The Cardinal has won 11 consecutive home openers, dating back to the 2008 season. In those 11 seasons, Stanford is 107-39 (.733).
Stanford enters 2019 as the winningest Pac-12 program of the decade. The Cardinal has won 94 games since the start of the 2010 season. Stanford’s 102 wins in the last 10 seasons are tied for the sixth-most in college football.
The Cardinal has gone to 10 straight bowl games, the longest streak in school history and the longest active streak in the Pac-12.
Stanford is 16-0 at home under David Shaw in nonconference games. The Cardinal has won its past 21 home nonconference games, with the last loss coming in 2007 against Notre Dame.
Stanford begins the season ranked No. 25 in the AP Top 25. The Cardinal has been ranked in the preseason for nine straight seasons, the sixth-longest streak in college football.
The Cardinal has swept its in-state rivals (UCLA, USC, Cal) three times in the last four seasons and six times in the last nine years. Under David Shaw, Stanford is 22-4 (.846) against those three schools.
Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw enters his ninth season as Stanford’s head coach. His 82 wins in eight seasons make him the winningest coach in program history.
Stanford plays arguably the nation’s toughest schedule in 2019. The Cardinal begins the season against Northwestern, who is receiving votes in both preseason polls. Throughout the season, Stanford hosts preseason No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 11 Oregon and No. 13 Washington while traveling to No. 17 UCF and No. 23 Washington State.
