The 2020 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by tenth-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.
On August 11, the Pac-12 Conference initially canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 24, the conference announced that a six-game conference-only season would begin on November 6, with the Pac-12 Championship Game to be played December 18. Teams not selected for the championship game would be seeded to play a seventh game.
On December 13, with a record of 3-2 and one game left to play, the program announced that it would not participate in any bowl game. The Cardinal won their final game, finishing their season with a 4-2 record.
Pac-12 media day
Pac-12 media poll In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Stanford was voted to finish fourth in the Pac-12 North division.
Schedule Stanford had games scheduled against William & Mary (September 5), Notre Dame (October 10), and BYU (November 28), 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.
Original 2020 Stanford Cardinal schedule Date Opponent Site September 5 William & Mary* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA September 12 at Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ September 19 USC Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (rivalry) September 26 at UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (rivalry) October 10 at Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry) October 17 Washington State Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA October 24 at Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (rivalry) October 30 Oregon State Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA November 7 at Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA November 14 Colorado Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA November 21 at California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Big Game) November 28 BYU* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA
Personnel
Coaching staff Name Position Stanford years Alma mater David Shaw Head coach 14th Stanford (1994) Lance Anderson Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach 14th Idaho State (1996) Tavita Pritchard Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 8th Stanford (2009) Pete Alamar Special teams coordinator 5th Cal Lutheran (1983) Ron Gould Running backs coach 4th Oregon (1987) Morgan Turner Tight ends coach 8th Illinois (2009) Kevin Carberry Offensive line coach 4th Ohio (2005) Bobby Kennedy Wide receivers coach 3rd Northern Colorado (1989) Duane Akina Defensive backs coach 7th Washington (1979) Eric Sanders Inside linebackers coach 1st UC Davis (2005) Diron Reynolds Defensive linemen coach 4th Wake Forest (1994)
Game summaries
At Oregon
Colorado
At California
At Washington
At Oregon State
At UCLA
Rankings
Players drafted into the NFL
2 45 Walker Little OT Jacksonville Jaguars 3 67 Davis Mills QB Houston Texans 3 76 Paulson Adebo CB New Orleans Saints 4 114 Drew Dalman C Atlanta Falcons 5 179 Simi Fehoko WR Dallas Cowboys
References