# 2006 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 2006 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In head coach Walt Harris's second season at Stanford, the Cardinal won only one game, ending the season with a 1–11 record, the school's worst since a winless 1960 season. Harris was fired on December 4, 2006, two days after Stanford's regular season ended. By the end of his tenure at Stanford, Harris had surpassed Jack Curtice with the lowest winning percentage in the history of Stanford football, with a 26.1% win record.
The team played their home games at the newly renovated Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Oregon | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR | ABC | L 10–48 | 58,450 |
| September 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at San Jose State* | Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA (rivalry) | CSNW | L 34–35 | 29,321 |
| September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Navy* | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | FSNBA | L 9–37 | 44,022 |
| September 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Washington State | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | | L 10–36 | 37,498 |
| September 30 | 7:15 p.m. | at UCLA | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | FSN | L 0–31 | 72,095 |
| October 7 | 11:30 a.m. | at No. 12 Notre Dame* | Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy) | NBC | L 10–31 | 80,795 |
| October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Arizona | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | | L 7–20 | 39,317 |
| October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at Arizona State | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | | L 3–38 | 53,323 |
| November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 9 USC | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA (rivalry) | FSN | L 0–42 | 49,371 |
| November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Washington | Husky StadiumSeattle, WA | | W 20–3 | 55,896 |
| November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Oregon State | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | FSNBA | L 7–30 | 38,502 |
| December 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 20 California | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA (109th Big Game) | FSNBA | L 17–26 | 72,516 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||

## Coaches

| Name | Position | Year at Stanford | Alma mater (year) |
| Walt Harris | Head Coach Offensive coordinator Quarterbacks | 2nd | Pacific (1968) |
| A.J. Christoff | Defensive coordinator Defensive backs | 1st | Idaho (1971) |
| Tom Freeman | Offensive line (centers & Guards) Run Game Coordinator | 2nd | San Diego State (1969) |
| Jeff Hammerschmidt | Outside Linebackers Special teams | 1st | Arizona (1991) |
| Nate Nelson | Specialists Recruiting coordinator | 2nd | UC Davis (2001) |
| Darrell Peterson | Inside linebackers | 2nd | TCU (1984) |
| Buzz Preston | Running backs | 4th | Hawaii (1982) |
| Doug Sams | Offensive line (Tackles & tight ends) | 1st | Oregon State (1978) |
| Dave Tipton | Defensive line | 18th | Stanford (1971) |
| Tucker Waugh | Wide receivers | 2nd | DePauw (1993) |
| Ron Forbes | Strength and conditioning | 5th | Florida (1995) |

## Game summaries
### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| #21 Ducks | 3 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 48 |

### San Jose State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Spartans | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |

### Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Midshipmen | 3 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 37 |
| Cardinal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |

### Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 2 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| Cardinal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |

### UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruins | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 |

### Notre Dame

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| #12 Fighting Irish | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |

### Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 14 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Cardinal | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun Devils | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |

### USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #9 Trojans | 7 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Cardinal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| Huskies | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Beavers | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Cardinal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinal | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| #20 Golden Bears | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 26 |