1905_Stanford_football_team

1905 Stanford football team

1905 Stanford football team

American college football season

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.

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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.

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References

  1. [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.
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    Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 33, 36. ISBN 1-57167-116-1.
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    "Many changes in rugby game". The Evening News (San Jose). September 14, 1906.
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    Elliott, Orrin Leslie (1937). Stanford University - The First Twenty Five Years 1891-1925. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 231–233. ISBN 9781406771411.
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    "James F. Lanagan". The New York Times. August 8, 1937.
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    Winslow, Park (October 18, 1905). "Stanford Take Oregon Into Camp". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. p. 10. Retrieved September 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Stanford 6, Indians 4". The Daily Palo Alto. October 30, 1905. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
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    "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
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