1905 Stanford football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1905 Stanford football Independent 8–0 James F. Lanagan 3rd Stanford Field 1919 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.http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100310aaa.html USC Football Heads To Bay Area To Face No. 16 Stanford USC Trojans October 3, 2010 October 4, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208165348/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100310aaa.html December 8, 2015 dead The Big Game between Stanford and Cal on November 11, 1905, was the first played at Stanford Field, with Stanford winning 12–5. Following the 1905 season, Stanford, responding like other American universities to concerns about the violence in football, dropped football in favor of rugby.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CAgyAAAAIBAJ&pg=748,3024990&hl=en Many changes in rugby game The Evening News (San Jose) September 14, 1906Stanford University - The First Twenty Five Years 1891-1925 Elliott Orrin Leslie 231–233 https://books.google.com/books?id=gpo2CdSpXLQC&pg=PA231 Stanford University Press 1937 Stanford, California 9781406771411 Despite having no knowledge of the sport, Lanagan was retained as the rugby coach, spending time in Vancouver, British Columbia, to study the sport,Migdol Gary Stanford: Home of Champions 33, 36 https://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA33 Sports Publishing LLC 1997 Champaign, Illinois 1-57167-116-1 and coached for three seasons. He also served as Stanford's baseball coach from 1906 to 1907.https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50B14FA35541B728DDDA10894D0405B878FF1D3 James F. Lanagan The New York Times August 8, 1937 Stanford would not play varsity football again until the 1919 season. Schedule September 23 w 1905 St. Vincent's Saints St. Vincent's (CA) Stanford Field Stanford, CA 10–0 September 30 w 1905 Willamette Bearcats Willamette Stanford Field Stanford, CA 12–0 October 7 w 1905 15th Infantry Regiment (United States) 15th Infantry Stanford Field Stanford, CA 51–0 October 17 w Oregon Stanford Field Stanford, CA 10–4 Winslow Park Stanford Take Oregon Into Camp https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call/131068109/ The San Francisco Call San Francisco, California October 18, 1905 10 September 1, 2023 Newspapers.com October 21 w Nevada State Stanford Field Stanford, CA 21–0 October 28 w y 1905 Sherman Institute Sherman Institute Fiesta Park Los Angeles, CA 6–4 http://stanford.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19051030-01.2.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Stanford 6, Indians 4 October 30, 1905 October 6, 2014 The Daily Palo Alto November 4 w USC Stanford Field Stanford, CA rivalry 16–0 November 11 w California Stanford Field Stanford, CA Big Game 12–5 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09FB-history.pdf Stanford Football Media Guide 142 November 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101214120923/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09FB-history.pdf December 14, 2010 dead References Stanford Category:Stanford Cardinal football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Stanford football