The Opening Kickoff
- The 2024 season concludes on Friday afternoon for Stanford football as the Cardinal takes on the San Jose State Spartans. The game is televised on CBS and kicks off at 1:00 pm PT.
- Friday will be the Cardinal's third Friday game of the season, but the first time playing on a short week as the previous Friday games came to begin the season and following a bye week. Stanford has not played two games in a six-day span since 2021.
- Stanford concluded ACC play on Saturday with the 127th Big Game at California. The Golden Bears retained The Axe with a 24-21 win. Stanford finished its first season of ACC action with a 2-6 record.
- In the loss at California, Justin Lamson ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter. With seven touchdowns on the season, Lamson set the Stanford quarterback single-season rushing touchdown record, surpassing the previous record of six by Jim Plunkett and Kevin Hogan.
- Stanford's defense was able to smother California in a variety of ways during the 127th Big Game. The Cardinal sacked Fernando Mendoza six times, producing the first six-sack game of the year by Stanford's defense and the team's most since the season-opening win at Hawai'i in 2023. Stanford also got a special teams turnover, giving the Card a turnover forced in 13 straight games going back to last season.
- Conversely, Stanford's offense did not turn the ball over against California, snapping a streak of 14 straight games with a turnover.
- Micah Ford threw his second touchdown pass of the season in the 127th Big Game, a two-yard score to Emmett Mosley V. He became the first Stanford nonQB with multiple touchdown passes in a season since Christian McCaffrey in 2015.
- 16 different Cardinal have made their first collegiate starts in 2024. That is tied for the eighth most in FBS and leads the ACC. 19 players have also made their collegiate debuts this year, totaling 42 collegiate debuts in the first two years under Troy Taylor.
- Friday's game against SJSU is a revival of the Bill Walsh Legacy Game. The name was given to the once-annual rivalry following Walsh's death in 2007. Walsh graduated from San Jose State and coached at Stanford for five seasons across two stints.