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For completeness, here are the game 1 results in the D. Shaw Era:
2011 - San Jose State 57-3
2012 - San Jose State 20-17
2013 - San Jose State 34-13
2014 - UC Davis 45-0
2015 - @Northwestern 6-16
2016 - Kansas State 26-13
2017 - Rice 62-7 (neutral field)

It was also interesting to see Stanford's pre-season rating:
2011 - 7
2012 - 21
2013 - 5
2014 - 11
2015 - 21
2016 - 8
2017- 14
2018 - 13

Worth pointing out that both of the close games on that list ended up being against surprisingly good teams, IIRC Northwestern and 2012 SJSU were 10-2 at the end of the year.

[stupac2]

For completeness, here are the game 1 results in the D. Shaw Era:
2011 - San Jose State 57-3
2012 - San Jose State 20-17
2013 - San Jose State 34-13
2014 - UC Davis 45-0
2015 - @Northwestern 6-16
2016 - Kansas State 26-13
2017 - Rice 62-7 (neutral field)

It was also interesting to see Stanford's pre-season rating:
2011 - 7
2012 - 21
2013 - 5
2014 - 11
2015 - 21
2016 - 8
2017- 14
2018 - 13

Worth pointing out that both of the close games on that list ended up being against surprisingly good teams, IIRC Northwestern and 2012 SJSU were 10-2 at the end of the year.