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... but am I the only one that misses the solid red stripe down the leg?  No one seems to comment about that traditional stripe.  Would love to see it return.  (To clarify... one thick solid stripe... not two thin stripes)

You got me wondering about just how traditional that single wide stripe really was. Apparently much more traditional than I had realized, though in the olden days not completely consistent. 
Mostly this was an excuse to go search some old Stanford football footage on YouTube.

We were wearing the thick red stripe for the most famous play in college football history. 
1982 Comeback and The Play 
with our guys on the call for a change. 


Definitely a thick red stripe with both white and red shirts when we returned to Bowl Games under Walsh.
1978 Bluebonnet Bowl

1977 Sun Bowl   
With commentary from Burt Reynolds! 


We were wearing the thick red stripe on white pants with both red and white shirts in the glorious early 1970s Rose Bowls
1972 Rose Bowl 
The resolution is better in the latter parts. 

1971 Rose Bowl 
Somehow Part 1 of the best YouTube version has disappeared. This is Part 2. 


In the 1952 Rose Bowl they apparently wore red pants with a thick white stripe. 
1952 Rose Bowl
I think this was the first live television, national football game telecast - or at least of a bowl game. This video has the Illinois radio broadcast audio with what I think is the TV broadcast picture through half time (when Stanford was still leading). Around 55:00 there is a brief video of a Stanford band marching and in traditional uniforms, which seems to be such an affront to nature that the video signal then ends, and the YouTube video continues with the radio broadcast. 


In the following 1951 season it seems the home uniforms had plain white pants. 
1951 vs WSC
By the way, WSU, previously WSC, has silent clips of many ancient games available on YouTube. Pretty interesting if you like to take a peek at old-time football. Unfortunately, some that were apparently once presented with commentary, no longer seem to have sound. 


Here is some surprisingly clear footage of the 1941 Rose Bowl (the T-formation, Clark Shaughnessy, undefeated team) where they are wearing white with a thick stripe on the pants. I am guessing it's red though the world had no color in 1941. 
[It seems the link doesn't work if I include a time stamp, so the Rose Bowl footage starts around 2:00.]
1941 Rose Bowl


The oldest Stanford-Washington State footage I can find from their archive is 1936. On the road it seemed to be solid grey pants. 
1936 at Washington State


It appears in the 1934 Rose Bowl the uniforms were simply mud (I think Stanford is wearing the darker colors here).
1934 Rose Bowl


There's some footage of a 1928 game at $C where Stanford is wearing white shirts and pants that look solid and a color that ends up grey on black and white film. 
1928 at $C


There are a couple of stills in this short note about the 1925 Rose Bowl featuring Ernie Nevers versus the Four Horsemen of und, that just might show Stanford with a thick white stripe on their pants. See the still around 0:22 - what do you think?     Probably not. 
1925 Rose Bowl 

And there is actual footage of the game I the second half of this one, but I can't really see much or even tell the teams apart. 
1925 Rose Bowl Footage

That was the oldest I could find.

[CTcard]

... but am I the only one that misses the solid red stripe down the leg?  No one seems to comment about that traditional stripe.  Would love to see it return.  (To clarify... one thick solid stripe... not two thin stripes)

You got me wondering about just how traditional that single wide stripe really was. Apparently much more traditional than I had realized, though in the olden days not completely consistent. 
Mostly this was an excuse to go search some old Stanford football footage on YouTube.

We were wearing the thick red stripe for the most famous play in college football history. 
1982 Comeback and The Play 
with our guys on the call for a change. 


Definitely a thick red stripe with both white and red shirts when we returned to Bowl Games under Walsh.
1978 Bluebonnet Bowl

1977 Sun Bowl   
With commentary from Burt Reynolds! 


We were wearing the thick red stripe on white pants with both red and white shirts in the glorious early 1970s Rose Bowls
1972 Rose Bowl 
The resolution is better in the latter parts. 

1971 Rose Bowl 
Somehow Part 1 of the best YouTube version has disappeared. This is Part 2. 


In the 1952 Rose Bowl they apparently wore red pants with a thick white stripe. 
1952 Rose Bowl
I think this was the first live television, national football game telecast - or at least of a bowl game. This video has the Illinois radio broadcast audio with what I think is the TV broadcast picture through half time (when Stanford was still leading). Around 55:00 there is a brief video of a Stanford band marching and in traditional uniforms, which seems to be such an affront to nature that the video signal then ends, and the YouTube video continues with the radio broadcast. 


In the following 1951 season it seems the home uniforms had plain white pants. 
1951 vs WSC
By the way, WSU, previously WSC, has silent clips of many ancient games available on YouTube. Pretty interesting if you like to take a peek at old-time football. Unfortunately, some that were apparently once presented with commentary, no longer seem to have sound. 


Here is some surprisingly clear footage of the 1941 Rose Bowl (the T-formation, Clark Shaughnessy, undefeated team) where they are wearing white with a thick stripe on the pants. I am guessing it's red though the world had no color in 1941. 
[It seems the link doesn't work if I include a time stamp, so the Rose Bowl footage starts around 2:00.]
1941 Rose Bowl


The oldest Stanford-Washington State footage I can find from their archive is 1936. On the road it seemed to be solid grey pants. 
1936 at Washington State


It appears in the 1934 Rose Bowl the uniforms were simply mud (I think Stanford is wearing the darker colors here).
1934 Rose Bowl


There's some footage of a 1928 game at $C where Stanford is wearing white shirts and pants that look solid and a color that ends up grey on black and white film. 
1928 at $C


There are a couple of stills in this short note about the 1925 Rose Bowl featuring Ernie Nevers versus the Four Horsemen of und, that just might show Stanford with a thick white stripe on their pants. See the still around 0:22 - what do you think?     Probably not. 
1925 Rose Bowl 

And there is actual footage of the game I the second half of this one, but I can't really see much or even tell the teams apart. 
1925 Rose Bowl Footage

That was the oldest I could find.