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2007 Stanford Cardinal football team

2007 Stanford Cardinal football
Stanford plain block "S" logo.svg
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
2007 record 4–8 (3–6 Pac-10)
Head coach Jim Harbaugh (1st year)
Offensive coordinator David Shaw (1st year)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Scott Shafer (1st year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 USC +   7 2         11 2  
#16 Arizona State +   7 2         10 3  
#25 Oregon State   6 3         9 4  
#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
1 2 3 4 Total
California 7 3 0 3 13
Stanford 7 6 7 0 20

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 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). 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 (aside from these two huge rivalry wins however the Cardinal went 2-8).

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.

In Jim Harbaugh's debut game as Stanford's new head coach, UCLA's offense amassed 600 yards and overwhelmed the Cardinal defense in the second half, as UCLA won handily. UCLA's Ben Olson threw 5 touchdown passes and finished 16–29 for 286 yards while fellow Bruin Kahlil Bell led the running game by gaining 195 yards on 19 carries. This individual performance was the 18th best single game rushing performance in Bruin football history, placing Bell right after Freeman McNeil, who had 197 yards against Stanford in 1979, and right before Gaston Green, who had 194 yards against Tennessee in 1985.


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