28 Facts About Stanford Cardinal

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Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University.

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Stanford Cardinal's teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level as a member of the Pac-12 Conference, along with other schools from the western third of the United States.

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Stanford Cardinal have appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament 31 times, and appearing in the College World Series 16 times.

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In 2015, Stanford Cardinal won the team title in the first match play championship.

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Stanford Cardinal Sailing has won the 1997 Intercollegiate Sailing Association Team Race Championship, the ICSA Men's Singlehanded Championship in 1963,1967, and 2006, and the ICSA Women's Singlehanded Championship in 2000 and 2018.

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Stanford Cardinal have appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament 14 times since their inaugural season in 1973, including 11 times in the 20 seasons from 1997 to 2016.

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Stanford Cardinal won the NCAA women's soccer championship in 2011,2017, and 2019.

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The Stanford Cardinal program was the co-champions of the PAC-10 conference in 2005, which is their only conference championship.

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Stanford Cardinal have won 17 NCAA Men's tennis championships: 1973,1974,1977,1978,1980,1981,1983,1986,1988,1989,1990,1992,1995,1996,1997,1998,2000.

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Stanford Cardinal have won 20 of the 38 NCAA Women's tennis championships that have taken place: 1982,1984,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1997,1999,2001,2002,2004,2005,2006,2010,2013,2016,2018, and 2019.

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Stanford Cardinal has won more than half of all the NCAA women's tennischampionships that have been held, and this has been true in every yearexcept 1983,1985,2015, and 2017, when Stanford Cardinal had won exactly half.

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Stanford Cardinal have won 9 NCAA Women's volleyball national championships: in 1992,1994,1996,1997,2001,2004,2016,2018 and 2019.

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13.

Stanford Cardinal has won 9 NCAA championships, the most of any team, and has appeared in 17 championship games, more than any other team.

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14.

Stanford Cardinal Wrestling team is coached by Rob Koll, replacing Jason Borelli after he took the head coaching job at American University in 2021.

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The Stanford Cardinal Wrestling team have placed in the top 20 at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in 1967,2004,2008,2011, and 2012.

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16.

Stanford Cardinal has two national champions in its history: Matt Gentry at 157 pounds in 2004 and Shane Griffith at 165 pounds in 2021.

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Stanford Cardinal has fielded a college rugby team since 1906, and replaced football entirely until 1917.

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18.

Stanford Cardinal achieved one of the most surprising victories of American rugby's early history by beating a touring Australian club team in 1912.

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19.

Stanford Cardinal Rugby is led by Director of Rugby Matt Sherman, who has served as an assistant coach for the US men's national team.

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20.

From 1996 to 1998 Stanford Cardinal reached the national semifinals in three consecutive years, finishing second in 1998.

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21.

Stanford Cardinal has won 131 NCAA team national championships, the most of any Division 1 school in the NCAA.

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Stanford Cardinal has won these NCAA team championships in 20 different sports.

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23.

Stanford Cardinal has won five NCAA team championships in a year three times.

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24.

Stanford Cardinal has won two NCAA team championships in a single day three times: in men's and women's cross-country on November 25,1996; in men's and women's cross-country on November 24,2003; and in men's water polo and women's soccer on December 8,2019.

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25.

Stanford Cardinal athletes have won 529 NCAA individual championships as of January 1,2022.

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26.

Stanford Cardinal's rivals consist of California, Notre Dame, San Jose State, and USC, which all primarily evolved from American football.

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27.

Stanford Cardinal athletes have traditionally been very well represented at the Summer Olympics.

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28.

Stanford Cardinal athletes won 27 medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games and 26 medals at the 2020 Tokyo games.

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