1895 Occidental football team

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1895 Occidental football team - Wikipedia

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1895 Occidental Tigers football
Southern California champion
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0
Head coach	None
Captain	Salem W. Goodale
Seasons ← 1894 1896 →

1895 Far West college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Occidental		–		5	–	0	–	0
New Mexico A&M		–		2	–	0	–	0
Washington Agricultural		–		2	–	0	–	0
Wyoming		–		1	–	0	–	0
Stanford		–		4	–	0	–	1
Washington		–		4	–	0	–	1
California		–		3	–	1	–	1
Pacific (CA)		–		0	–	0	–	1
Saint Mary's		–		1	–	1	–	0
San Jose State		–		0	–	0	–	1
USC		–		0	–	1	–	1
Utah		–		0	–	1	–	0

The 1895 Occidental football team represented Occidental College as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team compiled a 6–0, including a victory over USC, and outscored opponents by a total of 106 to 6. At the end of the season, the Los Angeles Athletic Club declared Occidental to be the Southern California football champion.^[1]

Salem Wales Goodale played at the right halfback position and was the team's captain. Goodale was an Amherst College alumnus. An Occidental professor, Goodale was placed in charge of athletics at Occidental and became known as "the Walter Camp of the West."^[2]

Other key players included "Little Lewis" Murray at left end, Pedro Recio at left tackle, Will Salisbury at left guard, V. Place at center, A. L. Randall at right guard, J. Ramsaur at right tackle, Winthrop Blackstone at right end (also team manager), Bradshaw at quarterback, Will Edwards at left halfback, and Will Ramsaur at fullback.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	Whittier	Occidental gridiron Los Angeles, CA	W 8–6	^[3]
October 12	Throop	Occidental campus Los Angeles, CA	W 16–0	^[4]
October 21	Los Angeles Academy	Occidental campus Los Angeles, CA	W 34–0	^[5]
November 18	USC	Agricultural Park Los Angeles, CA	W 10–0	^[6]^[7]
November 2	at Santa Ana	North Main Street athletic park Santa Ana, CA	W 22–0	^[8]
December 16	Pomona	Athletic Park Los Angeles CA (rivalry)	W 16–0	^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Occidentals: Personnel of the Champion Football Team of the South". The Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ad for Los Angeles Military Academy". The Land of Sunshine: A Magazine of California and The West. 1897.
^ "A Football Game". The Los Angeles Times. October 8, 1895. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Football". Los Angeles Times. October 13, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lively Football Match Between Los Angeles Academy and Occidental College". Los Angeles Herald. October 22, 1895. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Victory for Occidentals". Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1895. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Occidental College Defeats the University of Southern California". Los Angeles Herald. November 19, 1895. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "A Spirited Game of Football at Santa Ana". The Los Angeles Times. November 3, 1895. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Occidental Wins the Game: Pomona Was Beaten Yesterday at Athletic Park by a Score of 16 to 0". Los Angeles Herald. December 17, 1895. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

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