1990_Stanford_Cardinal_football_team References

1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Washington $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 USC	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	5:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 17–21	50,669
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 31–32	45,855
September 22	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 37–3	45,000
September 29	12:30 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA ( rivalry)		L 23–29	45,500
October 6	10:00 a.m.	at No. 1 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN ( rivalry)		W 36–31	59,075
October 13	12:30 p.m.	No. 16 USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA ( rivalry)	ABC	L 22–37	62,000
October 20	12:30 p.m.	No. 13 Washington	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 16–52	36,500
October 27	1:00 p.m.	No. 25 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 0–31	37,559
November 3	12:30 p.m.	Washington State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 31–13	30,000
November 10	1:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 23–10	52,609
November 17	3:30 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA ( Big Game)		W 27–25	75,662
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

1990 Stanford Cardinal football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`17`	John Lynch	So
WR	`40`	Ed McCaffrey	Sr
RB	`5`	Glyn Milburn	So
QB	`12`	Jason Palumbis	Jr
FB	`44`	Tommy Vardell	Jr
WR	`80`	Chris Walsh	Jr
OT	`70`	Bob Whitfield	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`21`	Darrien Gordon	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`94`	John Hopkins	Sr

Stanford at #5 Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	14	0	0	3	17
• Buffaloes	0	0	14	7	21

Stanford at #1 Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Cardinal	7	8	14	7	36
Fighting Irish	7	17	7	0	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Stanford	0	6	9	12	27
California	3	14	0	8	25

^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1990–1994". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 10, 2003. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
^ "Irish Run Out of Miracles". Los Angeles Times. October 7, 1990. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ "Luck Of Irish Runs Out". The New York Times. October 7, 1990. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ "Bears commit Cardinal sins." Eugene Register-Guard. 1990 Nov 18. Retrieved 2016-Dec-15.

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