Schedule Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 8 at Tulane * No. 13 L 10–3341,251 September 15 San Jose State * W 45–2946,789 September 22 Army * Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA L 13–1743,345 September 29 Boston College * Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 33–1436,412 October 6 UCLA Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 27–2470,205 October 13 at No. 1 USC T 21–2176,067 October 20 at Arizona W 30–1055,000 October 27 at Oregon State L 31–3316,000 November 3 Arizona State Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 28–2140,184 November 10 Oregon Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA L 7–1645,219 November 17 California Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA ( Big Game ) L 14–2185,577 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster 1979 Stanford Cardinal football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K , P 10 Ken Naber Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Al Lavan – Running backs Jim Fassel – Wide receivers Tom Lovat – Offensive line Russell Charles – Offensive line Bill Dutton – Defensive line John Godden – Inside linebackers Ray Handley – Linebackers George Seifert – Defensive back Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Source: [10] [11]
Game summaries
Tulane
San Jose State Mike Dotterer became the first freshman in school history to score three touchdowns in one game during Stanford's 45–29 victory.[12] Spartans were led by first-year head coach Jack Elway , father of John, who became Stanford's head coach after the 1983 season.
At Arizona 1 2 3 4 Total • Stanford 7 0 7 16 30 Arizona 0 7 3 0 10
Date: October 20Location: Tucson, ArizonaScoring summary 1 STAN Hooper 3 yard pass from Schonert (Naber kick) STAN 7-0 2 ARIZ Hersey 5 yard run (Zivic kick) Tied 7-7 3 ARIZ Zivic 27 yard field goal ARIZ 10-7 3 STAN Tyler 15 yard pass from Schonert (Naber kick) STAN 14-10 4 STAN Naber 30 yard field goal STAN 17-10 4 STAN Dotterer 7 yard pass from Schonert (Naber kick) STAN 24-10 4 STAN Margerum 13 yard pass from Elway (kick failed) STAN 30-10
California California Golden Bears (5–5) at Stanford Cardinals (5–4–1)
Period 1 2 3 4 Total California 14 0 0 7 21 Stanford 0 7 7 0 14
at Stanford Stadium , Stanford, California
Date : November 17Game attendance : 85,577Referee : John BargerSource: [13]
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