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1975 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference Pacific-8
Record6–4–1 (5–2 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
←  1974
1976 →
1975 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 UCLA ^ + 6 1 0 9 2 1
No. 14 California + 6 1 0 8 3 0
Stanford 5 2 0 6 4 1
Washington 5 2 0 6 5 0
No. 17 USC 3 4 0 8 4 0
Oregon 2 5 0 3 8 0
Oregon State 1 6 0 1 10 0
Washington State 0 7 0 3 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jack Christiansen, the Cardinals were 6–4–1 overall (5–2 in Pac-8, tie for third) and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at No. 10 Penn State*L 14–3461,325
September 20at No. 2 Michigan*T 19–1992,304 [1]
September 27 San Jose State*No. 18L 34–36
October 4at Army*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 67–14
October 11No. 15 UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 21–3152,500 [2]
October 18at WashingtonW 24–2145,000
October 25 Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 54–1435,000
November 1at Oregon StateW 28–2212,803 [3]
November 8at No. 9 USCW 13–1068,249
November 15 Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 33–3038,500
November 22No. 13 California
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA ( Big Game)
L 15–4888,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

Game summaries

Michigan

1 234Total
Stanford 6 0013 19
Michigan 0 766 19
  • Date: September 20
  • Location: Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Game attendance: 92,304

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Army

1 234Total
Army 0 086 14
• Stanford 17 22217 67
  • Date: October 4
  • Location: Stanford Stadium


  • Mike Cordova 246 pass yds, 4 TD (sat out fourth quarter)
  • Don Stevenson 102 rush yds

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References

  1. ^ Curt Sylvester (September 21, 1975). "U-M Tied by Late Field Goal, 19-19". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Stanford fans boo as UCLA prevails". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 12, 1975. p. 6D.
  3. ^ Conrad, John (November 2, 1975). "Pumpkin bows out". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1975–1979". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  5. ^ "Langford's boot gives Cards tie." Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Sept 21.
  6. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 5. Retrieved 2018-Nov-09.