1895 Occidental football team

1895 Occidental Tigers football
Southern California champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainSalem W. Goodale
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Far West college football independents records
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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Ad for Los Angeles Military Academy". The Land of Sunshine: A Magazine of California and The West. 1897.