Stanford Cardinal

Stanford Cardinal
Stanford Cardinal
University	Stanford University
Conference	Pac-12 Conference (primary); America East (field hockey); Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (men's gymnastics, men's volleyball, water polo, fencing); PCCSC (sailing); CSA (women's squash)
NCAA	Division I (FBS)
Athletic director	Bernard Muir
Location	Stanford, California
Varsity teams	38 (16 men’s, 20 women’s, 2 co-ed)
Football stadium	Stanford Stadium
Basketball arena	Maples Pavilion
Baseball stadium	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
Softball stadium	Smith Family Stadium
Soccer stadium	Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Aquatics center	Avery Aquatic Center
Rowing venue	Arrillaga Family Rowing and Sailing Center
Sailing venue	Arrillaga Family Rowing and Sailing Center
Tennis venue	Taube Tennis Center
Other venues	Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation; Burnham Pavilion; Cobb Track and Angell Field; Red Barn; Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium; Stanford Golf Course; Varsity Field Hockey Turf;
Mascot	Stanford Tree (unofficial)
Nickname	Cardinal
Fight song	"Come Join The Band" (official); "All Right Now" (de facto);
Colors	Cardinal and white;
Website	www.gostanford.com

The Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University. Stanford's program has won 135 NCAA team championships, the most of any university. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 48 consecutive years, starting in 1976–77 and continuing through 2023–24. Through January 2024, Stanford athletes have won 552 individual NCAA titles.

Stanford has won 26 of the 29 NACDA Directors' Cups, awarded annually to the most successful overall college sports program in the nation, including 25 consecutive Cups from 1994–95 through 2018–19. 177 Stanford-affiliated athletes have won a total of 296 Summer Olympic medals (150 gold, 79 silver, 67 bronze), including 26 medals at the 2020 Tokyo games.^[3]^[4]

Stanford's teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for college football) level as a member of the Pac-12 Conference, along with other schools from the western third of the United States.

Stanford will join the Atlantic Coast Conference at the start of the 2024–25 academic year. ^[5]

^ Cite error: The named reference mascot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Stanford Identity Toolkit: Color". Retrieved May 7, 2017.
^ "Olympic Medal History". Stanford University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021.
^ "TOKYO CENTRAL". Stanford University. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021.
^ "Stanford to Join the Atlantic Coast Conference in August 2024". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

[mascot-1] Cite error: The named reference mascot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] "Stanford Identity Toolkit: Color". Retrieved May 7, 2017.

[3] "Olympic Medal History". Stanford University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021.

[4] "TOKYO CENTRAL". Stanford University. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021.

[5] "Stanford to Join the Atlantic Coast Conference in August 2024". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

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