1905 Stanford football team
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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.
Following the 1905 season, Stanford, responding like other American universities to concerns about the violence in football, dropped football in favor of rugby
. Despite having no knowledge of the sport, Lanagan was retained as the rugby coach, spending time in Vancouver, British Columbia to study the sport. In his first season, the team ended with a 6–2–1 season. Lanagan remained as rugby coach for two more seasons. He also served as Stanford's baseball coach from 1906 to 1907.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in the 1905 college football season
1905 college football season
The 1905 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Chicago and Yale Bulldogs football as national champions.-Rule experiment:...
. In Head Coach James F. Lanagan's
James F. Lanagan
James Francis "Jimmy" Lanagan was an American football, rugby, and baseball coach at Stanford University.Lanagan played college baseball at Stanford from 1897 to 1900...
third season, Stanford went undefeated. The team played their home games at Stanford Field
Stanford Field
Stanford Field was an outdoor football stadium on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It served as the home field for the Stanford football and rugby teams from 1905 to 1921....
in Stanford, California
Stanford, California
Stanford is a census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States and is the home of Stanford University. The population was 13,809 at the 2010 census....
.
The 1905 season marked the first meeting between Stanford and USC. Consequently, Stanford is USC's oldest existing rival.
Following the 1905 season, Stanford, responding like other American universities to concerns about the violence in football, dropped football in favor of rugby
1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams
The Stanford rugby teams of 1906 to 1917 represented Stanford University as the school's only football program during those years, replacing American football with rugby union. The school had played American football from 1892 to 1905, but in 1906, concerned with the growing levels of violence in...
. Despite having no knowledge of the sport, Lanagan was retained as the rugby coach, spending time in Vancouver, British Columbia to study the sport. In his first season, the team ended with a 6–2–1 season. Lanagan remained as rugby coach for two more seasons. He also served as Stanford's baseball coach from 1906 to 1907.