1902 Stanford football team

American college football season

1902 Stanford football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1
Head coach	Carl L. Clemans (1st season)
Seasons← 1901 1903 →

1902 Far West college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
California		–		8	–	0	–	0
Arizona		–		5	–	0	–	0
Wyoming		–		1	–	0	–	0
Montana Agricultural		–		4	–	0	–	1
Stanford		–		6	–	1	–	0
Utah		–		5	–	2	–	1
Tempe Normal		–		2	–	1	–	0
USC		–		2	–	3	–	0
Nevada State		–		1	–	2	–	0
New Mexico A&M		–		0	–	1	–	2
Utah Agricultural		–		0	–	5	–	1
Montana		–		0	–	2	–	0

The 1902 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1902 college football season and was coached by Carl L. "Clem" Clemans in his only season coaching the team. Clemans played for Stanford's first football teams and was the team's first captain. He scored the first two touchdowns in the first Big Game against California.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27		Reliance Athletic Club	Stanford, CA	W 12–0
October 4		Stanford alumni	Stanford, CA	W 18–0
October 11		Reliance Athletic Club	Stanford, CA	W 12–0
October 27		Nevada State	Stanford, CA	W 11–5
November 1		Reliance Athletic Club	Stanford, CA	W 23–5
November 8		vs. California	Richmond Grounds San Francisco, CA (Big Game)	L 0–16
November 27	1:00 p.m.	at Utah	Varsity gridiron Salt Lake City, UT	W 35–11	1,500
All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

California

The Big Game against rival California had been played at five different fields around San Francisco since the first game in 1892. The field used for the previous three games, at 16th and Folsom Streets, had been sold and no new field was immediately identified. A site at a former Jewish cemetery at 18th and Dolores was identified and construction of bleachers began, but at the last moment, one of the organizations that owned the land backed out of the deal. Just a month before the game was to be played, another site was found in the Richmond District and a field and bleachers were hastily constructed. In the game, Stanford was shut out 16–0, the team's only loss of the season. The 1903 game was also played on this field, and then, beginning with the 1904 Big Game, the game was alternated between the home field of each team.

References

"Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1902–1906". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
Official results from "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
"First Stanford Captain Dies". Lodi News-Sentinel. October 10, 1941. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
"Trick plays key to upset of Cal". The Stanford Daily. November 21, 1958. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
"Nevada Scores Against Stanford, But Meets Defeat in Annual Game: Sturdy Opponents Are Outclassed by the Cardinal's Players; Spectacular Field Goal From the Field Gives Points to Visitors". The San Francisco Call. October 26, 1902. p. 26.
"Grand Tussle Today". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 27, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
"Stanford Defeats U. Of U." The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 28, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Richmond Grounds". Western Neighborhoods Project. Retrieved October 2, 2014.

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