The 2022 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University as a member of the

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during the

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. The team played home games at

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. The Cardinal were led by 12th-year head coach David Shaw in his final season. He resigned effective immediately, on November 27, 2022, just over an hour after the last game of the season after the Cardinal's second consecutive 3–9 season. E. J. Smith, son of all-time leading rusher in

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(NFL) history,

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, was the team's top

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Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

vs Colgate

vs No. 10 USC

at No. 18 Washington

at No. 13 Oregon

vs Oregon State

at Notre Dame

vs Arizona State

at No. 12 UCLA

vs Washington State

at No. 13 Utah

at California

vs BYU

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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Stanford Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

Stanford Cardinal football seasons

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