1905 Stanford football team

1905 Stanford football

Conference

Independent

1905 record

8–0

Head coach

James F. Lanagan (3rd year)

Home stadium

Stanford Field

Seasons

« 1904

1906 »

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]

Following the 1905 season, Stanford, responding like other American universities to concerns about the violence in football, dropped football in favor of rugby.^[2]^[3] Despite having no knowledge of the sport, Lanagan was retained as the rugby coach, spending time in Vancouver, British Columbia to study the sport.^[4] In his first season, the team ended with a 6–2–1 season. Lanagan remained as rugby coach for two more seasons.^[4] He also served as Stanford's baseball coach from 1906 to 1907.^[4]^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23, 1905	St. Vincent	Stanford Field • Stanford, California	W 10–0^[6]
September 30, 1905	Willamette	Stanford Field • Stanford, California	W 12–0
October 7, 1905	15th Infantry	Stanford Field • Stanford, California	W 51–0
October 14, 1905	Oregon	Stanford Field • Stanford, California	W 10–4
October 21, 1905	Nevada	Stanford Field • Stanford, California	W 21–0
October 28, 1905	vs. Sherman Indians	Los Angeles, California	W 20–14
November 4, 1905	USC	Stanford Field • Stanford, California	W 16–0
November 11, 1905	California	Stanford Field • Stanford, California (15th Big Game)	W 12–5

References

^ "USC Football Heads To Bay Area To Face No. 16 Stanford". USC Trojans. October 3, 2010. http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100310aaa.html.
^ "Many changes in rugby game". The Evening News (San Jose). September 14, 1906. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CAgyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SuMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=748,3024990&hl=en.
^ Elliott, Orrin Leslie (1937). Stanford University - The First Twenty Five Years 1891-1925. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 231–233. http://books.google.com/books?id=gpo2CdSpXLQC&pg=PA231.
^ ^a ^b ^c Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. p. 33, 36. ISBN 1-57167-116-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA33.
^ "James F. Lanagan". New York Times. August 8, 1937. http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50B14FA35541B728DDDA10894D0405B878FF1D3.
^ Results from "Stanford Football Media Guide". p. 142. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09FB-history.pdf. Retrieved November 11, 2010.

Stanford Cardinal football

Venues	Stanford Field (1905–1920) Stanford Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Big Game (California, Stanford Axe) Notre Dame

Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play 1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams

People	Head coaches

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