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The 1975 vote included new suggestions, many alluding to the industry of the school's founder, railroad tycoon Leland Stanford: the Robber Barons, the Sequoias, the Trees, the Cardinals, the Railroaders, the Spikes, and the Huns. The Robber Barons won, but the university's administration refused to implement the vote.
The Cardinal have won 9 NCAA Women's volleyball national championships: in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2016, 2018 and 2019. Stanford has appeared in 17 championship games, more than any other team. Stanford has qualified for 41 of the 42 NCAA tournaments, missing the postseason only during the COVID-shortened 2020–21 season. [42]
A student vote in December 1975 to change the nickname to "Robber Barons" was not approved by administrators. [5] [6] Stanford has fielded football teams every year since 1892 with a few exceptions. Like a number of other teams from the era concerned with violence in the sport, the school dropped football in favor of rugby from 1906 to 1917.
Stanford has participated in more than 1,100 officially sanctioned games, including 27 bowl games and has fielded football teams since 1892 with a few exceptions: the school dropped football in favor of rugby from 1906 to 1917 and did not field a team in 1918 (due to World War I) or in 1943, 1944, and 1945 (due to World War II).
The 1978 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.Led by second-year head coach Bill Walsh, the Cardinals were 7–4 in the regular season (4–3 in Pac-10, tied for fourth) and played their home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.
Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss the steep decline in Stanford’s football program over the last few years, and debate if the Cardinal could rebound back to ...
Despite their best efforts to give the game away, the TCU Horned Frogs beat Stanford, 34-27, in their college football season opener on Friday. TCU outgained the Cardinal by more than 200 yards ...
Within the football program, the new staff and recruits entering alongside me look to make an impact sooner than later to return Stanford football to its prior dominance.