Team information
- Abbr
- SMU
- Sport
- Football
- League
- NCAAF
- Conference
- ACC
- Founded
- 1891
- Mascot
- Peruna
- Fan nickname
- Pony Express
- City nickname
- SMU
- Home market
- TX, University Park
- Championships
- 3
- Followers
- 0
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Leland Stanford Junior University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The program was previously in the Pac-12 Conference. The team is known as the Cardinal, adopted prior to the 1982 season; the name represents the color – Cardinal, a deep shade of red – rather than the similarly-named bird (Cardinalis cardinalis), which is not native to the university's region. Stanford's spo
Mascot: Peruna
Championship years
- 1935
- 1981
- 1982