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1972 Stanford Cardinals football team
American college football season
The 1972 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. Following the departure of head coach John Ralston for the Denver Broncos in early January,[1][2][3] defensive backs coach Jack Christiansen was promoted to head coach.[4][5][6] Stanford finished at 6–5, but were 2–5 in Pacific-8 Conference play, tied for sixth.
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| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (4–4 Pac-8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Robert A. Jones |
| Defensive coordinator | Norb Hecker |
| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass) |
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| No. 1 USC $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The school changed its nickname from "Indians" to "Cardinals" in March after objections from Native American students and a vote by the student senate.[7][8][9][10]
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| September 16 | San Jose State* | W 44–0 | ||||
| September 23 | at Duke* | No. 19 | W 10–6 | 24,600 | [11] | |
| September 30 | No. 20 West Virginia* | No. 19 |
| W 41–35 | 56,000 | [12] |
| October 7 | No. 1 USC | No. 15 |
| L 21–30 | 84,000 | |
| October 14 | No. 12 Washington | No. 17 |
| W 24–0 | 56,000 | |
| October 21 | at Oregon | No. 13 | L 13–15 | 27,500 | [13][14][15] | |
| October 28 | Oregon State |
| W 17–11 | 44,000 | ||
| November 4 | at No. 8 UCLA | L 23–28 | 47,276 | |||
| November 11 | at Washington State | No. 20 | L 13–27 | 20,500 | ||
| November 18 | at California | L 21–24 | 68,000 | |||
| December 2 | at Hawaii* | W 39–7 | 18,397 | |||
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Washington
See also: 1972 Washington Huskies football team
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| Huskies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
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Washington Huskies at Stanford Cardinals
at Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California
- Date: October 14, 1972
- Game attendance: 56,000
California
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| Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Golden Bears | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
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Stanford Cardinals at California Golden Bears
at Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California
- Date: November 18, 1972
- Game attendance: 68,000
- Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Nov 19.
- "Stanford's Ralston Broncos coach". Sarasota Herald Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. January 6, 1972. p. 1D.
- "Five-year pro deal to Ralston". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 6, 1972. p. 23.
- King, Errol (January 6, 1972). "Ralston's talking Super Bowl". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. C1.
- "Christiansen accepts job at Stanford". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). UPI. January 22, 1972. p. 16.
- "White decides on Cal; Tribe gets Christiansen". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 22, 1972. p. 1B.
- "Christiansen Stanford's coach, White goes to Cal". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. January 22, 1972. p. 7.
- "Indians are no more as Stanford name". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. March 4, 1972. p. 8.
- "What is the history of Stanford's mascot and nickname?". Stanford Athletics. July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- Wascher, Jim (March 3, 1972). "Senate abolishes mascot". The Stanford Daily. (California). p. 10.
- "The Removal of the Indian Mascot at Stanford". Stanford Native American Cultural Center. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
- "Stanford nips Duke". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. September 24, 1972. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Stanford fights back West Virginia, 41–35". The Lincoln Star. October 1, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Cawood, Neil (October 22, 1972). "Hungry Ducks pull 15-13 stunner". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
- "Stanford upset". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. October 22, 1972. p. D-8.
- "Ducks combine long run, tough defense for upset". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. October 23, 1972. p. 7.
- "Cards dump Huskies, 24-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 15, 1972. p. 6C.
- "Stanford beats UW with Sixkiller hurt". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 15, 1972. p. 2, sports.
- Game program: Stanford at Washington State – November 11, 1972