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“After six games, the Stanford Cardinal football team is 4-2. That win-loss balance is not so surprising to many fans and aficionados conscious of the tough six-game stretch that opened the 2016 campaign: taking on K State, USC, UCLA, Washington, Washington State and Notre Dame in succession was certain to be daunting, and at least one to two losses seemed likely.