Schaffer – DE – senior (6'7, 290)
  • 93 Trey LaBounty – DE – sophomore (6'7, 235)
  • 99 Bo Peek – DT – senior (6'3, 296)
 

Linebacker

  •  2 Curtis Robinson – ILB – senior (6'3, 232)
  •  6 Andres Fox – OLB – sophomore (6'4, 240)
  • 10 Jordan Fox – OLB – senior (6'3, 227)
  • 14 Jacob Mangum-Farrar – ILB – sophomore (6'4, 223)
  • 15 Stephen Herron – OLB – freshman (6'4, 238)
  • 19 Joshua Pakola – OLB – freshman (6'3, 255)
  • 20 Aenas Dicosmo – ILB – freshman (6'3, 220)
  • 25 Andrew Pryts - ILB – senior (6'1, 222)
  • 30 Levani Damuni – ILB – freshman (6'2, 235)
  • 35 Tobe Umerah – OLB – sophomore (6'4, 239)
  • 36 Tristian Sinclair – ILB – freshman (6'2, 205)
  • 40 Anthony Trinh – OLB – senior (6'2, 239)
  • 42 Caleb Phillips – OLB – junior (6'5, 215)
  • 43 Ryan Beecher – ILB – 5th year – Senior (6'1, 245)
  • 44 Caleb Kelly – OLB – sophomore (6'3, 213)
  • 45 Ricky Miezan – ILB – sophomore (6'2, 248)
  • 47 Tangaloa Kaufusi – OLB – sophomore (6'3, 245)
  • 52 Casey Toohill – OLB – 5th year – Senior (6'4, 248)
  • 56 Jake Lynch – ILB – sophomore (6'2, 220)
  • 77 Thunder Keck – OLB – junior (6'3, 230)
  • 90 Gabe Reid – OLB – junior (6'2, 231)

Cornerback

  • 4 J.J. Parson – senior (5'10, 175)
  • 5 Donjae Logan – sophomore (5'11, 178)
  •  8 Treyjohn Butler – senior (5'11, 197)
  • 11 Paulson Adebojunior (6'1, 189)
  • 13 Ethan Bonnersophomore (6'1, 181)
  • 17 Kyu Blu Kellyfreshman (6'1, 175)
  • 21 Kendall Williamsonsophomore (6'1, 195)
  • 22 Obi Eboh – junior (6'2, 194)
  • 24 Nicolas Toomer – S – junior (6'2, 180)
  • 28 Salim Turner-Muhammad – S – freshman (6'0, 185)
  • 32 Jonathan McGill – S – freshman (5'10, 175)

Safety

  •  3 Malik Antoine – FS – senior (5'11, 192)
  • 9 Noah Williams – FS – junior (6'0, 191)
  • 18 Stuart Head – SS – junior (6'4, 201)
  • 26 Brock Jonesfreshman (6'1, 185)
  • 29 Spencer Jorgensen – freshman (6'2, 205)
  • 38 Jason Kaul – freshman (6'4, 205)

Source and player details:[2]

Depth chart

Starters and backups.

Defense


FS
Malik Antoine
Noah Williams
--


WLB MLB SLB
Jordan Fox
Gabe Reid
Curtis Robinson Casey Toohill
Jacob Mangum-Farrar Andres Fox
Andrew Pryts --
SS
Stuart Head
--
--
CB
Paulson Adebo
Kendall Williamson
--


DE DT DT DE
Jovan Swann Trey LaBounty Bo Peek Thomas Booker
Thomas Schaffer Dylan Boles -- Ryan Johnson
-- -- -- --
CB
Obi Eboh
Treyjohn Butler
--
Offense
WR
Michael Wilson
Osiris St. Brown
Harry Schwartz
WR
Donald Stewart
Isaiah Brandt-Sims
Brycen Tremayne
LT LG C RG RT
Foster Sarell Devery Hamilton Drew Dalman Dylan Powell Walker Little
Jake Hornibrook Trey Stratford Branson Bragg Wakely Rush Henry Hattis
Grant Pease Walter Rouse Barrett Miller -- --
TE
Colby Parkinson
Scooter Harrington
Tucker Fisk
WR
Connor Wedington
Simi Fehoko
Cameron Buzzell
QB
K. J. Costello
Davis Mills
Jack West
Key reserves
Offense
Defense
Out (Suspension)
Out (Season)
Out (Mission)
Out (Transfer)


Special teams
PK Jet Toner
PK Collin Riccitelli
P Alex Gracey
P --
KR Cameron Scarlett
PR Michael Wilson
LS Richard McNitzky
Kyle Petrucci
H --
RB
Cameron Scarlett
Dorian Maddox
Trevor Speights

  • Projected Depth Chart 2019

True Freshman
Double Position : *

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 311:00 p.m.Northwestern*No. 25FOXW 17–737,179
September 77:30 p.m.at USCNo. 23ESPNL 20–4562,109
September 1412:30 p.m.at No. 17 UCF*ESPNL 27–4544,206
September 214:00 p.m.No. 16 Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNL 6–2139,249
September 284:00 p.m.at Oregon StateP12NW 31–2832,326
October 57:30 p.m.No. 15 Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNW 23–1333,225
October 176:00 p.m.UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNL 16–3431,464
October 2612:30 p.m.Arizonadagger
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
P12NW 41–3131,711
November 912:00 p.m.at ColoradoP12NL 13–1649,224
November 161:30 p.m.at Washington StateP12NL 22–4932,952
November 231:00 p.m.California
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (122nd Big Game / Stanford Axe)
P12NL 20–2448,904
November 301:00 p.m.No. 16 Notre Dame*
FOXL 24–4537,391

[3]

Game summaries

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7
No. 25 Cardinal 0 10 0 7 17

At USC

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Cardinal 7 13 0 0 20
Trojans 3 21 7 14 45

At UCF

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 7 0 3 17 27
No. 17 Knights 28 10 0 7 45

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Ducks 7 7 0 7 21
Cardinal 3 0 0 3 6

At Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 7 7 7 10 31
Beavers 0 0 7 21 28

Washington

Washington at Stanford – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 15 Huskies 7 3 3013
Cardinal 3 10 7323

at Stanford StadiumStanford, CA

  • Date: October 5, 2019
  • Game time: 7:30 pm PDT
  • Game attendance: 33,225
  • Referee: Kevin Mar
  • TV: ESPN
Game information
Top passers
  • UW – Jacob Eason: 16/36, 206 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception
  • STAN – Davis Mills: 21/30, 293 yards, 1 touchdown
Top rushers
  • UW – Richard Newton: 10 rushes, 64 yards
  • STAN – Cameron Scarlett: 33 rushes, 151 yards, 1 touchdown
Top receiving
  • UW – Aaron Fuller: 9 receptions, 171 yards
  • STAN – Simi Fehoko: 3 receptions, 91 yards, 1 touchdown

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 14 7 6 7 34
Cardinal 10 0 0 6 16

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 14 7 0 31
Cardinal 7 24 7 3 41

At Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 3 3 0 7 13
Buffaloes 7 3 0 6 16

At Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 0 14 8 0 22
Cougars 13 9 10 17 49

Statistics

Statistics STAN WSU
First downs 23 33
Total yards 510 624
Rushing yards 6 104
Passing yards 504 520
Turnovers 2 1
Time of possession 26:06 33:54
Team Category Player Statistics
Stanford Passing Davis Mills 33–50, 504 yards, 3 TD, 2 int
Rushing Osiris St. Brown 1 rush, 8 yards
Receiving Connor Weddington 8 receptions, 119 yards
Washington State Passing Anthony Gordon 44–60, 520 yards, 5 TD, int
Rushing Max Borghi 15 rushes, 111 yards, TD
Receiving Brandon Arconado 9 receptions, 148 yards, TD

Quarterback Davis Mills set a school record during the game, throwing for 504 yards.[4]

California

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 7 3 0 14 24
Cardinal 7 3 7 3 20

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Fighting Irish 7 14 7 17 45
Cardinal 10 7 0 7 24

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP2523
Coaches2323RV
CFPNot releasedNot released

Players drafted into the NFL

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
4 133 Colby Parkinson TE Seattle Seahawks
7 233 Casey Toohill DE Philadelphia Eagles

References

  1. ^ "Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". pac-12.com. July 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Stanford Cardinal roster". gostanford.com.
  3. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Stanford University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Record game from Stanford's Davis Mills not enough at Washington State". SFChronicle.com. November 17, 2019.
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