1896 Stanford football team

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1896 Stanford football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1–1
Head coach
Seasons
  1895
1897  
1896 Far West college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Gonzaga   2 0 0
Wyoming   2 0 0
Washington Agricultural   2 0 1
California   6 2 2
Stanford   2 1 1
Oregon   2 1 0
Utah   3 2 0
Saint Mary's   1 1 0
Washington   2 3 0
Nevada State   1 2 0
Oregon Agricultural   1 2 0
Utah Agricultural   0 1 0
New Mexico A&M   0 2 0
USC   0 3 0

The 1896 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1896 college football season and was coached by Harry P. Cross in the first of his two nonconsecutive seasons with the team. [1] He returned to coach again in 1898. Like the two coaches who preceded him, Cross played football at Yale. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 102:30 p.m.vs. Olympic Club T 0–0 [3]
October 24vs. Reliance Athletic Club
  • Central Park
  • San Francisco, CA
W 10–0
October 31vs. Olympic Club
  • Central Park
  • San Francisco, CA
L 0–4
November 262:45 p.m.vs. California
  • Central Park
  • San Francisco, CA (rivalry)
W 20–012,000–20,000 [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. Official results from "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  2. "Harry P. Cross, 81, Providence Lawyer". The New York Times . March 13, 1955. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  3. "Football.—Olympic Meets Stanford To-Day With Powerful Aggregation". The San Francisco Call . San Francisco, California. October 10, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved January 6, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Stanford's Cardinal Waves In Triumph O'er California's Blue And Gold". The San Francisco Call . San Francisco, California. November 27, 1896. pp. 1–2 . Retrieved January 6, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "Stanford's On Top". Oakland Tribune . Oakland, California. November 27, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved January 6, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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