1905 Stanford football team

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1905
Stanford football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Field
Seasons
1905 Far West college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Stanford     8 0 0
New Mexico A&M     3 0 0
Colorado     8 1 0
New Mexico
    5 1 1
Utah
    6 2 0
California     4 1 2
Oregon Agricultural     6 3 0
USC     6 3 1
Arizona     4 2 0
Oregon     4 2 2
Washington     4 2 2
Washington State     4 4 0
Utah Agricultural     2 2 1
Wyoming     3 4 0
Montana     2 3 0
Montana Agricultural     1 2 1
Nevada State     0 3 1
Tempe Normal     0 3 0

The 1905 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1905 college football season. In head coach James F. Lanagan's third season, Stanford went undefeated. The team played their home games at Stanford Field in Stanford, California.

The 1905 season marked the first meeting between Stanford and USC. Consequently, Stanford is USC's oldest existing rival.[1]

The

Big Game between Stanford and Cal on November 11, 1905, was the first played at Stanford Field, with Stanford winning 12–5.[2]

Following the 1905 season, Stanford, responding like other American universities to concerns about the violence in football,

dropped football in favor of rugby.[3][4] Despite having no knowledge of the sport, Lanagan was retained as the rugby coach, spending time in Vancouver, British Columbia, to study the sport,[2] and coached for three seasons.[2] He also served as Stanford's baseball coach from 1906 to 1907.[2][5]

Stanford would not play varsity football again until the 1919 season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23
St. Vincent's (CA)
W 10–0
September 30
Willamette
  • Stanford Field
  • Stanford, CA
W 12–0
October 715th Infantry
  • Stanford Field
  • Stanford, CA
W 51–0
October 17Oregon
  • Stanford Field
  • Stanford, CA
W 10–4[6]
October 21Nevada State
  • Stanford Field
  • Stanford, CA
W 21–0
October 28vs.
Sherman Institute
W 6–4[7]
November 4
USC
  • Stanford Field
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry
)
W 16–0
November 11California
W 12–5

[8]

References

  1. ^ "USC Football Heads To Bay Area To Face No. 16 Stanford". USC Trojans. October 3, 2010. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  2. ^ .
  3. The Evening News (San Jose)
    . September 14, 1906.
  4. .
  5. ^ "James F. Lanagan". The New York Times. August 8, 1937.
  6. Newspapers.com Open access icon
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  7. ^ "Stanford 6, Indians 4". The Daily Palo Alto. October 30, 1905. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  8. ^ "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.