2022 Stanford Cardinal football team

2022 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record3–9 (1–8 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTavita Pritchard (5th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLance Anderson (9th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 USC y   8 1     11 3  
No. 10 Utah y$   7 2     10 4  
No. 8 Washington   7 2     11 2  
No. 15 Oregon   7 2     10 3  
No. 17 Oregon State   6 3     10 3  
No. 21 UCLA   6 3     9 4  
Washington State   4 5     7 6  
Arizona   3 6     5 7  
California   2 7     4 8  
Arizona State†   1 7     1 9  
Stanford   1 8     3 9  
Colorado   1 8     1 11  
Championship: Utah 47, USC 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pac-12 Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by twelfth-year head coach David Shaw, the Cardinal was 3–9 (1–8 in Pac-12, eleventh) and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

E. J. Smith, son of all-time leading rusher in National Football League (NFL) history, Emmitt Smith, was the team's top running back.

It was Stanford's second straight season at 3–9; just over an hour after the season finale, a home loss to BYU on November 26, Shaw resigned effective immediately.[1] Two weeks later, he was succeeded by Troy Taylor, the head coach at Sacramento State.[2]

  1. ^ "David Shaw Steps Down as Stanford Head Football Coach". Stanford Cardinal. November 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "'No other place I'd rather be': Stanford introduces Troy Taylor as head football coach". KCRA 3. December 12, 2022.