1975 Stanford Cardinals football team

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.

1975 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	6–4–1 (5–2 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jack Christiansen (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norb Hecker (4th season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

1975 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	at No. 10 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	L 14–34	61,325
September 20	at No. 2 Michigan*		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	T 19–19	92,304	[1]
September 27	San Jose State*	No. 18	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 34–36
October 4	at Army*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 67–14
October 11	No. 15 UCLA		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 21–31	52,500	[2]
October 18	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 24–21	45,000
October 25	Washington State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 54–14	35,000
November 1	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 28–22	12,803	[3]
November 8	at No. 9 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 13–10	68,249
November 15	Oregon		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 33–30	38,500
November 22	No. 13 California		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	L 15–48	88,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Stanford 6 0 0 13 19 Michigan 0 7 6 6 19 Date: September 20 Location: Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan Game attendance: 92,304

Scoring summary 1 STAN Tony Hill 25-yard pass from Mike Cordova (kick failed) Stanford 6-0 2 MICH Jim Smith 48-yard pass from Rick Leach (Bob Wood kick) Michigan 7-6 3 MICH Bob Wood 27-yard field goal Michigan 10-6 3 MICH Bob Wood 29-yard field goal Michigan 13-6 4 STAN Todd Anderson 4-yard pass from Mike Cordova (Mike Langford kick) Tie 13-13 4 5:51 MICH Bob Wood 32-yard field goal Michigan 16-13 4 3:41 STAN Mike Langford 40-yard field goal Tie 16-16 4 1:46 MICH Bob Wood 42-yard field goal Michigan 19-16 4 0:09 STAN Mike Langford 33-yard field goal Tie 19-19

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Army

1 2 3 4 Total Army 0 0 8 6 14 • Stanford 17 22 21 7 67 Date: October 4 Location: Stanford Stadium

Scoring summary Q1 STAN Langford 38 yard field goal STAN 3–0 Q1 STAN Finley 9 yard run (Langford kick) STAN 10–0 Q1 STAN Finley 1 yard run (Langford kick) STAN 17–0 Q2 STAN Inge 22 yard pass from Cordova (Strong pass from Waldvoget) STAN 25–0 Q2 STAN Kellar 42 yard pass from Cordova (Langford kick) STAN 32–0 Q2 STAN Pappas 7 yard pass from Cordova (Langford kick) STAN 39–0 Q3 ARMY Dodrill 10 yard run (Gillogly run) STAN 39–8 Q3 STAN Ostrom 3 yard pass from Cordova (Langford kick) STAN 46–8 Q3 STAN Ostrom 3 yard run (Langford kick) STAN 53–8 Q3 STAN Baumgartner 4 yard run (Langford kick) STAN 60–8 Q4 ARMY Dodrill 39 yard pass from Hall (pass failed) STAN 60–14 Q4 STAN ??? STAN 67–14

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

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Roster

• WR Tony Hill

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. "Langford's boot gives Cards tie." Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Sept 21.
5. Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 5. Retrieved 2018-Nov-09.