Record
12-2 overall
8-1 Pac-12
Ranking
No. 3 (AP and USA Today)
Postseason
Rose Bowl (vs. Iowa – W, 45-16)
Pac-12 Championship (vs. USC – W, 41-22)
Wins vs. Ranked Opponents
at #6 USC (41-31)
vs. #18 UCLA (56-35)
vs. #4 Notre Dame (38-36)
vs. #24 USC (41-22)
vs. #6 Iowa (41-22)
Team Captains
Kevin Anderson
Joshua Garnett
Ronnie Harris
Kevin Hogan
Blake Martinez
Kyle Murphy
AP Player of the Year
Christian McCaffrey
Heisman Trophy Finalist
Christian McCaffrey
Paul Hornung Award
Christian McCaffrey
Johnny “Jet” Rodgers Award
Christian McCaffrey
Outland Trophy
Joshua Garnett
Morris Trophy
Joshua Garnett
Rose Bowl Game Offensive Player of the Game
Christian McCaffrey
Rose Bowl Game Defensive Player of the Game
Aziz Shittu
All-America
Joshua Garnett (unanimous first team)
Christian McCaffrey (consensus first team)
Austin Hooper (third team)
Blake Martinez (third team)
NFL Draft Picks
Joshua Garnett - San Francisco 49ers (1st round, 28th overall)
Austin Hooper - Atlanta Falcons (3rd round, 81st overall)
Blake Martinez - Green Bay Packers (4th round, 131st overall)
Kevin Hogan - Kansas City Chiefs (5th round, 162nd overall)
Kyle Murphy - Green Bay Packers (6th round, 200th overall)
Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
Christian McCaffrey
Pac-12 Coach of the Year
David Shaw
All-Pac-12
Joshua Garnett (first team)
Austin Hooper (first team)
Blake Martinez (first team)
Christian McCaffrey (first team)
Kyle Murphy (first team)
Aziz Shittu (first team)
Ronnie Harris (second team)
Kevin Hogan (second team)
Kevin Anderson (honorable mention)
Johnny Caspers (honorable mention)
Graham Shuler (honorable mention)
Daniel Marx (honorable mention)
Brennan Scarlett (honorable mention)
Solomon Thomas (honorable mention)
Conrad Ukropina (honorable mention)
CoSIDA Academic All-America
Christian McCaffrey
CoSIDA Academic All-District
Johnny Caspers
Dallas Lloyd
Christian McCaffrey
Pac-12 All-Academic
Aziz Shittu (first team)
Torsten Rotto (first team)
Sam Yules (first team)
Johnny Caspers (second team)
Dallas Lloyd (second team)
Christian McCaffrey (second team)
Alex Robinson (second team)
Sam Shober (second team)
Rollins Stallworth (second team)
Jordan Watkins (second team)
Conrad Ukropina (second team)
Kevin Anderson (honorable mention)
Isaiah Brandt-Sims (honorable mention)
David Bright (honorable mention)
Jesse Burkett (honorable mention)
Austin Hooper (honorable mention)
Peter Kalambayi (honorable mention)
Daniel Marx (honorable mention)
Reed Miller (honorable mention)
Alameen Murphy (honorable mention)
Dalton Schultz (honorable mention)
Mike Tyler (honorable mention)
NCAA Record
Christian McCaffrey • All-Purpose Yards • 3,864
• Stanford received an NCAA GSR of 99 percent for the second consecutive year, a total that leads all FBS and FCS institutions.
• Only school ever ranked in the top-4 by U.S. News and World Report (4th) and the Associated Press (3rd) in the same year.
• The Cardinal has made a school-record seven straight bowl appearances, the Pac-12 Conference's second-longest active streak.
• Since 2010, Stanford is 47-6 in games played in California.
• Stanford has won at least 10 games four times in five seasons under head coach David Shaw. From 1891-2010, the program recorded four 10-win seasons.
• No program in the nation has a higher graduation rate over the past five years than Stanford (99 percent).
• No Pac-12 Conference team has had more draftees over the past five years than Stanford (24).
• Power 5 schools that have won multiple conference championship games since 2011:
Stanford - 3
Alabama - 3
Florida State - 3
Oregon - 2
Clemson - 2
Wisconsin - 2
Michigan State - 2
• Wins since 2010:
Alabama - 72
Oregon - 69
Florida State - 68
Stanford - 66
• Stanford’s top five all-time individual rushers have been on The Farm since 2009:
Christian McCaffrey
Tyler Gaffney
Stepfan Taylor
Toby Gerhart
• Decade of Defensive Dominance (since 2010)
Sacks - 1st (256)
Opponents Time of Possession - 1st (26:53)
Rushing Yards - 3rd (106.2)
Rushing Yards/Carry - 4th (3.4)
Points/Game Against - 6th (19.1)
Rushing Touchdowns - t-7th (79)
Third Down Conversion - 9th (34.0)
Total Defense - 11th (332.5)
• FBS Shutout Leaders Since 2010:
Alabama - 14
Ohio State - 7
Florida State - 7
Stanford - 6
Wisconsin - 6
• Yielding 20 Points or Less Since 2010:
Alabama - 64
Florida State - 56
Stanford - 51
• #WildCaff
- Top four FBS individual all-purpose single-game performances in 2015
- 461 all-purpose yards vs. USC in Pac-12 Championship Game was fifth-most in FBS history
- Owned three of five 100-yard receiving and rushing games by an FBS player in 2015
- Only FBS player ever with 200 rushing, 100 receiving and 100 kickoff return yards vs. USC
- FBS-best 434 touches in 2015
• Stanford leads the nation 13 consecutive games scoring at least 30 points.
• Stanford led the nation in time of possession in 2015 (34:48), the seventh-best clip in the past 20 years.
• The Cardinal is the only team with two top-10 single-season time of possession rankings over the past 20 years.
• Stanford leads the nation since 2010 in time of possession (33:07).
• Stanford was one of four teams (Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma) in 2015 to record five or more wins over AP Top 25 opponents.
• Stanford was one of four teams (Alabama, Clemson, Michigan State) in 2015 to record three or more wins over AP Top 10 opponents.
• Stanford is one of four teams (Alabama, Arizona, LSU) to record wins over AP Top 10 opponents each of the last four seasons.
• Wins by a Private School Since 2010:
Stanford - 66
TCU - 58
Baylor - 57
Notre Dame - 55
USC - 52
#21/21 Stanford 6, Northwestern 16
Sept. 5, 2015 • Evanston, Ill.
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern wanted to prove a point against No. 21 Stanford, and the Wildcats drove it home with a strong running game and solid defense that produced a season-opening surprise.
Freshman Clayton Thorson ran for a 42-yard touchdown while playing turnover-free ball at quarterback, Justin Jackson added 134 yards rushing, and the Wildcats beat the Cardinal 16-6.
Anthony Walker broke up two passes and had a fumble recovery, and Kyle Queiro intercepted Kevin Hogan in the end zone with about a minute left to seal the win.
Hogan had a rough afternoon, going 20-of-35 with 155 yards and an interception. He was sacked three times.
Christian McCaffrey ran for 66 yards, but the Cardinal managed just 240 yards on offense and scored their fewest points since 2007.
Stanford 31, UCF 7
Sept. 12, 2015 • Stanford, Calif.
STANFORD, Calif. - It took a trick play to get Stanford’s offense finally going this season. Afterward, it was as if the floodgates had opened.
Kevin Hogan connected on a 53-yard flea flicker to Michael Rector to highlight a three-touchdown night as Stanford bounced back from a disappointing loss in its season opener to beat UCF 31-7.
The deep strike to Rector was Stanford’s first touchdown of the season. Hogan added a 7-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey and a 93-yarder to Bryce Love in the second half.
Hogan finished with a career-high 341 yards, including three passes of more than 40 yards.
After being held to six points in a lackluster opener, Stanford’s offense finally broke through late in the first half with help from a trick play. Hogan handed the ball to Barry Sanders, who flipped it back to the quarterback. Hogan then launched a deep pass to Rector, who got past the defense for the first score of the game.
Conrad Ukropina added a 52-yard field goal in the final minute of the half.
Stanford 41, #6/7 USC 31
Sept. 19, 2015 • Los Angeles, Calif.
LOS ANGELES - Kevin Hogan passed for 279 yards and two touchdowns, Remound Wright rushed for three more scores and Stanford opened Pac-12 play with a 41-31 victory over No. 6 USC.
Austin Hooper and Devon Cajuste caught touchdown passes as Hogan beat USC for the first time in his career, snapping the Trojans’ two-game winning streak in the lively in-state rivalry.
Christian McCaffrey rushed for 115 yards for the Cardinal, who scored just six points in their stunning season-opening loss at Northwestern. They looked more like their usual powerhouse selves during a 474-yard offensive performance at the Coliseum.
After USC’s impressive start, Stanford took a 24-21 halftime lead with two touchdowns in the final 3:53. Wright’s third touchdown run put the Cardinal up 38-28 with 11:21 to play, and Conrad Ukropina hit a 46-yard field goal with 2:27 left, essentially sealing Stanford’s sixth win over USC in their last nine meetings.
#21/24 Stanford 42, Oregon State 24
Sept. 25, 2015 • Corvallis, Ore.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - No. 21 Stanford cruised to a 42-24 victory over Oregon State. Kevin Hogan, a game-time decision, completed nine of 14 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns.
Christian McCaffrey ran for a career-high 206 yards and ended up with 303 all-purpose yards for Stanford, which held just a 21-17 lead at the half over the Beavers before a pair of third-quarter touchdowns.
Barry Sanders rushed for 97 yards and two scores for the Cardinal.
Hogan was a question mark for the game after injuring his left ankle in the second half of an upset of then-No. 6 USC. He deftly moved the Cardinal downfield on the opening series of the game against the Beavers. Remound Wright capped the drive with a 1-yard scoring run.
Linebacker Joey Alfieri made his first career start against the Beavers. His dad, Phil, played defensive end at Oregon State from 1983-88.
#18/20 Stanford 55, Arizona 17
Oct. 3, 2015 • Stanford, Calif.
STANFORD, Calif. - Christian McCaffrey ran for 156 yards and a touchdown, Remound Wright scored three times and No. 18 Stanford overwhelmed Arizona, 55-17.
Kevin Hogan threw for 217 yards and two touchdowns to help the Cardinal win its fourth straight after an opening loss to Northwestern. Hogan also moved into fifth place on Stanford’s career passing yardage list.
Hogan played his second game on a sore left ankle, an injury that kept him in the pocket most of the night.
Barry Sanders added a 65-yard touchdown run for Stanford, which has scored 40 or more points in three straight games for the first time in 14 years. The Cardinal have scored at least 37 points in five straight against the Wildcats.
Stanford’s brute force along the offensive line and McCaffrey’s nimbleness, proved too much for the Wildcats, who were without All-America linebacker Scooby Wright. The Cardinal gained 314 yards on the ground and 570 in total offense.
#15/16 Stanford 56, #18/18 UCLA 35
Oct. 15, 2015 • Stanford, Calif.
STANFORD, Calif. - One jaw-dropping catch by Francis Owusu nearly overshadowed a record-setting performance from Christian McCaffrey.
Owusu pinned the ball on the back of a defender in the end zone for one of the most memorable catches in recent memory and McCaffrey did most of the rest with a school-record 243 yards rushing and four touchdowns in No. 15 Stanford’s 56-35 victory over No. 18 UCLA.
McCaffrey scored on a 70-yard run out of the wildcat, returned a kick 96 yards to set up another score and ran for three more touchdowns in a virtuoso performance that broke Toby Gerhart’s school record of 223 yards rushing in a game set in 2009.
McCaffrey finished with 369 all-purpose yards as the Cardinal beat the Bruins for the eighth straight time.
For all the accolades McCaffrey earned in this game, the lasting memory was provided by Owusu on his 41-yard touchdown catch.
It started with McCaffrey taking a direct snap in the wildcat and handing to Bryce Love on a jet sweep. Love then flipped the ball to quarterback Kevin Hogan, who had lined up as a receiver on the play. Hogan set himself in the backfield and threw deep to Owusu.
Despite being interfered with by a face-guarding Jaleel Wadood in the end zone, Owusu still managed to trap the ball against Wadood’s back while not even being able to see it. Owusu managed to keep his hand on the ball to maintain control as the two fell to the ground.
#10/11 Stanford 31, Washington 14
Oct. 24, 2015 • Stanford, Calif.
STANFORD, Calif. - Christian McCaffrey caught a touchdown pass, ran for another score and gained 300 all-purpose yards in another sterling all-around performance to lead No. 10 Stanford to its sixth straight victory, 31-14, over Washington.
Kevin Hogan threw for 290 yards and two scores for the Cardinal.
McCaffrey, who entered the game with an FBS-best 253 all-purpose yards per game, had a 50-yard touchdown catch and 7-yard scoring run in the third quarter. In all, he ran 23 times for 109 yards, caught five passes for a career-high 112 yards and added 79 yards on kick returns in his third 300-yard all-purpose game of the season.
The matchup between the Pac-12’s top offense and top defense was one-sided from the start.
Stanford took the opening kickoff and drove 62 yards in six plays for the score on Hogan’s 21-yard pass to Austin Hooper.
#8/8 Stanford 30, Washington State 28
Oct. 31, 2015 • Pullman, Wash.
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State kicker Erik Powell missed wide right on a 43-yard field goal as time expired, allowing Stanford to escape with a 30-28 win on a day Powell tied Drew Dunning’s 2003 school record with five makes despite rainy, windy conditions.
Conrad Ukropina kicked a 19-yard field goal with 1:54 left to put Stanford ahead.
Kevin Hogan ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns for Stanford to help keep the Cardinal undefeated in Pac-12 play.
Hogan completed just 10 of 19 passes for 86 yards. But he ran 14 times, including a 59-yard touchdown run, and even out-rushed teammate Christian McCaffrey, who finished with 107 yards rushing to go over 1,000 for the season.
Stanford punted while trailing 28-27 with 5:08 left, but got the ball back on Quenton Meeks’ second interception of the game with 3:27 remaining. That set up Ukropina’s field goal.
#8/9 Stanford 42, Colorado 10
Nov. 7, 2015 • Boulder, Colo.
BOULDER, Colo. - Christian McCaffrey posted 220 all-purpose yards and threw a touchdown pass on a trick play in Stanford’s 42-10 rout of Colorado.
McCaffrey’s 28-yard touchdown toss to tight end Austin Hooper was the highlight of his homecoming in front of family and friends who drove up from nearby Denver, where he starred at Valor Christian High School and where his father, Ed, starred for the Broncos in the 1990s.
McCaffrey’s touchdown toss came on the first play of the fourth quarter and was his last play of the game.
Kevin Hogan surpassed Andrew Luck as the school’s winningest quarterback with his 32nd victory.
Before his beautiful spiral into the end zone, McCaffrey chipped in 220 all-purpose yards.
#7/7 Stanford 36, Oregon 38
Nov. 14, 2015 • Stanford, Calif.
STANFORD, Calif. - Vernon Adams Jr. had Oregon’s big-play offense clicking. Stanford was able to grind it out behind Kevin Hogan and Christian McCaffrey.
When it came down to it, two botched snaps and a failed two-point conversion spoiled the Cardinal’s playoff hopes and kept the Ducks alive in the Pac-12 race.
Adams threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns and Oregon used its quick-strike offense and the late two-point stop to beat Stanford, 38-36.
In a game dominated by offenses that combined for more than 900 yards, it was a defensive stop on the two-point attempt with 10 seconds left that sealed the win for Oregon and kept the Ducks’ hopes for a conference title alive.
After Hogan lost two fumbles on snaps in the fourth quarter, Stanford tied it on Hogan’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Greg Taboada. Needing a two-point conversion to tie it, Hogan tried to find tight end Austin Hooper over the middle against the blitz. But linebacker Joe Walker got a finger on the ball and the Ducks held on for the win.
#15/15 Stanford 35, Cal 22
Nov. 21, 2015 • Stanford, Calif.
STANFORD, Calif. - Christian McCaffrey ran around and through the Cal defense on a 49-yard touchdown catch and also scored on a 98-yard kickoff return to help Stanford clinch a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game by winning the Big Game, 35-22.
McCaffrey ran for 192 yards and gained a school-record 389 all-purpose yards in another highlight-reel performance that gave the Cardinal its sixth straight win over the Golden Bears.
Remound Wright ran for two short touchdowns and Bryce Love added a 48-yard scoring run for Stanford, which clinched the Pac-12 North with the win.
McCaffrey broke Glyn Milburn’s Stanford all-purpose record of 379 yards set in the 1990 Big Game.
McCaffrey posted a school-record nine straight 100-yard rushing game while topping 300 all-purpose yards for the fourth time on the season.
#13/12 Stanford 38, #4/4 Notre Dame 36
Nov. 28, 2015 • Stanford, Calif.
STANFORD, Calif. - Kevin Hogan threw four touchdown passes and drove the 13th-ranked Cardinal to the winning 45-yard field goal by Conrad Ukropina on the last play of a 38-36 victory over No. 4 Notre Dame.
Hogan threw for 269 yards and calmly led the winning drive in the final 30 seconds for the Cardinal.
DeShone Kizer had given the Irish a one-point lead on his 2-yard run with 30 seconds left only to see Hogan drive Stanford to the winning score.
The drive was aided by a facemask penalty on Isaac Rochell on the first play and then Hogan connected on a 27-yard pass to Devon Cajuste to get Stanford in field goal range. After a short run by Christian McCaffrey, Ukropina came on and drilled the field goal setting off a wild celebration with the fans rushing the field.
McCaffrey gained 228 all-purpose yards to become the third FBS player top 3,000 in a season, but was held to 94 on the ground to have a nine-game streak of 100-yard games snapped.
Kizer threw for 234 yards and ran for 128 more for the Irish. Josh Adams added 168 on the ground but it wasn’t enough
#7/7 Stanford 41, #24/24 USC 22
Dec. 5, 2015 • Santa Clara, Calif.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Run, pass and catch. Christian McCaffrey did it all in a record-setting performance as Stanford advanced to a third Rose Bowl in four years.
McCaffrey ran for 207 yards and a score, threw a touchdown pass, caught another and broke Barry Sanders’ single-season all-purpose yards record to lead Stanford to the Pac-12 title with a 41-22 win over Southern California.
Kevin Hogan caught the touchdown pass from McCaffrey, threw one and ran for a third and
Solomon Thomas scored on a 34-yard fumble return for the Cardinal.
#5/6 Stanford 45, #6/7 Iowa 16
Jan. 1, 2016 • Pasadena, Calif.
PASADENA, Calif. - The first time Christian McCaffrey touched the ball in the 102nd Rose Bowl, he took it 75 yards for a spectacular touchdown. A few hundred yards later, he had smashed the oldest bowl game’s record for all-purpose yards while leading the Cardinal to a blowout win over Iowa.
McCaffrey caught a touchdown pass on the opening snap and returned a punt 66 yards for another score while racking up 368 all-purpose yards, propelling No. 5 Stanford to a 45-16 victory over the sixth-ranked Hawkeyes.
Three-time Rose Bowl starter Kevin Hogan passed for 223 yards and three touchdowns in his final game for the Cardinal, which won the Granddaddy of Them All for the second time in three trips over the past four years.