1981 Stanford Cardinals football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record4–7 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Fassel (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Harbaugh (2nd season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1981 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Washington $ 6 –2 –010 –2 –0
No. 16 Arizona State 5 –2 –09 –2 –0
No. 14 USC 5 –2 –09 –3 –0
Washington State 5 –2 –18 –3 –1
UCLA 5 –2 –17 –4 –1
Arizona 4 –4 –06 –5 –0
Stanford 4 –4 –04 –7 –0
California 2 –6 –02 –9 –0
Oregon 1 –6 –02 –9 –0
Oregon State 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1212:20 p.m.at Purdue*No. 19
ABCL 19–2762,778
September 191:00 p.m.San Jose State*
USAL 6–2867,888
September 261:00 p.m.No. 8 Ohio State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
ESPNL 19–2476,102
October 37:00 p.m.at Arizona
USAL 13–1741,110
October 101:00 p.m.No. 17 UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
USAW 26–2370,103
October 171:00 p.m.at No. 7 USC
L 17–2576,291
October 241:00 p.m.No. 17 Arizona State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 36–6252,855
October 311:30 p.m.at No. 18 Washington
L 31–4255,856
November 71:00 p.m.at Oregon State
W 63–922,000
November 141:00 p.m.Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
USAW 42–336,106
November 211:00 p.m.California
USAW 42–2184,536
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

At Purdue

San Jose State

Ohio State

Stanford Cardinals vs. Ohio State Buckeyes – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 8 Buckeyes 0 17 7024
Cardinals 3 3 01319

at Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California

  • Date: September 26, 1981
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 76,102
  • TV: ESPN
Game information

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

Roster

1981 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 83 Chris Dressel Jr
QB 7 John Elway Jr
HB 31 Darrin Nelson Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

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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. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 7, 1981. p. 2B.
  4. ↑ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 14, 1981. p. 2B.
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