1981 Stanford Cardinals football team

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Seasons
1982 →
1981 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. 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 the team was referred to as the singular Cardinal.

Schedule

September 1212:20 p.m.at PurdueNo. 19

ABCL 19–27 62,778 September 191:00 p.m.San Jose State

USAL 6–28 67,888 September 261:00 p.m.No. 8 Ohio State

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA

ESPNL 19–24 76,102 October 37:00 p.m.at Arizona

USAL 13–17 41,110 October 101:00 p.m.No. 17 UCLA

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA

USAW 26–23 70,103 October 171:00 p.m.at No. 7 USC

L 17–25 76,291 October 241:00 p.m.No. 17 Arizona State

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA

L 36–62 52,855 October 311:30 p.m.at No. 18 Washington

L 31–42 55,856 November 71:00 p.m.at Oregon State

W 63–9 22,000 November 141:00 p.m.Oregon

  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA

USAW 42–3 36,106 November 211:00 p.m.California

USAW 42–21 84,536

Template:CFB Schedule End [2]

Game notes

at Purdue

San Jose State

Ohio State

at Arizona

UCLA

at Southern California

Arizona State

at Washington

at Oregon State

Oregon

California

California at Stanford
1 234Total
California 7 077 21
• Stanford 7 14147 42
Scoring summary
1STANElway 1-yard run (Harmon kick)STAN 7-0
1CALEddings 48-yard pass from Torchio (Cooper kick)Tied 7-7
2STANNelson 2-yard run (Harmon kick)STAN 14-7
2STANNelson 7-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick)STAN 21-7
3STANHutchings 14-yard interception return (Harmon kick)STAN 28-7
3CALTuggle 2-yard run (Cooper kick)STAN 28-14
3STANWhite 8-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick)STAN 35-14
4CALWright 18-yard pass from Torchio (Cooper kick)STAN 35-21
4STANWhite 22-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick)STAN 42-21

Rankings

See also: 1981 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

AP poll

Week Ranking
pre 18
September 7, 1981 19
September 14, 1981 NR
September 21, 1981 NR
September 28, 1981 NR
October 5, 1981 NR
October 12, 1981 NR
October 19, 1981 NR
October 26, 1981 NR
November 2, 1981 NR
November 9, 1981 NR
November 16, 1981 NR
November 23, 1981 NR
November 30, 1981 NR
January 3, 1982 NR

[3]

Coaches' poll

Week Ranking
September 14, 1981 NR
September 21, 1981 NR
September 28, 1981 NR
October 5, 1981 NR
October 12, 1981 NR
October 19, 1981 NR
October 26, 1981 NR
November 2, 1981 NR
November 9, 1981 NR
November 16, 1981 NR
November 23, 1981 NR
November 30, 1981 NR
January 3, 1982 NR

[4]

References

  1. ^ "What is the history of Stanford's mascot and nickname?". Stanford Athletics website. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1981–1985". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1981
  4. ^ http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/history/CoachPolls.txt
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