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1905 Stanford football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1905
team	Stanford
sport	football
conference	Independent
record	8–0
head_coach	James F. Lanagan
hc_year	3rd
stadium	Stanford Field
next_year	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.

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. Despite having no knowledge of the sport, Lanagan was retained as the rugby coach, spending time in Vancouver, British Columbia, to study the sport, and coached for three seasons.

Stanford would not play varsity football again until the 1919 season.

Schedule

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References

(October 3, 2010). "USC Football Heads To Bay Area To Face No. 16 Stanford". [[USC Trojans]].
(September 14, 1906). "Many changes in rugby game". [[San Jose Mercury News.
Elliott, Orrin Leslie. (1937). "Stanford University - The First Twenty Five Years 1891-1925". Stanford University Press.
Migdol, Gary. (1997). "Stanford: Home of Champions". Sports Publishing LLC.
(August 8, 1937). "James F. Lanagan". [[The New York Times]].
Winslow, Park. (October 18, 1905). "Stanford Take Oregon Into Camp". [[The San Francisco Call]].
(October 30, 1905). "Stanford 6, Indians 4". The Daily Palo Alto.
"Stanford Football Media Guide".

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