From the beginning of the university in 1891 the school color has been cardinal (and from the Forties, cardinal and white). In the early years there was no mascot, and Bay Area sportswriters referred to SU teams as "The Cardinal."
From 1930 to 1972 Stanford adopted "Indians" as its mascot and nickname. There is speculation as to how that came about, but one version is that one sportswriter began referring to the SU teams as "The Tribe" and "Indians" in the Twenties and it stuck even before the university officially adopted it in 1930. In 1972 a group of Native American students backed by the nationwide movement against sports teams using Indians as mascots protested that the use of the Indian mascot was demeaning. After a couple close votes in referendums on the issue, the university dropped the Indian as its mascot. (From 1951 to 1972 the mascot was Timm Williams, a Yurok tribesman, who loved Stanford, traveled from his home in far northern California to represent the university at his own expense, and who always performed authentic dances in authentic costume without engaging in behavior that would bring ridicule to himself, his people, or the university -- from the personal observation and acquaintanceship of this writer.)
During the ensuing ten years a number of elections were held to pick another mascot from among suggestions ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. In 1981 by Fiat, the university president declared that Stanford teams would simply be represented by the color Cardinal as they had been before and during the Indian period.
The dancing tree is not the university mascot. Rather it was initiated as the Stanford Band's parody of the whole mascot-choosing process in the Seventies, but it has now lasted almost as long as the Indian had. The Tree comes from the El Palo Alto tree (California Historical Landmark number 2) which is depicted at the center of the university's seal and which still stands in the City of Palo Alto across from the university campus.
Stanford has never been known as the "Cardinals," and there is no reference to such birds in its history.
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The Miami Dolphins play the San Francisco 49ers on January 20th, 1985 at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California. The 49ers won the match up 38-16
All teams are just called by their name. If you look at baseball standings or pratically anything teams are called by their actual name not the place they come from. The New York Mets are called the Mets The Houston Astros are called the Astros All teams are called by their actual name not the place ---- One story has it that they changed their primary uniform color from brown to cardinal red starting in the 1900 season.
The Cardinals entered the American Association in 1882 as the St. Louis Brown Stockings.
Cardinals were Church officers, usually archbishops, who had the additional authority to elect a pope, should one be needed.
Stanford is wrong. It is the Stanford Cardinal, referring to a deep red color. Their mascot is a tree, depicting the Redwood native to the region. The Louisville Cardinals are likely the most popular with the cardinal bird as a mascot.
Stanford Cardinal baseball was created in 1892.
Stanford Cardinal football was created in 1892.
Stanford's nickname is "The Cardinal"
the mascot for Stanford university is the Stanford tree and the Stanford cardinal...
Baby cardinals are called chicks.
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Ironically the answer to the question is in the question itself! The cardinal in "Stanford Cardinal" refers to the color and not the bird. So the answer is cardinal and white. See: http://gostanford.cstv.com/school-bio/stan-nickname-mascot.html
The Pope creates new Cardinals at a consistory.