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1971 Stanford Indians football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1971
team	Stanford Indians
sport	football
conference	Pacific-8 Conference
short_conf	Pac-8
CoachRank	16
APRank	10
record	9–3
conf_record	6–1
head_coach	John Ralston
hc_year	9th
off_coach	Mike White
def_coach	Bob Gambold
stadium	Stanford Stadium
champion	Pac-8 champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](1972-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 13–12 vs. [Michigan](1971-michigan-wolverines-football-team)
next	[1972](1972-stanford-cardinals-football-team)

Rose Bowl champion The 1971 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach John Ralston, the Indians were 8–3 in the regular season and repeated as Pacific-8 Conference champions at 6–1.

The previous season, the Indians won the Pac-8 title and upset undefeated Ohio State in the Rose Bowl behind Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jim Plunkett, the first overall pick in the 1971 NFL draft.

With the core of the "Thunder Chickens" defense returning, led by Jeff Siemon and Pete Lazetich, and an offense under the steady leadership of fifth-year senior quarterback Don Bunce, the Indians defended the conference title and upset fourth-ranked Michigan in the Rose Bowl.{{cite news |access-date=June 14, 2012 |access-date = June 14, 2012 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130119034030/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/stanford/yearly_results.php?year=1971 |archive-date = 2013-01-19 |url-status = dead

Shortly after their New Year's Day victory, Ralston resigned to become head coach and general manager of the Denver Broncos in the National Football League. A few weeks later, offensive coordinator Mike White was hired as head coach at rival California, his alma mater, and Stanford promoted defensive assistant Jack Christiansen to head coach.

This was the final season with the "Indians" nickname, which was changed to "Cardinals" for 1972, and reduced to the singular "Cardinal" in 1982.

Schedule

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Roster

John Ralston (8th year)
Mike White – (OC)
Bob Gambold – (DC)
Bill Dickey – (OL)
Max McCartney – (DL)
Jack Christiansen – (DB)
Roger Theder – (QB-Rec)
Dave Currey – (RB)

NFL draft

Six Stanford players were selected in the 1972 NFL draft

Larry Butler	Linebacker	[16](1972-nfl-draft-round-sixteen)	406	[Atlanta Falcons](1972-atlanta-falcons-season)

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References

(January 6, 1972). "Stanford's Ralston Broncos coach". Sarasota Herald Tribune.
(January 6, 1972). "Five-year pro deal to Ralston". Spokesman-Review.
King, Errol. (January 6, 1972). "Ralston's talking Super Bowl". Deseret News.
(January 22, 1972). "Christiansen accepts job at Stanford". Wilmington Morning Star.
(January 22, 1972). "White decides on Cal; Tribe gets Christiansen". Eugene Register-Guard.
(January 22, 1972). "Christiansen Stanford's coach, White goes to Cal". Lodi News-Sentinel.
(September 12, 1971). "Missouri smacked by Stanford". The Arizona Republic.
(September 19, 1971). "Stanford throttles Army". The State.
(September 27, 1971). "Ducks impressed with Stanford". The Bulletin.
(October 3, 1971). "Blue Devils upset Stanford, 9–3". The Rocky Mount Telegram.
(October 10, 1971). "Stanford handcuffs Huskies". Tulsa World.
(October 17, 1971). "Tribe dumps Trojans, 33–18; snifs roses". The Sunday Oregonian.
(October 24, 1971). "Cougar's field goal stops Stanford". The Bellingham Herald.
(October 31, 1971). "Stanford rebounds to trim Oregon St.". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(November 7, 1971). "Stanford clinches Bowl berth". The Sacramento Union.
(November 14, 1971). "San Jose St. pulls upset on Stanford". Austin American-Statesman.
(November 21, 1971). "Stanford blasts Bears 14–0 before 86,000". The Sacramento Bee.
(January 2, 1972). "Indians stun Michigan, 13–12". The Montana Standard.
. ["Schedule/Results (1971 Stanford)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/130946). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
(October 30, 1971). "OSU-Stanford lineups". Eugene Register-Guard.
(January 1, 1972). "Bowl lineups: Rose Bowl". Milwaukee Sentinel.

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