1986 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 1986 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In head coach Jack Elway's third season at Stanford, the Cardinal had its first winning season since 1980 and received its first post-season bowl invitation since 1978.

1986 Stanford Cardinal football
Gator Bowl, L 21–27 vs. Clemson
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
(Capacity: 85,500)
1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Arizona State $ 5 1 110 1 1
No. 14 UCLA 5 2 18 3 1
No. 18 Washington 5 2 18 3 1
No. 11 Arizona 5 3 09 3 0
Stanford 5 3 08 4 0
USC 5 3 07 5 0
Oregon 3 5 05 6 0
Washington State 2 6 13 7 1
California 2 7 02 9 0
Oregon State 1 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference.

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