The 2017 season's largest margin: Stanford 62, Rice 7. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
Stanford's 2017 season (9-5) 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
- K.J. CostelloQB1,573 passing yards
- Keller ChrystQB962 passing yards
- Bryce LoveRB2,118 rushing yards
- Cameron ScarlettRB389 rushing yards
- JJ Arcega-WhitesideWR781 receiving yards
- Trent IrwinWR461 receiving yards
- Kaden SmithTE414 receiving yards
- Justin Reid?94 tackles
- Harrison PhillipsDT93 tackles
- Bobby OkerekeILB88 tackles
- Peter KalambayiOLB11 sacks
- Dylan JacksonDE7 sacks
- Mike TylerOLB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Stanford 24, USC 42. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Stanford fell to TCU 37-39 in the postseason.
"Fear the Tree"
2017 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.