1972 Stanford Cardinals football team

1972 Stanford Cardinals football

Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1972 record	6–5 (4–4 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jack Christiansen (1st year)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)

1972 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 USC $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#15 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
#19 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1972 college football season. Following the departure of head coach John Ralston the previous year, defensive coordinator Jack Christiansen became Stanford's new head coach.

The school changed its nickname to "Cardinals" from "Indians" the previous year after objections from Native American students.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 16	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	W 44–0
September 23	at Duke*	No. 19	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 10–6
September 30	No. 20 West Virginia*	No. 19	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 41–35
October 7	No. 1 USC	No. 15	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	L 21–30
October 14	No. 12 Washington	No. 17	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 24–0
October 21	at Oregon	No. 13	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	L 13–15
October 28	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 17–11
November 4	at No. 8 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 23–28
November 11	at Washington State	No. 20	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 13–27
November 18	at California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (75th Big Game)	L 21–24
December 2	at Hawaii*		Honolulu Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 39–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	0	0	0	0	0
• Stanford	7	14	3	0	24

Scoring summary

1	STAN	Cross 23 yard pass from Boryla (Garcia kick)	Stanford 7-0

2	STAN	Alvarado 30 yard pass from Boryla (Garcia kick)	Stanford 14-0

2	STAN	M. Moore 13 yard pass from Murray (Garcia kick)	Stanford 21-0

3	STAN	Garcia 32 yard field goal	Stanford 24-0

↑ "What is the history of Stanford's mascot and nickname?". Stanford Athletics website. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
↑ "The Removal of the Indian Mascot at Stanford". Stanford Native American Cultural Center. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.

Stanford Cardinal football

Venues	Stanford Field (1905–1921) Stanford Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California: Big Game USC Notre Dame San Jose State: Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play Stanford Axe T formation 1906–17 Stanford rugby teams 1894 Chicago game 2007 USC game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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National championship seasons in bold

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