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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]
Stanford's teams unofficially reverted to using the name "Cardinal", the color which represented the school before 1930. [8] From 1972 until 1981, Stanford’s official nickname was the Cardinal, but, during this time, there was debate among students and administrators concerning what the mascot and team name should be.
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.
Hill was a high school quarterback at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where he followed in the footsteps of an earlier-day record passer, Gene Washington.He broke most of Washington's high school passing records, and then followed him to Stanford University, where he was converted into a wide receiver, and again broke most of Washington's receiving records.
The Stanford Tree – official mascot of Stanford Band and unofficial mascot of the Stanford Cardinal. [7] Star the Pacific Tree Frog – mascot of the North Seattle Tree Frogs [46] The Statesman – the official mascot of the Delta State Statesmen and Lady Statesmen; Stella – live owl mascot of the Temple Owls
Stanford Cardinal track and field (3 C, 1 P) V. Stanford Cardinal volleyball (2 C, 1 P) W. Stanford Cardinal water polo (2 C) Stanford Cardinal wrestling (2 C)
No. 17 Clemson's defense certainly did with three interceptions and three fourth-down stops in a 40-14 victory over Stanford on Saturday night. ... half picks in the end zone to stop a Cardinal drive.
Stanford's teams reverted unofficially to the name "Cardinal", the color that had represented the school before 1930. [278] From 1972 until 1981, Stanford’s official nickname was the Cardinal, but, during this time, there was debate among students and administrators concerning what the mascot and team name should be.