1981 Stanford Cardinals football team
The 1981 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Paul Wiggin, the Cardinal had an overall record of 4–7 (4–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth), and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. Ranked in the preseason top twenty, Stanford opened with four losses and dropped six of its first seven games to incur their first losing season since 1963.
| 1981 Stanford Cardinals football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| 1981 record | 4–7 (4–4 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jim Fassel (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jack Harbaugh (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Washington $ | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arizona State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 USC | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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From 1972 until November 17, 1981, Stanford's official nickname was Cardinals, in reference to one of the school colors, not the bird.[1] After 1981, it became the singular Cardinal.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 12 | 12:20 p.m. | at Purdue | No. 19 | ABC | L 19–27 | 62,778 | |
| September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | San Jose State | USA | L 6–28 | 67,888 | ||
| September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 Ohio State |
| ESPN | L 19–24 | 76,102 | |
| October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | at Arizona | USA | L 13–17 | 41,110 | ||
| October 10 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 17 UCLA |
| USA | W 26–23 | 70,103 | |
| October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 7 USC | L 17–25 | 76,291 | |||
| October 24 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 17 Arizona State |
| L 36–62 | 52,855 | ||
| October 31 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 18 Washington | L 31–42 | 55,856 | |||
| November 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Oregon State | W 63–9 | 22,000 | |||
| November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Oregon |
| USA | W 42–3 | 36,106 | |
| November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | California |
| USA | W 42–21 | 84,536 | |
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Game summaries
at Purdue
San Jose State
Ohio State
Stanford Cardinals vs. Ohio State Buckeyes – Game summary
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| No. 8 Buckeyes | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
at Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California
- Date: September 26, 1981
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game attendance: 76,102
- TV: ESPN
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References
- "What is the history of Stanford's mascot and nickname?". Stanford Athletics website. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
- "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 7, 1981. p. 2B.
- "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 14, 1981. p. 2B.
- "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1981–1985". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
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