Elway was hired the previous December from nearby San Jose State, where he went 35–20–1 (.634) in five seasons.
[1][2] His Spartans had defeated Stanford the previous three years, the first two while his son John Elway was the Cardinal quarterback.
[3][4][5] Now on the other side, Coach Elway won the South Bay matchup again this season, as Stanford rallied to win by a point to snap the streak.
[6] Stanford snapped a three-game losing streak to the Spartans, rallying to win by a point.
Making his first-ever collegiate start, backup quarterback Fred Buckley led the Cardinal over the #17 UCLA Bruins,[7][8] and the redshirt junior was named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week.