1981 Stanford Cardinals football team

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.

1981 Stanford Cardinals football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record4–7 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Paul Wiggin (2nd season)
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

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.

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