2014 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 2014 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by fourth-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 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 Maryland.

2014 Stanford Cardinal football
Foster Farms Bowl champion
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record8–5 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Bloomgren (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLance Anderson (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^   8 1     13 2  
Stanford   5 4     8 5  
Washington   4 5     8 6  
California   3 6     5 7  
Oregon State   2 7     5 7  
Washington State   2 7     3 9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x   7 2     10 4  
No. 10 UCLA   6 3     10 3  
No. 12 Arizona State   6 3     10 3  
No. 20 USC   6 3     9 4  
No. 21 Utah   5 4     9 4  
Colorado   0 9     2 10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

2014 recruiting class

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Personnel

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Coaching staff

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  • David Shaw – Head coach (Bradford M. Freeman director of football)
  • Lance Anderson – Defensive coordinator (Willie Shaw director of defense)
  • Mike Bloomgren – Offensive coordinator/offensive line (Andrew Luck director of offense), associate head coach
  • Pete Alamar – Special teams coordinator
  • Duane Akina – Defensive backs
  • Tavita Pritchard – 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 – 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
  • Brad Idzik – Graduate assistant

Roster

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2014 Stanford Cardinal roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Fullbacks

  • 24 Patrick Skov –   Sophomore
  • 35 Daniel MarxFreshman
  • 36 Lee Ward –   Junior
  • 82 Chris Harrell –   Sophomore
  • 96 Eddie Plantaric –   Senior

Wide receivers

  •  3 Michael Rector  Sophomore
  •  4 Francis OwusuSophomore
  •  7 Ty MontgomerySenior
  • 11 Dontonio Jordan –   Sophomore
  • 13 Rollins Stallworth –   Junior
  • 18 Jeff Trojan –   Senior
  • 21 Isaiah Brandt-Sims – Freshman WR/RB
  • 38 Gautam Krishnamurthi –   Junior
  • 41 Addison Johnson - Freshman
  • 81 Conner Crane –   Sophomore
  • 87 Jordan Pratt –   Junior
  • 89 Devon Cajuste  Junior

Offensive Guards/Offensive tackles

  • 51 Joshua GarnettJunior OG
  • 57 Johnny Caspers –   Sophomore OG
  • 60 Lucas Hinds –   Freshman OG
  • 66 Nick Davidson –   Sophomore OT
  • 70 Andrus PeatJunior OT
  • 71 Brandon Fanaika - Freshman OG
  • 75 A. T. Hall – Freshman OT
  • 76 Reilly Gibbons - Freshman OT
  • 77 Casey Tucker – Freshman OT
  • 78 Kyle MurphyJunior OT
  • 93 Brendon Austin –   Junior OG
  • 98 David Bright – Freshman OG/OT
 

Tight ends

Centers

  • 52 Graham Shuler –   Sophomore
  • 63 Kevin Reihner –   Junior
  • 73 Jesse Burkett - Freshman
  • 79 Thomas Oser –   Sophomore

Defensive tackles

  • 58 David Parry  Senior
  • 79 Alex Yazdi –   Junior
  • 95 Lance Callihan –   Junior

Defensive ends

Linebackers

  •  3 Noor Davis  Sophomore ILB
  •  4 Blake MartinezJunior ILB
  •  9 James VaughtersSenior OLB
  • 15 Jordan Perez – Freshman ILB
  • 17 A. J. Tarpley  Senior ILB
  • 20 Bobby Okereke - Freshman ILB
  • 32 Joey Alfieri – Freshman OLB
  • 33 Mike Tyler –   Freshman OLB
  • 34 Peter Kalambayi  Freshman OLB
  • 40 Joe Hemschoot –   Senior OLB
  • 44 Kevin Palma –   Freshman ILB
  • 47 Sam Yules –   Sophomore ILB
  • 48 Kevin Anderson –   Junior OLB
  • 50 Sam Shober –   Sophomore OLB
  • 53 Torsten Rotto –   Junior OLB
  • 59 Craig Jones –   Sophomore ILB
  • 86 Lane Veach – Freshman OLB
 

Defensive backs

  •  2 Wayne Lyons – Senior CB
  •  6 Taijuan Thomas –   Freshman CB
  • 11 Terrence Alexander - Freshman CB
  • 21 Ronnie Harris –   Junior CB
  • 23 Alameen Murphy - Freshman CB
  • 25 Alex CarterJunior CB
  • 31 Alijah HolderFreshman CB
  • 38 Ra'Chard Pippens –   Junior CB
  • 46 Ryan Gaertner –   Freshman CB

Safeties

  •  5 Kodi Whitfield – Junior SS
  •  8 Jordan RichardsSenior SS
  • 10 Zach Hoffpauir – Junior SS
  • 19 Brandon Simmons – Freshman DB
  • 22 Kyle Olugbode –   Senior FS
  • 28 Denzel Franklin – Freshman SS
  • 29 Dallas Lloyd –   Sophomore SS
  • 44 John Flacco –   Senior FS
  • 45 Calvin Chandler –   Freshman SS

Punters/Kickers

  • 14 Ben Rhyne –   Senior P
  • 19 Jordan Williamson –   Senior K
  • 34 Conrad Ukropina –   Sophomore P/K
  • 47 Alex Robinson –   Freshman P

Long snappers

  • 62 Austin Tubbs –   Junior
  • 67 Reed Miller – Junior
  • 68 C.J. Keller - Freshman
  • 69 Jim Grace –   Freshman

Terms:

  • Freshman – A player in his first year.
  • Sophomore – A player in his second year.
  • Junior – A player in his third year.
  • Senior – A player in his fourth year.
  •   Redshirt – A player who sat out a previous season.

Source: 2014 Stanford Cardinal Football Roster

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 301:00 p.m.UC Davis*No. 11P12NW 45–049,509
September 612:30 p.m.No. 14 USCNo. 13
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
ABCL 10–1350,814
September 132:00 p.m.Army*No. 15
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
P12NW 35–049,680
September 271:15 p.m.at WashingtonNo. 16FOXW 20–1366,512
October 412:30 p.m.at No. 9 Notre Dame*No. 14NBCL 14–1780,795
October 106:00 p.m.Washington StateNo. 25
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNW 34–1744,135
October 187:30 p.m.at No. 17 Arizona StateNo. 23ESPNL 10–2659,012
October 2512:30 p.m.Oregon State 
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPN2W 38–1448,401
November 14:30 p.m.at No. 5 OregonFOXL 16–4558,974
November 153:00 p.m.No. 25 Utah
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
P12NL 17–20 2OT44,635
November 221:00 p.m.at CaliforniaFS1W 38–1756,483
November 2812:30 p.m.at No. 9 UCLAABCW 31–1070,658
December 307:00 p.m.vs. Maryland*ESPNW 45–2134,780
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
Source:[1]

Game summaries

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UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 0 0 0 0
#11 Cardinal 14 24 0 7 45

No.14 USC

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1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Trojans 7 0 3 3 13
#13 Cardinal 0 10 0 0 10

Army

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1 2 3 4 Total
Black Knights 0 0 0 0 0
#15 Cardinal 7 7 7 14 35

At Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Cardinal 3 10 0 7 20
Huskies 0 13 0 0 13

At No. 9 Notre Dame (Legends Trophy)

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1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Cardinal 7 0 0 7 14
#9 Fighting Irish 0 7 0 10 17

Washington State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 0 3 7 17
#25 Cardinal 10 7 7 10 34

At No. 17 Arizona State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Cardinal 0 0 3 7 10
#17 Sun Devils 0 14 3 9 26

Oregon State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 7 0 0 7 14
Cardinal 14 14 7 3 38

At No. 5 Oregon

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 6 7 3 0 16
#5 Ducks 14 10 7 14 45

Utah

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1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#25 Utes 0 7 0 076 20
Cardinal 7 0 0 073 17

California

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1 234Total
• Stanford 10 1477 38
California 0 737 17
  • Date: November 22
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 56,483
  • Television network: FS1

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At No. 9 UCLA

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 7 14 7 3 31
#9 Bruins 7 3 0 0 10

Vs. Maryland (Foster Farms Bowl)

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1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 0 7 0 14 21
Cardinal 7 21 7 10 45

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP1113151616142523RVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches1110161514132220RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
CFPNot releasedNot released

Statistics

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Scores by quarter

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1 2 3 4OT Total
Opponents 42 68 19 7113 213
Stanford 92 128 48 7510 353

Awards and honors

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Players of the week

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Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

All-American Selections

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Offense

All-Pac-12 Conference Team Selections

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All-Conference Honors
Player Position Team
Andrus Peat OT 1st
Henry Anderson DL 1st
Jordan Richards DB 1st
Austin Hooper TE 2nd
Kyle Murphy OT 2nd
A. J. Tarpley LB 2nd
Ty Montgomery (2) RS 2nd

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

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Schedule Released". Stanford Athletics. January 8, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  2. ^ ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Dec-14.