List of Stanford Cardinal bowl games

The Stanford Cardinal football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Stanford University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. Prior to 1930, the team had no official nickname. From 1930 to 1972, the team was known as the Indians; from 1972 to 1981, the team was known as the Cardinals; since 1982, the team has competed as the Cardinal.

Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Stanford has appeared in 30 bowl games.^[1] Included in these games are 15 appearances in the Rose Bowl Game and six Bowl Championship Series (BCS)/New Year's Six game appearances with an overall record of 15 wins, 14 losses, and one tie.^[1]

Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, date, winning team, score, losing team, stadium, location, attendance, head coach, and MVP
#	Bowl	Date	Winning team	Score	Losing team	Stadium	Location	Attendance	Head coach	MVP
1	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1902	Michigan	L 0–49	Stanford	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	8,500	Charles Fickert	Neil Snow (Michigan)
2	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1925	Notre Dame	L 10–27	Stanford	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	53,000	Glenn "Pop" Warner	Ernie Nevers (Stanford) Elmer Layden (Notre Dame)
3	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1927	Stanford	T 7–7	Alabama	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	57,417	Glenn "Pop" Warner	Fred Pickhard (Alabama)
4	Rose Bowl	January 2, 1928	Stanford	W 7–6	Pittsburgh	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	70,000	Glenn "Pop" Warner	Biff Hoffman (Stanford)
5	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1934	Columbia	L 0–7	Stanford	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	35,000	Claude E. Thornhill	Cliff Montgomery (Columbia)
6	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1935	Alabama	L 13–29	Stanford	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	84,474	Claude E. Thornhill	Dixie Howell (Alabama)
7	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1936	Stanford	W 7–0	SMU	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	84,784	Claude E. Thornhill	Jim Moscrip (Stanford) Keith Topping (Stanford)
8	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1941	Stanford	W 21–13	Nebraska	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	92,000	Clark Shaughnessy	Pete Kmetovic (Stanford)
9	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1952	Illinois	L 7–40	Stanford	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	96,825	Chuck Taylor	Bill Tate (Illinois)
10	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1971	Stanford	W 27–17	Ohio State	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	103,839	John Ralston	Jim Plunkett (Stanford)
11	Rose Bowl	January 1, 1972	Stanford	W 13–12	Michigan	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	103,154	John Ralston	Don Bunce (Stanford)
12	Sun Bowl	December 31, 1977	Stanford	W 24–14	LSU	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	31,318	Bill Walsh	Gordy Ceresino (Stanford) Charles Alexander (LSU)
13	Bluebonnet Bowl	December 31, 1978	Stanford	W 25–22	Georgia	Astrodome	Houston	34,084	Bill Walsh	Steve Dils (Stanford) Gordy Ceresino (Stanford)
14	Gator Bowl	December 27, 1986	Clemson	L 21–27	Stanford	Gator Bowl Stadium	Jacksonville, Florida	80,104	Jack Elway	Brad Muster (Stanford) Rodney Williams (Clemson)
15	Aloha Bowl	December 25, 1991	Georgia Tech	L 17–18	Stanford	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	34,433	Dennis Green	Shawn Jones (Georgia Tech)
16	Blockbuster Bowl	January 1, 1993	Stanford	W 24–3	Penn State	Joe Robbie Stadium	Miami Gardens, Florida	45,554	Bill Walsh	Darrien Gordon (Stanford)
17	Liberty Bowl	December 30, 1995	East Carolina	L 13–19	Stanford	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, Tennessee	47,398	Tyrone Willingham	Kwame Ellis (Stanford)
18	Sun Bowl	December 31, 1996	Stanford	W 38–0	Michigan State	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	42,721	Tyrone Willingham	Chad Hutchinson (Stanford)
19	Rose Bowl	January 1, 2000	Wisconsin	L 9–17	Stanford	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	93,731	Tyrone Willingham	Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
20	Seattle Bowl	December 27, 2001	Georgia Tech	L 14–24	Stanford	Safeco Field	Seattle, Washington	30,144	Tyrone Willingham	George Godsey (Georgia Tech)
21	Sun Bowl	December 31, 2009	Oklahoma	L 27–31	Stanford	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	53,713	Jim Harbaugh	Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma)
22	Orange Bowl	January 3, 2011	Stanford	W 40–12	Virginia Tech	Sun Life Stadium	Miami Gardens, Florida	65,453	Jim Harbaugh	Andrew Luck (Stanford)
23	Fiesta Bowl	January 2, 2012	Oklahoma State	L 38–41 (OT)	Stanford	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	69,927	David Shaw	Justin Blackmon (Oklahoma State) Justin Gilbert (Oklahoma State)
24	Rose Bowl	January 1, 2013	Stanford	W 20–14	Wisconsin	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	93,359	David Shaw	Stepfan Taylor (Stanford) Usua Amanam (Stanford)
25	Rose Bowl	January 1, 2014	Michigan State	L 20–24	Stanford	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	95,173	David Shaw	Connor Cook (Michigan State) Kyler Elsworth (Michigan State)
26	Foster Farms Bowl	December 30, 2014	Stanford	W 45–21	Maryland	Levi's Stadium	Santa Clara, California	34,780	David Shaw	Kevin Hogan (Stanford) James Vaughters (Stanford)
27	Rose Bowl	January 1, 2016	Stanford	W 45–16	Iowa	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	94,268	David Shaw	Christian McCaffrey (Stanford) Aziz Shittu (Stanford)
28	Sun Bowl	December 30, 2016	Stanford	W 25–23	North Carolina	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	42,166	David Shaw	Solomon Thomas (Stanford)
29	Alamo Bowl	December 28, 2017	TCU	L 37–39	Stanford	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	57,563	David Shaw	Kenny Hill (TCU) Travin Howard (TCU)
30	Sun Bowl	December 31, 2018	Stanford	W 14–13	Pitt	Sun Bowl	El Paso, Texas	40,680	David Shaw	Cameron Scarlett (Stanford)

References

^ ^a ^b "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved December 6, 2012.

[bowls-1] "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved December 6, 2012.

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