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. After 1981, it became the singular Cardinal.
Schedule
Game summaries
at Purdue
Statistics STAN PUR First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Passing: Comp–Att–Int Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsStanford Passing Rushing Receiving Purdue Passing Rushing Receiving
vs. San Jose State
vs. No. 8 Ohio State
Statistics OHIO ST STAN First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Passing: Comp–Att–Int Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsOhio State Passing Rushing Receiving Stanford Passing Rushing Receiving
at Arizona
No. 17 UCLA
at No. 7 Southern California
No. 17 Arizona State
at No. 18 Washington
at Oregon State
Oregon
California
Source: Eugene Register-Guard
Roster
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