1893 Stanford football team

1893 Stanford football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–0–1
Head coach	C. D. Bliss (1st season)
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1893 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford			–					8	–	0	–	1
Pacific University			–					2	–	0	–	0
Gonzaga			–					1	–	0	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					1	–	0	–	0
Wyoming			–					1	–	0	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					5	–	1	–	0
California			–					5	–	1	–	1
USC			–					3	–	1	–	0
Washington			–					1	–	3	–	1
Idaho			–					0	–	0	–	1
San Jose State			–					0	–	1	–	0
Albany College			–					0	–	1	–	0
Oregon State Normal			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1893 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1893 college football season. Led by C. D. Bliss, Stanford was undefeated, with one tie against rival California. ^[1]

Season summary

The previous season, Stanford was coached by Walter Camp, who had agreed to coach the team on the condition that he complete coaching Yale's football season first. ^[2] For the 1893 season, Camp returned to the East Coast and Stanford hired C. D. "Pop" Bliss, who had played halfback for Camp's team at Yale and had just graduated. ^{[2] [3]} Led by Bliss, Stanford dominated its opponents, outscoring them 284–17 with seven shutouts and only one blemish: a tie with rival California. ^[2]

This was Bliss's only season at Stanford; Camp returned to Stanford the next season and Bliss moved on to coach Haverford College. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
November 4		vs. Olympic Club	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA	W 46–0
November 11		at Reliance Athletic Club	San Jose, CA	W 34–0
November 18		at Olympic Club	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA	W 24–11
November 30		vs. California	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA (rivalry)	T 6–6
December 16		vs. Reliance Athletic Club	Haight Street Grounds San Francisco, CA	W 18–0
December 25		at Tacoma Athletic Club	Tacoma, WA	W 48–0
December 27		at Port Townsend Athletic Club	Port Townsend, WA	W 50–0
December 29	2:00 p.m.	at Washington	West Seattle Seattle, WA	W 40–0	600	[4] [5]
January 1, 1894		at Multnomah Athletic Club	Multnomah Field Portland, OR	W 18–0

References

1. Results from "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
2. Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 11–13. ISBN   1-57167-116-1 . Retrieved May 1, 2014.
3. "Football: Retrospective and Perspective" (PDF). Outing. 23 (2): 126. November 1893. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer-1893-uw-washingto/172657373/
5. "Forty to nothing, Universities fail to score against Stanfords". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. December 30, 1893. Retrieved September 20, 2022– via Newspapers.com.