1904 Stanford football
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah   –   7 – 1 – 0
Stanford   –   7 – 2 – 1
California   –   6 – 1 – 1
USC   –   6 – 1 – 0
Oregon   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tempe Normal   –   4 – 0 – 0
Wyoming   –   4 – 1 – 1
Washington   –   4 – 2 – 1
Arizona   –   3 – 1 – 2
Oregon Agricultural   –   4 – 2 – 0
Montana   –   3 – 2 – 0
Nevada State   –   3 – 3 – 0
Washington Agricultural   –   2 – 2 – 0
New Mexico A&M   –   1 – 2 – 1
Utah Agricultural   –   4 – 8 – 0

The 1904 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1904 college football season. James F. Lanagan was in his second year as head coach of the team, which played its home games at Stanford Field in Stanford, California.

Stanford allowed only 10 points all season—in two 5–0 losses—and did not allow a point in seven victories and one scoreless tie.[1][2][3] The five consecutive wins at the end of the season, combined with eight consecutive wins in the 1905 season, stood as Stanford's longest winning streak for more than 100 years; it was tied by the 1939–1940–1941 teams, and broken by the 2010–2011 teams.[4]

The game against California was the first Big Game to be played at the home field of one of the teams rather than at a neutral site in San Francisco. Stanford defeated California 18–0 at California Field.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Olympic ClubStanford, CAL 0–5
September 26USS PensacolaStanford, CAW 34–0
October 1Olympic ClubStanford, CAW 12–0
October 8Sherman InstituteStanford, CAL 0–5
October 12Multnomah Athletic ClubStanford, CAT 0–0
October 20Nevada StateStanford, CAW 17–0
October 293:30 p.m.OregonStanford, CAW 35–0[5]
November 5Utah AgriculturalStanford, CAW 57–01,800[6]
November 12at California
W 18–0
November 24vs. Colorado
W 33–0[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. p. 32. ISBN 1-57167-116-1.
  2. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1904–1905". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  3. ^ Results from "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Gemmell, Kevin (October 16, 2011). "Stanford news and notes". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Defeated By Not Discouraged". Eugene Morning Register. Eugene, Oregon. October 30, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved September 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Cardinal Defeats Utah: Visitors Are Unable to Withstand Onslaught of Stanford Men, the Score Being 57 to 0". The San Francisco Call. November 6, 1904. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cardinals win: Stanford's football team wins one-sided game with that of University of Colorado". San Francisco Chronicle. November 25, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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