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Stanford University Cardinal Tickets Information
The Stanford Cardinal are one of 10 teams in the Pacific Ten Conference - along with the Arizona Wildcats, Arizona State Sun Devils, California Golden Bears, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies, and Washington State Cougars.
The Stanford Cardinal are the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) men's football and basketball teams for Stanford University in Stanford, California, one of 2 private and nonsectarian universities in the Pac-10, and one of 4 from the state of California, the others being the University of Southern California, UCLA, and University of California, Berkeley. They are two of the university's 31 varsity teams.
The Stanford Cardinal play their football home games at the 50,000 seat Stanford Stadium and their basketball home games at the 7,392 seat Maples Pavilion. The team uniform colors are cardinal and white. Ever since the Indian was dropped as the school's mascot in 1972, the school no longer has an official mascot, though many people mistakenly believe that it's the Stanford Tree.
Football:
The Stanford Cardinal football program was established in 1892 and has since been very successful, posting a record of 640-440-52 (.588). In postseason bowl games, they have a record of 9-10-1, as well as 2 national titles and 12 conference titles.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh is entering his 2nd year with the Cardinal and has coached them to a 4-8 record. Harbaugh is probably best known for his playing days in the NFL where he quarterbacked for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers. He is also known for coaching the Cardinal to the greatest upset in college football history in 2007. The Cardinal were 41 point underdogs against #1 USC, but defeated the team by a score of 24-23 with a touchdown in the final minute.
Many NFL players can call Stanford the place where they began their careers. They include Trent Edwards (Buffalo Bills), Oshiomogho Atogwe (St. Louis Rams), Alex Smith (San Francisco 49ers), Tank Johnson (New England Patriots) and Greg Camarillo (Miami Dolphins).
The Cardinal finished 2008 with a 4-8 record. The team looks to turn it around this year and have the key pieces to do so. Purchase your Stanford Cardinal tickets today and watch it all happen live.
Basketball:
Currently in his 2nd season head coach of the Stanford Cardinal is Johnny Dawkins, who is probably best known for his NBA playing career. Dawkins played for 9 years as a point guard for various teams including the San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons.
The Stanford Cardinal have a number of school heroes in their previous rosters including the following who've made it to the NBA: Curtis Borchardt (Boston Celtics), Josh Childress (Atlanta Hawks), Jason Collins (New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies), Jarron Collins (Utah Jazz), Justin Davis and Tim Young (Golden State Warriors), Matt Haryasz and Casey Jaconsen (Houston Rockets), Adam Keefe (Portland Trail Blazers), Brevin Knight (Utah Jazz), and Mark Madsen (Minnesota Timberwolves).
Of the Pac-10 championship tournaments that took place since 1987, the Stanford Cardinal have won 1 Pac-10 tournament title, in 2004. They've won 5 championships as part of the Athletic Association of Western Universities/Pacific-8/Pacific Ten (AAWU/Pac-8/Pac-10), and prior to 1960 they won 6 as part of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). They won 3 NCAA championships, in 1937, 1938, and 1942. They have won 1 NIT championships (National Invitation Tournament), in 1991.
In 2008-09, the Stanford Cardinal finished with an 6-12 (.333) record in the Pac 10 and 20-14 (.588) in the NCAA. Click on over to any of our top ticket brokers and grab your Stanford Cardinal tickets today.
