American college football season
1981 Stanford Cardinals football |
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Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
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Record | 4–7 (4–4 Pac-10) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Jim Fassel (1st season) |
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Offensive scheme | West Coast |
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Defensive coordinator | Jack Harbaugh (2nd season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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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
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* | | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA
| 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 | | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA
| 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 | | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA
| | 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 | | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA
| USA | W 42–3 | 36,106 |
November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | California | | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA (Big Game)
| USA | W 42–21 | 84,536 |
- *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 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- OHIO ST – , 11:26 (OHIO ST 7-3)
- STAN – , 7:19 (OHIO ST 7-6)
- OHIO ST – , 4:14 (OHIO ST 10-6)
- OHIO ST – , 0:27 (OHIO ST 17-6)
- Third quarter
- OHIO ST – , 2:13 (OHIO ST 24-6)
- Fourth quarter
- STAN – , 13:15 (OHIO ST 24-12)
- STAN – , 9:00 (OHIO ST 24-19)
| - Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
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At Arizona
UCLA
At Southern California
Arizona State
At Washington
At Oregon State
Oregon
California
California at Stanford | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | California | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | • Stanford | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 | - Source: Eugene Register-Guard
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | STAN | Elway 1-yard run (Harmon kick) | STAN 7-0 | | 1 | | CAL | Eddings 48-yard pass from Torchio (Cooper kick) | Tied 7-7 | | 2 | | STAN | Nelson 2-yard run (Harmon kick) | STAN 14-7 | | 2 | | STAN | Nelson 7-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick) | STAN 21-7 | | 3 | | STAN | Hutchings 14-yard interception return (Harmon kick) | STAN 28-7 | | 3 | | CAL | Tuggle 2-yard run (Cooper kick) | STAN 28-14 | | 3 | | STAN | White 8-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick) | STAN 35-14 | | 4 | | CAL | Wright 18-yard pass from Torchio (Cooper kick) | STAN 35-21 | | 4 | | STAN | White 22-yard pass from Elway (Harmon kick) | STAN 42-21 | |
Roster
1981 Stanford Cardinal football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "What is the history of Stanford's mascot and nickname?". Stanford Athletics website. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
- ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1981–1985". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. 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.
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