High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team`s head coach was Jim Harbaugh, who entered his second year at Stanford. The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Cardinal improved on their a 4-8 record from the 2007 season by going 5-7. After winning back the Stanford Axe from rival California in 2007 for the first time in five years, Stanford lost the Axe to Cal in the 2008 Big Game.