2021 Stanford Cardinal football team

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2021 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record3–9 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTavita Pritchard (4th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLance Anderson (8th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 22 Oregon xy   7 2     10 4  
Washington State   6 3     7 6  
Oregon State   5 4     7 6  
California   4 5     5 7  
Washington   3 6     4 8  
Stanford   2 7     3 9  
South Division
No. 12 Utah xy$   8 1     10 4  
UCLA   6 3     8 4  
Arizona State†   0 3     0 5  
USC   3 6     4 8  
Colorado   3 6     4 8  
Arizona   1 8     1 11  
Championship: Utah 38, Oregon 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by eleventh-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–7 in Pac-12 play, to finish last place in the North Division. This was Shaw's worst season ever and Stanford's worst record since the team went 1–11 in the 2006 season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 49:00 a.m.vs.
Allstate Kickoff Classic)
FS1L 7–2428,668
September 117:30 p.m.at No. 14 USCFOXW 42–2856,945
September 185:00 p.m.at
Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
  • ESPNUW 41–2321,124
    September 253:00 p.m.No. 24
    P12N
    L 24–3547,236
    October 212:30 p.m.No. 3
    ABC
    W 31–24 OT31,610
    October 87:30 p.m.at No. 22
    Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
  • ESPNL 10–2846,192
    October 164:30 p.m.at Washington StateESPNUL 31–3426,171
    October 307:30 p.m.Washington
    • Stanford Stadium
    • Stanford, CA
    FS1L 13–2028,014
    November 57:30 p.m.Utah
    • Stanford Stadium
    • Stanford, CA
    FS1L 7–5226,410
    November 132:30 p.m.at Oregon StateP12NL 14–3535,129
    November 204:00 p.m.California
    P12NL 11–4149,265
    November 275:00 p.m.No. 6 Notre Dame*
    • Stanford Stadium
    • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
    FOXL 14–4531,571

    [1]

    Personnel

    Roster

    2021 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB 0 Isaiah Sanders GS
    RB 2 Casey Filkins So
    WR 3 Marcus Graham Jr
    WR 4 Michael Wilson Sr
    WR 5 John Humphreys So
    WR 6 Elijah Higgins Jr
    RB 8 Nathaniel Peat Jr
    WR 9 Colby Bowman Jr
    QB 10 Jack West Sr
    QB 11 Ari Patu Fr
    QB 17 Dylan Plautz Sr
    QB 18 Tanner McKee So
    WR 19 Silas Starr So
    RB 20 Austin Jones Jr
    RB 22 E. J. Smith So
    FB 24 Jay Symonds Sr
    WR 25 Bryce Farrell So
    WR 26 Brendon Barrow Fr
    QB 27 Beau Nelson So
    RB 28 Dorian Maddox GS
    RB 29 Caleb Robinson So
    FB 34 Houston Heimuli Sr
    FB 48 Coco Lukrich Fr
    C 55 Drake Metcalf So
    G 57 Levi Rogers So
    C 60 Drake Nugent Jr
    G 63 Barrett Miller Jr
    G 66 Branson Bragg Jr
    G/T 68 Max Kalny So
    G/T 70 Jason Amler Fr
    OT 71 Connor McLaughlin So
    G/T 72 Austin Uke Fr
    G 73 Jake Hornibrook Jr
    OT 74 James Pogorelc So
    OT 75 Walter Rouse Jr
    G/T 76 Jack Leyrer Fr
    G 77 Logan Berzins So
    OT 78 Myles Hinton So
    G/C 79 Will Gibson Fr
    WR 80 David Kasemervisz Fr
    WR 81 Brycen Tremayne Sr
    WR 82 Jayson Raines Fr
    WR 83 Danny McFadden Fr
    TE 84 Benjamin Yurosek So
    FB 85 Shield Taylor Fr
    TE 87 Bradley Archer Jr
    TE/DE 88 Tucker Fisk Sr
    TE 89 Lukas Ungar So
    Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    OLB 0 Aeneas DiCosmo Jr
    S 2 Jonathan McGill Jr
    ILB 3 Levani Damuni Jr
    DE 4 Thomas Booker Sr
    CB/S 5 Donjae Logan Sr
    OLB 6 Andres Fox Sr
    ILB 8 Tristan Sinclair Jr
    S 9 Noah Williams GS
    OLB 10 Jordan Fox GS
    OLB 11 Thunder Keck Sr
    CB 13 Ethan Bonner Sr
    ILB 14 Jacob Magnum-Farrar Sr
    OLB 15 Stephen Herron Jr
    CB 17 Kyu Blu Kelly Jr
    CB 18 Jimmy Wyrick Fr
    S 19 Caleb Ellis Fr
    CB 20 Jaden Slocum Fr
    S 21 Kendall Williamson Sr
    ILB 22 Jason Kaul Jr
    DE 23 Ryan Johnson Sr
    CB 24 Nicolas Toomer Jr
    CB 25 Brandon Jones So
    ILB 26 William Stockwell Fr
    S 27 Omari Porter So
    CB 28 Salim Turner-Muhammad Jr
    ILB 29 Spencer Jorgensen Jr
    ILB 30 Ese Dubre Fr
    CB 31 Zahran Manley Jr
    S 32 Mitch Leigber Fr
    S 33 Alaka'i Gilman So
    CB 34 Evan Jackson Fr
    DT 40 Tobin Phillips So
    ILB 44 Caleb Kelly Sr
    ILB 45 Ricky Miezan Sr
    OLB 47 Tangaloa Kaufusi Sr
    DT 50 Dalyn Wade-Perry GS
    OLB 52 Duke Reeder Fr
    OLB 54 Kiersten Lee So
    DE 55 Matthew Merritt So
    ILB 56 Jake Lynch Sr
    OLB 58 Wilfredo Aybar Fr
    OLB 90 Gabe Reid GS
    OLB 92 Lance Keneley So
    DE 93 Trey LaBounty So
    DE 94 Anthony Franklin Fr
    DE 95 Aristotle Taylor Fr
    DE 96 Jacob Katona Fr
    DE 97 Aaron Armitage Fr
    DE 98 Zach Buckey Fr
    DT 99 Zephron Lester So
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    15 Connor Weselman Fr
    P
    23 Ryan Sanborn Jr
    K/P 39 Alexander Thorpe Jr
    K 41 Diego Preciado Jr
    LS 42 Bailey Parsons So
    K 43 Joshua Karty So
    LS 49 Kyle Petrucci Sr


    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    • Lance AndersonDefensive coordinator
    • Tavita PritchardOffensive coordinator / quarterbacks
    • Pete Alamar – Special teams coordinator
    • Duane AkinaDefensive backs
    • Ron GouldRunning backs
    • Terry Heffernan – Offensive line
    • Bobby Kennedy – Wide receivers
    • Diron ReynoldsDefensive line
    • Eric SandersInside linebackers
    • Morgan Turner – Tight ends
    • Tsuyoshi Kawata – Offensive quality control analyst
    • Greg Mangan – Offensive quality control analyst
    • Steve Donatell – Defensive quality control analyst
    • Patrick Moynahan – Defensive quality control analyst
    • Matt Moran – Special teams assistant
    • Thomas Merkle – Offensive graduate assistant
    • John Sikora – Offensive graduate assistant
    • Admir Fehric – Defensive graduate assistant
    • Jonathan McDonald – Defensive graduate assistant

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: October 1, 2021

    Depth chart

    As of October 1, 2021

    Game summaries

    Vs. Kansas State

    Kansas State Wildcats vs. Stanford Cardinal (Allstate Kickoff Classic) – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Wildcats 7 7 01024
    Cardinal 0 0 077

    at AT&T StadiumArlington, TX

    • Date: September 4, 2021
    • Game time: 9:00 a.m.
      PDT
    • Game weather: Indoors
    • Game attendance: 28,668
    • Referee: Chris Coyte
    • TV announcers (FS1): Aaron Goldsmith (play–by–play) and Mark Helfrich
    (analyst)
    Game information

    Kansas State began with a 14-point lead at halftime with performances by quarterback Skylar Thompson and running back Deuce Vaughn.[2] The Wildcats managed to score 24 points before allowing Stanford to put points on the board with just 3:16 left in the game. Stanford head coach David Shaw stated: "This game was not indicative of how hard we've played, how hard we've practiced and how well we practiced. Disappointing to me that we didn't go out there and execute better." Shaw is in his 11th season as Stanford's coach. Stanford started senior Jack West at quarterback and rotated him with sophomore Tanner McKee throughout the game.[3]

    The Wichita Eagle reported that the stadium was mostly filled with Kansas State fans and that Kansas State significantly out-performed Stanford. Specifically, the paper published that "the Kansas State football team opened its season with a statement victory on Saturday at AT&T Stadium."[2]

    At No. 14 USC

    Stanford Cardinal at No. 14 USC Trojans – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Cardinal 7 14 14742
    No. 14 Trojans 0 10 31528

    at Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA

    • Date: September 11, 2021
    • Game time: 7:30 p.m.
      PDT
    • Game weather: Sunny, 73 °F (23 °C)
    • Game attendance: 56,945
    • Referee: Michael Mothershed
    • TV announcers (Fox): Tim Brando (play–by–play) and Spencer Tillman (analyst)
    • Reference
    Game information

    In Tanner McKee's first start as Stanford quarterback, the Cardinal pulled off a surprising rout of USC in the Coliseum, leading by as many as 29 points in the 4th quarter.[4] Following the game, USC head coach Clay Helton was fired and replaced by Donte Williams as interim head coach.[5]

    At Vanderbilt

    Stanford Cardinal at Vanderbilt Commodores – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Cardinal 14 13 7741
    Commodores 7 7 3623

    at

    Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN

    Game information

    No. 24 UCLA

    No. 24 UCLA Bruins vs. Stanford Cardinal – Game summary
    Period 1 2 34Total
    No. 24 Bruins 14 7 01435
    Cardinal 0 7 71024

    at Stanford StadiumStanford, CA

    • Date: September 25, 2021
    • Game time: 3:00 p.m.
      PDT
    • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C) Sunny
    • Game attendance: 47,236
    • Referee: Mark Duddy
    • TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson (play–by–play) and Yogi Roth (analyst)
    • Reference
    Game information