Stanford has decided to double-up on its spring scheduling announcements.
In a press release Wednesday, Stanford announced that it has reached an agreement on home-and-home series’ against both TCU and Vanderbilt. There are four games with the latter scheduled, two vs. the former.
The Cardinal and Commodores will meet four times between 2021 and 2027: at Vanderbilt on Sept. 18, 2021, and Sept. 6, 2025; at Stanford on Sept. 7, 2024, and Sept. 11, 2027. The home-and-home series with TCU will be played at Stanford on Aug. 31, 2024, and in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sept. 4, 2027.
Stanford has never played Vandy in football, while they’ve played TCU twice -- 2007, 2008.
The 2021 game against Vandy will mark the eighth Stanford has played against members of the SEC, the last coming in 1992 against Texas A&M (then a member of the SWC). The last game against a team that was in the SEC at the time of the meeting came vs. LSU in 1977. The 2024 game in Stanford will serve as the first time the Cardinal has played host to an SEC school.
The games against TCU will be the 15th and 16th against Big 12 opponents, the last of which was against Oklahoma State in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl.