2007 Stanford Cardinal football team

2007 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record4–8 (3–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Shaw (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorScott Shafer (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 USC +   7 2     11 2  
No. 16 Arizona State +   7 2     10 3  
No. 25 Oregon State   6 3     9 4  
No. 23 Oregon   5 4     9 4  
UCLA   5 4     6 7  
Arizona   4 5     5 7  
California   3 6     7 6  
Washington State   3 6     5 7  
Stanford   3 6     4 8  
Washington   2 7     4 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In Jim Harbaugh's inaugural season at Stanford, the 41-point underdog Cardinal pulled off the second greatest point-spread upset in college football history by defeating the #1 USC Trojans in a mid-season game (USC had been ranked No. 1 in all national pre-season polls, picked unanimously to win the Pac-10 Conference, and expected to contend for a national championship – until the Stanford upset).[1][2] To cap off Harbaugh's first season, the Cardinal defeated archrival Cal in Stanford's final game of the season to win the Stanford Axe for the first time in six years (marking the only game in a series of eight stretching between 2002 and 2009 that was won by Stanford).

The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Cardinal improved on their 1–11 record from the 2006 season by going 4–8 in the 2007 season.

  1. ^ Curtis, Jake (October 7, 2007). "Upset for the Ages – Stanford Stunner: The Cardinal, 41-point underdogs, pull off an inconceivable win over No. 2-ranked USC". San Francisco Chronicle.
  2. ^ Schlabach, Mark (November 16, 2009). "Strong personalities leading teams down the stretch". ESPN.