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

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

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

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

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

USAW 42–21 84,536

Template:CFB Schedule End [2]

Game summaries

at Purdue

See also: 1981 Purdue Boilermakers football team

San Jose State

See also: 1981 San Jose State Spartans football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buckeyes 0 17 7 0 24
Cardinals 3 3 0 13 19
See also: 1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

at Arizona

See also: 1981 Arizona Wildcats football team

UCLA

See also: 1981 UCLA Bruins football team

at Southern California

See also: 1981 USC Trojans football team and Stanford–USC football rivalry

Arizona State

See also: 1981 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

at Washington

See also: 1981 Washington Huskies football team

at Oregon State

See also: 1981 Oregon State Beavers football team

Oregon

See also: 1981 Oregon Ducks football team

California

See also: 1981 California Golden Bears football team and Big Game (American football)
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]

Statistics

Team

Team statistics
  Stanford Opponents
Scoring
Points Per Game
Points Off Turnovers
First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
Rushing Yardage
Yards gained rushing
Yards lost rushing
Rushing Attempts
Average Per Rush
Average Per Game
TDs Rushing
Passing Yardage
Comp-Att-Int
Average Per Pass
Average Per Catch
Average Per Game
TDs Passing
Total Offense
Total Plays
Average Per Play
Average Per Game
Kick Returns: #-Yards
Punt Returns: #-Yards
INT Returns: #-Yards
Kick Return Average
Punt Return Average
INT Return Average
Fumbles-Lost
Penalties-Yards
Average Per Game
Punts-Yards
Average Per Punt
Net punt average
Kickoffs-Yards
Average Per Kick
Net kick average
Time of Possession/Game
3rd-Down Conversions
3rd-Down Pct
4th-Down Conversions
4th-Down Pct
Sacks By-Yards
Miscellaneous Yards
Touchdowns Scored
Field Goals-Attempts
On-Side Kicks
Red-Zone Scores
Red-Zone Touchdowns
PAT-Attempts
Attendance
Games/Avg Per Game

All opponents

Pac-10 opponents

Non-conference opponents

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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