1982 Stanford Cardinal football team

1982 Stanford Cardinal football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Fassel (2nd season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorFred von Appen (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 UCLA $ 5 1 1 10 1 1
No. 7 Washington 6 2 0 10 2 0
No. 6 Arizona State 5 2 0 10 2 0
No. 15 USC 5 2 0 8 3 0
Arizona 4 3 1 6 4 1
California 4 4 0 7 4 0
Stanford 3 5 0 5 6 0
Washington State 2 4 1 3 7 1
Oregon 2 6 0 2 8 1
Oregon State 0 7 1 1 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Wiggin, the Cardinal had an overall record of 5–6 (3–5 in Pac-10, seventh).

This was the first football season for Stanford's new singular nickname Cardinal; from 1972 to 1981, it was the plural Cardinals.[1] Both represented the color.

  1. ^ "What is the history of Stanford's mascot and nickname?". Stanford Athletics website. Retrieved November 3, 2016.