1894 Stanford football team

1894 Stanford football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Walter Camp (2nd season)

1894 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wyoming			–					3	–	0	–	0
USC			–					1	–	0	–	0
Stanford			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					2	–	2	–	0
Washington Agricultural			–					1	–	1	–	0
Washington			–					1	–	1	–	1
Utah			–					1	–	2	–	0
California			–					0	–	1	–	2
New Mexico A&M			–					0	–	1	–	0

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]

Herbert Hoover, later the 31st president of the United States, was team manager.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[3] The game with Chicago was the first intersectional contest.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 20	vs. Reliance Athletic Club	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA	L 4–12
October 27	vs. Stanford[note 1]	Santa Cruz, CA	W 14–4
November 3	vs. Reliance Athletic Club	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA	L 6–12
November 10	at Sacramento Athletic Club	Snowflake Park Sacramento, CA	W 6–0
November 14	Reliance Athletic Club	Stanford, CA	W 20–0
November 29	vs. California	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA (rivalry)	W 6–0
December 25	vs. Chicago	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA (1st postseason intersectional game)	L 4–24	4,000	[6][7]
December 29	vs. Chicago	Athletic Park Los Angeles, CA	W 12–0
January 1, 1895	at Los Angeles Athletic Club	Athletic Park Los Angeles, CA	W 28–0

Notes

1. Split squad game; first team defeated second team.^[4][5]

References

1. Official results from "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
2. Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1934). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1934. New York: American Sports Publishing Co. p. 206.
3. Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 11–15. ISBN 1-57167-116-1. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
4. "Result of Camp's visit". San Francisco Call. Vol. 76, no. 150. October 28, 1894. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
5. "The Pigskin Kickers". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. 43, no. 17. October 28, 1894. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
6. "Stagg's Men Victors". The Inter Ocean. December 26, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Chicago Won It". The San Francisco Call. December 26, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved April 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.