Stanford Cardinal
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| University | Stanford University |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| NCAA | Division I / FBS |
| Athletic director | Bernard Muir |
| Location | Stanford, California |
| Varsity teams | 36 |
| Football stadium | Stanford Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Maples Pavilion |
| Baseball stadium | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond |
| Other arenas |
Taube Tennis Center Burnham Pavilion |
| Mascot | Stanford Tree (unofficial) |
| Nickname | Cardinal |
| Fight song | "Come Join The Band" (official) "All Right Now" (de facto) |
| Colors | Cardinal and White |
| Website | www |
The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the 37 varsity athletic teams at Stanford University. Stanford's program has won over 100 national team championships. Stanford has won 22 consecutive NACDA Directors' Cups, awarded annually to the most successful overall college sports program in the nation. Stanford's teams compete in the Pac-12 Conference, along with other schools from the western third of the United States.
Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams. White was adopted as a secondary color in the 1940s.
On November 25, 1930, following a unanimous vote by the Executive Committee for the Associated Students, the athletic department adopted the mascot "Indian." The Indian symbol and name were later dropped by President Richard Lyman in 1972, after objections from Native American students and a vote by the student senate.
From 1972 to 1981, the official nickname was the Cardinals, a reference to the color, not the bird. During the 1970s, a number of suggestions were put forth as possible nicknames: Robber Barons (a sly reference to Leland Stanford's history), Sequoias, Trees, Railroaders, Spikes, Huns and Griffins. The last suggestion gained enough momentum to prompt the university to place two griffin statues near the athletic facilities.
On November 17, 1981, school president Donald Kennedy declared that the athletic teams be represented by the color cardinal in its singular form.
Stanford has no official mascot, but the Stanford Tree, a member of the Stanford Band wearing a self-designed tree costume, appears at major Stanford sports events. The Tree is based upon El Palo Alto, a redwood tree in neighboring Palo Alto that appears in the Stanford seal and athletics logo.
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