1981 Stanford Cardinals football team

1981 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–7 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Wiggin (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Fassel (1st season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Jack Harbaugh (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

1981 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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 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.

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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 (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

STAN – , 1:54 (STAN 3-0)

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

OHIO ST –
STAN –

Top rushers

OHIO ST –
STAN –

Top receivers

OHIO ST –
STAN –

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

Roster

1981 Stanford Cardinal football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`83`	Chris Dressel	Jr
QB	`7`	John Elway	Jr
HB	`31`	Darrin Nelson	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Paul Wiggin

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Jim Fassel – Offensive Coordinator
Jim Anderson – Running back
Dick James – Offensive line
Dave Ottmar – Tight end
Jack Harbaugh – Defensive Coordinator
Larry Mac Duff – Defensive line
Ray Handley – Outside linebacker
Chuck Detwiler – Defensive back

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

^[3]^[4]

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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