The 2015 season's largest margin: Stanford 55, Arizona 17. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2015 — The Top-10 Year
Stanford finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Kevin HoganQB2,867 passing yards
- Christian McCaffreyRB2,019 rushing yards
- Barry SandersRB315 rushing yards
- Remound WrightRB239 rushing yards
- Michael RectorWR559 receiving yards
- Austin HooperTE438 receiving yards
- Devon CajusteWR383 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2015.
The season's deepest loss: Stanford 6, Northwestern 16. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Stanford beat Iowa 45-16 in the postseason.
"Fear the Tree"
2015 is a middle chapter for Stanford — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.