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1982 Stanford Cardinal football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1982
team	Stanford Cardinal
sport	football
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
record	5–6
conf_record	3–5
head_coach	Paul Wiggin
hc_year	3rd
off_coach	Jim Fassel
oc_year	2nd
off_scheme	West Coast
def_coach	Fred von Appen
dc_year	1st
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Stanford Stadium
prev	[1981](1981-stanford-cardinals-football-team)

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.{{cite web | access-date =November 3, 2016}} Both represented the color.

With consensus All-American John Elway at quarterback, the 1982 Cardinal were exciting - seven of its eleven games were decided in the fourth quarter - but maddeningly erratic:

After an impressive opening road win at Purdue, the Cardinal dropped a 35–31 decision at home to unranked San Jose State, coached by Elway's father Jack, who became Stanford's head coach in 1984.
In week 3 at #12 Ohio State, Stanford won on a last-minute eighty-yard drive, scoring the decisive TD with 34 seconds remaining.
In week 5 at #11 Arizona State, Stanford scored a go-ahead touchdown in the final minute, only to lose on a Sun Devil TD with eleven seconds left on the clock.
In week 7 at Washington State, the Cardinal scored the winning touchdown with 22 seconds left.
In week 8 at home, Stanford scored thirty consecutive points to decisively defeat previously unbeaten #2 Washington 43–31, which put Elway on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
In week 9, at home against unranked Arizona, it gave up 28 unanswered fourth quarter points to lose by fourteen.

After a hard-fought 38–35 loss at Rose Bowl-bound and 12th-ranked UCLA in week 10, the Cardinal traveled to Berkeley for its final scheduled game.

Elway's last football game at Stanford was one of the most famous games of all time, the 1982 Big Game versus rival California. It ended with "The Play," a kickoff return for a touchdown with four backward lateral passes and one forward lateral pass that allowed Cal to win the game as time expired.

After that game, Elway congratulated the Stanford Band trombone player that got run over in the end zone. Although Elway never led Stanford to a bowl game, he had an accomplished college career. In his four seasons (1979–1982), he completed 774 passes for 9,349 yards and 77 touchdowns. Stanford had a record during his tenure. Elway's 24 touchdown passes in 1982 led the nation, and he left with nearly every Stanford and Pacific-10 career record for passing and total offense. Elway won Pac-10 Player of the Year honors for the second time in 1982, and was a consensus All-American. In addition, he finished second in Heisman Trophy balloting.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Purdue

San Jose State

At Ohio State

John Elway threw for 407 yards and 2 touchdowns, including the game-winner to Emile Harry with 34 seconds remaining.

Oregon State

At Arizona State

USC

At Washington State

Washington

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Arizona

At UCLA

At California

Main article: The Play (American football)

Personnel

Coaching staff

Head coach – Paul Wiggin (Stanford '57)
Associate head coach – Ray Handley (Stanford '66)
Offensive coordinator – Jim Fassel (USC '70)
Defensive coordinator – Larry Mac Duff (CSU-Fullerton '71)
Running backs – Jim Anderson (Cal Western '70)
Defensive backs – Chuck Detwiler (Utah State '68)
Offensive line – Dick James (UC Davis '62)
Receivers and tight ends – Dave Ottmar (Stanford '74)
Defensive line – Fred von Appen (Linfield '64)
Asst. coach – offensive line – Pete Mangurian (Louisiana State '77)
Asst. coach – secondary – Mike Nolan (Oregon '80)

Roster

Ray Handley – Associate head coach
Jim Fassel – Offensive Coordinator
Jim Anderson – Running back
Dave Ottmar – Tight end
Dick James – Offensive line
Larry Mac Duff – Defensive line
Fred von Appen – Defensive coordinator
Chuck Detwiler – Defensive back

Awards and honors

John Elway: Sammy Baugh Trophy, Pac-10 Player of the Year, Consensus First-team All-American, 2nd in Heisman Trophy voting

NFL draft

Main article: 1983 NFL draft

References

(1 September 1983). "Anatomy of a Miracle".
(October 31, 1982). "Cards spring Elway, rush by Huskies". Eugene Register-Guard.
(8 November 1982). "Bombs Away".
Fimrite, Ron. (November 8, 1982). "Oh what a notable victory!".
"A Look at Stanford's Series With Arizona From a Different Perspective".
(September 12, 1982). "Purdue passes over". The Indianapolis Star.
(September 19, 1982). "Father still knows best as San Jose prevails". The Sunday Oregonian.
(September 26, 1982). "Stanford's Elway drops Ohio State". The Courier-Journal.
(October 3, 1982). "Elway shatters record, Beaver defense in 45–5 win". The Sacramento Bee.
(October 10, 1982). "Last-second TD beats Stanford". The Modesto Bee.
(October 17, 1982). "USC finds new tailback star in win vs. Cards". The Daily Breeze.
(October 24, 1982). "Running rallies Stanford past WSU". The San Francisco Examiner.
(October 31, 1982). "Elway directs Stanford upset of Huskies". The Macon Telegraph & News.
(November 7, 1982). "UA scores 28 in 4th quarter to win, 41–27". Arizona Daily Star.
(November 14, 1982). "UCLA, Ramsey outduel Stanford, Elway". The Fresno Bee.
(November 21, 1982). "Wildest Big Game finish ever!". The San Francisco Examiner.
. ["Schedule/Results (1982 Stanford)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/132768). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
"College Football Belt - 1982 Stanford at Ohio State".
(November 21, 1982). "The craziest Big Game". [[The San Francisco Examiner]] via newspapers.com.
(November 21, 1982). "Cal defeats Stanford on final play, 25-20". [[The San Bernardino Sun]] via newspapers.com.
(November 21, 1982). "Weird, last-second TD leads Cal over Stanford". [[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] via newspapers.com.
(October 2, 1982). "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard.
(October 23, 1982). "Game facts (probable starters)". Spokesman-Review.
"1983 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".

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