The 2016 season's largest margin: Stanford 52, Oregon 27. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Ten-Win Year
Stanford's 2016 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Ryan BurnsQB1,158 passing yards
- Keller ChrystQB905 passing yards
- Christian McCaffreyRB1,603 rushing yards
- Bryce LoveRB779 rushing yards
- Trent IrwinWR442 receiving yards
- JJ Arcega-WhitesideWR379 receiving yards
- Michael RectorWR367 receiving yards
- Solomon ThomasDE61 tackles
- Dallas Lloyd?60 tackles
- Justin Reid?55 tackles
- Harrison PhillipsDT6.5 sacks
- Joey AlfieriOLB5 sacks
- Peter KalambayiOLB3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Stanford 6, Washington 44. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Stanford beat North Carolina 25-23 in the postseason.
"Fear the Tree"
2016 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.