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Stanford Football has been a move-the-needle presence on the American sports scene 1892 and has been responsible for some of the greatest names and notorious games in the history of college football. From Hall of Famers Walter Camp, Pop Warner and Ernie Nevers to NFL stars Jim Plunkett, John Elway and Christian McCaffrey, Stanford players have left legendary imprints on the football field. Their games have been memorable too: not just 15 Rose Bowl appearances and two national...
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Stanford Football has been a move-the-needle presence on the American sports scene 1892 and has been responsible for some of the greatest names and notorious games in the history of college football. From Hall of Famers Walter Camp, Pop Warner and Ernie Nevers to NFL stars Jim Plunkett, John Elway and Christian McCaffrey, Stanford players have left legendary imprints on the football field. Their games have been memorable too: not just 15 Rose Bowl appearances and two national championship seasons but also star-crossed, single game episodes such as The Play in 1982 and the Pacific Glasswork Tragedy of 1900. With a Heisman Trophy winner and several Heisman finalists as well as Olympic medalists dotting its rosters, with a slew of colorfully nicknamed teams such as Vow Boys and Wow Boys putting forth bowl-winning seasons, and with innovations such as the T-Formation and Bill Walsh's West Coast offense originating from its playbooks, Stanford Football stands alongside the most impactful programs in the annals of college football. Longtime Stanford radio announcer and university graduate John Platz, author of the book 100 Years of Stanford Men's Basketball (2015), masterfully and comprehensively narrates the 128-year chronology of football at one of the world's leading universities. From the modest inaugural game in the school's very first year of existence on a hardscrabble field in San Francisco to the highest pinnacles of on-field achievement whether in Palo Alto or Pasadena, South Bend or Sydney, the Bronx or Tokyo?you won't want to miss the names and games and fame that come with the Cardinal's distinguished, century-plus pedigree in the gridiron game.