Stanford
1-1ACC · Tavita Pritchard, year 1 (1-1) · Stanford Stadium · 50,424 · 30,435 avg in 2026
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Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1
All 83 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.38 EPA/play | 8 | 2 | 43 / 75 | 57.3 | 524 #39 FBS | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 120.4 | 60 | 76.4 | 7.1 | 1.3 | |
Yards by week → | ||||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.16 EPA/play | 20 | 2 | 36 | 126 | 3.5 | 3 #11 FBS | 28 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete TE · +0.03 EPA/play | 88 | 2 | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 0 | 16 | |
Yards by week → Complete TENo single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike. This week's matchup — TE Blackburn shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Jr. is the one who shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Season receipt Yards / reception9.4 bottom 27th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions EPA / play (adj)0.0 bottom 9th percentile · FBS TEs, min. 8 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Benjamin Blackburn's full player page | ||||||||
| +1.30 EPA/play | — | 1 | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 0 | 20 | |
Yards by week → | ||||||||
| -0.05 EPA/play | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |
Yards by week → | ||||||||
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Linebacker | 35 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. The most common profile in its group this season — 46 of 84 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · senior · 3-star, 2022 class View Matt Rose's full player page | |||||||||
| — | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 #22 FBS | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 2 | 2/3 | 66.7 | 5/5 | 11 | 30 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 2 | 13 | 570 | 43.8 | 49 | 4 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 0 | 34 |
2026 stat leaders · Stanford
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · StanfordMatt Rose leads Stanford with 21 tackles through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025Stanford fields a struggling offense behind a leaky, gives up the big play defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Stanford reads strongest in rushing epa allowed (top 5%) and success rate allowed (top 61%); the crux lives in rushing epa, where Stanford sits at the 4th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Stanford · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Stanford is worth +1.0 points more at home than on the road.
Bottom tenth of FBS, 6th percentile of 133 programs
32% at home, 36% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (14–30 home, 16–28 away). Interval ±3.6.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Stanford has beaten the number by +2.2 more at home than away over 74 games — inside the ±5.7 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Stanford Stadium seats 50,424 and has averaged 59% full (29,546, 26 games reported). Visitors face the 13th-longest trip of 135 FBS venues: a median 691 miles since 2018. The map isn't translating, though — the split above still reads bottom tenth of fbs. 11% of the 2026 roster (12 of 106 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 47 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
Stanford's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 30th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it climbs to the 70th — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does Stanford hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
76th percentile success on standard downs, 15th on passing downs — a 61-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Stanford’s passing game completes a completion rate below the FBS mean (65.5% vs 68.3% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 66-play sample) — mid-pack, 11 of 41 qualifying offenses.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Stanford’s defense allows a completion rate above the FBS mean (68.1% vs 65.2% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 75-play sample) — most generous, 17 of 18 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Ratings
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Historical echo
Historical echo
Stanford’s slide has precedent — and 1 of the 4 closest kept falling.
Programs whose stature fell in the same shape. The grey line is their decline; the color is what came next for them.
An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration, medium confidence; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.
Conditions
67°F average kickoff temp; 6% of games had measurable precipitation; 8 mph average wind.
Based on 72 home games with weather data.