1981 Stanford Cardinals football team

1981 Stanford Cardinals football

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1981 record	4–7 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Wiggin (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)

1981 Pacific-10 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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	12:20 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 19	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ABC	L 19–27	62,778
September 19	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	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		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	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		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)		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		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		L 31–42	55,856
November 7	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		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 (84th Big Game)	USA	W 42–21	84,536
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Game summaries

at Purdue

San Jose State

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buckeyes	0	17	7	0	24
Cardinals	3	3	0	13	19

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

Date: Saturday, November 21
Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California
Game attendance: 84,563

Source: Eugene Register-Guard

Scoring summary

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

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

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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

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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

↑ "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. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
↑ http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1981
↑ http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/history/CoachPolls.txt

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