1894 Stanford football team

The 1894 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1894 college football season and was coached by Walter Camp, who had previously coached the team in 1892.[1]

1894 Stanford football
ConferenceIndependent
1894 record6–3
Head coach
1894 Far West college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wyoming      3 0 0
USC      1 0 0
Oregon Agricultural      2 1 0
Stanford      6 3 0
Saint Mary's      2 2 0
Washington Agricultural      1 1 0
Washington      1 1 1
Oregon      1 2 1
Utah      1 2 0
California      0 1 2
New Mexico A&M      0 1 0

Season summary

Pop Bliss had coached Stanford the previous season at Stanford; Walter Camp, who had coached Stanford in 1892, returned to Stanford for this season and Bliss moved on to coach Haverford College.[2]

After two consecutive tie games, Stanford defeated California 6–0 in the fourth Big Game. Future Stanford head coach Charles Fickert blocked a punt, which was run into the end zone by Guy Cochran for the game's only score.[2] The game with Chicago was the first intersectional contest.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 20vs. Reliance ACL 4–12
October 27vs. Stanford[note 1]Santa Cruz, CAW 14–4
November 3vs. Reliance AC
  • Haight Street Grounds
  • San Francisco, CA
L 6–12
November 10at Sacramento AC
W 6–0
November 14Reliance ACStanford, CAW 20–0
November 29vs. California
W 6–0
December 25vs. Chicago
L 4–24
December 29vs. ChicagoW 12–0
January 1, 1895at Los Angeles AC
  • Athletic Park
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 28–0

Notes

  1. Split squad game; first team defeated second team.[3][4]

References

  1. Official results from "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  2. Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 11–15. ISBN 1-57167-116-1. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  3. "Result of Camp's visit". San Francisco Call. 76 (150). October 28, 1894. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  4. "The Pigskin Kickers". Los Angeles Herald. 43 (17). October 28, 1894. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
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