1893 Stanford football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1893 Stanford football 1893 Stanford American football team.jpg 285 Independent 8–0–1 C. D. Bliss 1st The 1893 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1893 college football season. Led by C. D. Bliss, Stanford was undefeated, with one tie against rival California.Results from http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09FB-history.pdf Stanford Football Media Guide 142 May 1, 2014 March 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130307134606/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09FB-history.pdf dead Season summary The previous season, Stanford was coached by Walter Camp, who had agreed to coach the team on the condition that he complete coaching Yale's football season first.Migdol Gary Stanford: Home of Champions 11–13 https://books.google.com/books?id=BOl08FmEDIMC&pg=PA11 Sports Publishing LLC 1997 1-57167-116-1 May 1, 2014 For the 1893 season, Camp returned to the East Coast and Stanford hired C. D. "Pop" Bliss, who had played halfback for Camp's team at Yale and had just graduated.Football: Retrospective and Perspective http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_23/outXXIII02/outXXIII02g.pdf Outing 23 2 November 1893 126 May 1, 2014 June 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013850/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_23/outXXIII02/outXXIII02g.pdf dead Led by Bliss, Stanford dominated its opponents, outscoring them 284–17 with seven shutouts and only one blemish: a tie with rival California. This was Bliss's only season at Stanford; Camp returned to Stanford the next season and Bliss moved on to coach Haverford College. Schedule November 4 w y 1893 Olympic Club Olympic Club Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA 46–0 November 11 w y 1893 Reliance Athletic Club Reliance Athletic Club San Jose, CA 34–0 November 18 w y Olympic Club Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA 24–11 November 30 t y California Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA rivalry 6–6 December 16 w y Reliance Athletic Club Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA 18–0 December 25 w y Tacoma Athletic Club Tacoma, WA 48–0 December 27 w y Port Townsend Athletic Club Port Townsend, WA 50–0 December 29 2:00 p.m. w y Washington West Seattle Seattle, WA 40–0 600 1893 UW Washington football Stanford West Seattle pregame The Post-Intelligencer 1893 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1893-uw-washingto/172657373/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64684106/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Forty to nothing, Universities fail to score against Stanfords December 30, 1893 September 20, 2022 Newspapers.com January 1, 1894 w y 1893 Multnomah Athletic Club Multnomah Athletic Club Multnomah Field Portland, OR 18–0 References Stanford Category:Stanford Cardinal football seasons Stanford football