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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - skip75 - 11-24-2024
(11-24-2024, 11:15 AM)BobK Wrote: No not a Santa Clara guy Mick. A ucla guyAnd that clue shakes a name from the cobwebs - Billy Kilmer??
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 11-24-2024
Mira to Kilmer is correct.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Giants - 11-24-2024
Change of pace for the trivia board…
Alice Brock, proprietor of the restaurant made famous by Arlo Guthrie died last Thursday. What was the name of the restaurant?
Clue - It was not Alice’s Restaurant.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 11-24-2024
I read the obit. So I’ll be mum
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 11-25-2024
(11-24-2024, 03:45 PM)BobK Wrote: I read the obit. So I’ll be mum
Same. Entertaining story.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - CompSci87 - 11-25-2024
(11-25-2024, 07:12 AM)Mick Wrote:(11-24-2024, 03:45 PM)BobK Wrote: I read the obit. So I’ll be mum
Same. Entertaining story.
Really nice story that I mostly hadn't heard before. The long NYT obituary is here. I didn't hit a paywall. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/arts/music/alice-brock-dead.html
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 11-25-2024
Stanford football trivia:
The first Stanford vs. Cal football game was in 1892. Who was the first major college football team that Stanford played apart from UC-Berkeley?
In 1894, who was Stanford's first non-Western college football opponent? Hint: This college played a record number of football games during the season, 22. They ran a 7-2-2 defense.
By 1900, Stanford's football schedule opened up greatly, and they finished 7-2-1. The schedule started to more closely resemble a modern schedule. They played two out-of-state major colleges and two in-state major colleges. Name them.
1902, first Rose Bowl opponent was...?
Apart from Cal, at least one other major college football power dates its first official game in 1905 to playing Stanford. Which college?
Here are a list of Stanford's early opponents by different names. What are they now known as?
- Nevada State
- State Normal
- Utah Agricultural
- St. Vincent's
- Oregon Agricultural
- Southern Branch
Second eastern time zone college played Stanford in 1922. Which one?
Last question: outside of the original Pac 8 opponents, which three opponents has Stanford played the most?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 11-25-2024
1902 Rose Bowl Michigan
Played most games against ? SJS I can just think of last 40 years
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 11-25-2024
(11-25-2024, 04:19 PM)BobK Wrote: 1902 Rose Bowl Michigan
Played most games against ? SJS I can just think of last 40 years
Michigan is correct.
San Jose State is correct. Stanford's record against SJSU is currently 52-14-1. Theyve played SJSU more than any college except the original seven Pac-8 opponents...and frankly, SJSU is only four behind Washington State.
(11-25-2024, 03:43 PM)Mick Wrote: Stanford football trivia:The first Stanford vs. Cal football game was in 1892. Who was the first major college football team that Stanford played apart from UC-Berkeley?
In 1894, who was Stanford's first non-Western college football opponent? Hint: This college played a record number of football games during the season, 22. They ran a 7-2-2 defense.
By 1900, Stanford's football schedule opened up greatly, and they finished 7-2-1. The schedule started to more closely resemble a modern schedule. They played two out-of-state major colleges and two in-state major colleges. Name them.
1902, first Rose Bowl opponent was...? Michigan
Apart from Cal, at least one other major college football power dates its first official game in 1905 to playing Stanford. Which college?
Here are a list of Stanford's early opponents by different names. What are they now known as?
- Nevada State
- State Normal
- Utah Agricultural
- St. Vincent's
- Oregon Agricultural
- Southern Branch
Second eastern time zone college played Stanford in 1922. Which one?
Last question: outside of the original Pac 8 opponents, which three opponents has Stanford played the most? SJSU the most with 67 games. The next two teams have played Stanford 35 times each, and have a common identifying characteristic.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BostonCard - 11-25-2024
Quote:In 1894, who was Stanford's first non-Western college football opponent?
Is it an Ivy League team like Yale or Princeton or another powerhouse of the time like Army? Or maybe a midwestern team like Michigan or Wisconsin? That far back, I feel like it's going to be someone really obscure like Tulane.
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - terry - 11-25-2024
(11-25-2024, 04:25 PM)Mick Wrote: The first Stanford vs. Cal football game was in 1892. Who was the first major college football team that Stanford played apart from UC-Berkeley?
Washington?
Quote:In 1894, who was Stanford's first non-Western college football opponent? Hint: This college played a record number of football games during the season, 22. They ran a 7-2-2 defense.
Chicago?
Quote:Apart from Cal, at least one other major college football power dates its first official game in 1905 to playing Stanford. Which college?
USC?
Quote:Here are a list of Stanford's early opponents by different names. What are they now known as?- Nevada State = Nevada?
- State Normal = San Jose St.?
- Utah Agricultural = Utah St.?
- St. Vincent's
- Oregon Agricultural = Oregon St.?
- Southern Branch = UCLA
Quote:Last question: outside of the original Pac 8 opponents, which three opponents has Stanford played the most? SJSU the most with 67 games. The next two teams have played Stanford 35 times each, and have a common identifying characteristic.
Santa Clara and Notre Dame?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - lex24 - 11-25-2024
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1902 Rose Bowl Michigan
Played most games against ? SJS I can just think of last 40 years
Michigan is correct.
San Jose State is correct. Stanford's record against SJSU is currently 52-14-1. Theyve played SJSU more than any college except the original seven Pac-8 opponents...and frankly, SJSU is only four behind Washington State.
Mick dateline='[url=tel:1732574613' Wrote: 1732574613[/url]']The first Stanford vs. Cal football game was in 1892. Who was the first major college football team that Stanford played apart from UC-Berkeley?
Stanford football trivia:
In 1894, who was Stanford's first non-Western college football opponent? Hint: This college played a record number of football games during the season, 22. They ran a 7-2-2 defense.
By 1900, Stanford's football schedule opened up greatly, and they finished 7-2-1. The schedule started to more closely resemble a modern schedule. They played two out-of-state major colleges and two in-state major colleges. Name them.
1902, first Rose Bowl opponent was...? Michigan
Apart from Cal, at least one other major college football power dates its first official game in 1905 to playing Stanford. Which college?
Here are a list of Stanford's early opponents by different names. What are they now known as?
- Nevada State
- State Normal
- Utah Agricultural
- St. Vincent's
- Oregon Agricultural
- Southern Branch
Second eastern time zone college played Stanford in 1922. Which one?
Last question: outside of the original Pac 8 opponents, which three opponents has Stanford played the most? SJSU the most with 67 games. The next two teams have played Stanford 35 times each, and have a common identifying characteristic.
Army and Navy.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 11-25-2024
(11-25-2024, 06:56 PM)terry Wrote:(11-25-2024, 04:25 PM)Mick Wrote: The first Stanford vs. Cal football game was in 1892. Who was the first major college football team that Stanford played apart from UC-Berkeley?
Washington?
Quote:In 1894, who was Stanford's first non-Western college football opponent? Hint: This college played a record number of football games during the season, 22. They ran a 7-2-2 defense.
Chicago?
Quote:Apart from Cal, at least one other major college football power dates its first official game in 1905 to playing Stanford. Which college?
USC?
Quote:Here are a list of Stanford's early opponents by different names. What are they now known as?- Nevada State = Nevada?
- State Normal = San Jose St.?
- Utah Agricultural = Utah St.?
- St. Vincent's
- Oregon Agricultural = Oregon St.?
- Southern Branch = UCLA
Quote:Last question: outside of the original Pac 8 opponents, which three opponents has Stanford played the most? SJSU the most with 67 games. The next two teams have played Stanford 35 times each, and have a common identifying characteristic.
Santa Clara and Notre Dame?
Terry, that was outstanding!! All of it is accurate.
A few minor comments:
- St. Vincent's is now known as Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.
- Technically, Nevada State is now known as Nevada-Reno. They were a popular opponent of Stanford between 1899 and 1931, playing 18x.
- USC was known as The Methodists back in 1905. Stanford was their first major college opponent.
- Stanford played Chicago twice on 12/25/94 and 12/29/94. Chicago went 14-7-1 that season, the most games any college has played in a single season. Apart from SU, they played Michigan, Northwestern (2x), Purdue, Iowa, Wisconsin, Beloit, two YMCAs, three high schools, the Chicago Athletic Assn (3x), and two athletic clubs. Most interestingly, their only road games were the two versus Stanford (LA and SF), the Salt Lake YMCA in Salt Lake City and their home and home with Northwestern...and Evanston is basically a home game. Head coach was Amos Alonzo Stagg. Stanford's head coach was Walter Camp. Herbert Hoover was still team manager. Pretty cool.
![[Image: 285px-Stanford_football_1894.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Stanford_football_1894.jpg/285px-Stanford_football_1894.jpg)
- Santa Clara's last regular season game against Stanford was 1952, playing 35 times in 41 seasons. Notre Dame's first regular season game against Stanford was 1954.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - terry - 11-26-2024
(11-25-2024, 09:15 PM)Mick Wrote:(11-25-2024, 06:56 PM)terry Wrote:(11-25-2024, 04:25 PM)Mick Wrote: The first Stanford vs. Cal football game was in 1892. Who was the first major college football team that Stanford played apart from UC-Berkeley?
Washington?
Quote:In 1894, who was Stanford's first non-Western college football opponent? Hint: This college played a record number of football games during the season, 22. They ran a 7-2-2 defense.
Chicago?
Quote:Apart from Cal, at least one other major college football power dates its first official game in 1905 to playing Stanford. Which college?
USC?
Quote:Here are a list of Stanford's early opponents by different names. What are they now known as?- Nevada State = Nevada?
- State Normal = San Jose St.?
- Utah Agricultural = Utah St.?
- St. Vincent's
- Oregon Agricultural = Oregon St.?
- Southern Branch = UCLA
Quote:Last question: outside of the original Pac 8 opponents, which three opponents has Stanford played the most? SJSU the most with 67 games. The next two teams have played Stanford 35 times each, and have a common identifying characteristic.
Santa Clara and Notre Dame?
Terry, that was outstanding!! All of it is accurate.
A few minor comments:
- St. Vincent's is now known as Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.
- Technically, Nevada State is now known as Nevada-Reno. They were a popular opponent of Stanford between 1899 and 1931, playing 18x.
- USC was known as The Methodists back in 1905. Stanford was their first major college opponent.
- Stanford played Chicago twice on 12/25/94 and 12/29/94. Chicago went 14-7-1 that season, the most games any college has played in a single season. Apart from SU, they played Michigan, Northwestern (2x), Purdue, Iowa, Wisconsin, Beloit, two YMCAs, three high schools, the Chicago Athletic Assn (3x), and two athletic clubs. Most interestingly, their only road games were the two versus Stanford (LA and SF), the Salt Lake YMCA in Salt Lake City and their home and home with Northwestern...and Evanston is basically a home game. Head coach was Amos Alonzo Stagg. Stanford's head coach was Walter Camp. Herbert Hoover was still team manager. Pretty cool.
- Santa Clara's last regular season game against Stanford was 1952, playing 35 times in 41 seasons. Notre Dame's first regular season game against Stanford was 1954.
Ha, I guess all those hours I've spent poring over old Stanford football media guides finally paid off!
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 11-26-2024
Thought you might find this interesting. It's a newspaper account of the Stanford vs. Chicago game from the Daily Inter Ocean, which I gather was a Chicago area periodical. These 100+ year-old articles always reveal something interesting from the time period. For example, Chicago's quarterback, Frank Hering, thought the referee was favoring Stanford...so he punched him. And the referee -- who doubled as the coach of Reliance AC in San Francisco punched him back. Police intervened, the game went on. Stanford lost that game, but won the next game vs. Chicago four days later, and Reliance AC beat Chicago three days after that game.
Article clipped from The Inter Ocean - Newspapers.com™
The QB, Frank Hering, later went to law school. He coached Notre Dame's football, basketball and baseball teams for a few years, and is known as the "Father of Notre Dame football" because he transformed football from an intramural sport to a varsity sport. He also established a community center for African American people.
Frank E. Hering - Wikipedia
And he invented Mother's Day. No kidding.
[/url][url=https://sites.nd.edu/ndarchives/the-father-of-mothers-day/]The Father of Mother’s Day – University of Notre Dame Archives
Notre Dame, Our Mother: The Most Legendary ND Coach You’ve Never Heard Of // UHND.com
And he did formative work on Social Security, and was praised by FDR:
Echoes: As ND as football, Mother’s Day and community service | Stories | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame
Old Age Pension Legislation in the United States
It's funny, the directions that life takes us.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - PalmTree - 11-26-2024
(11-26-2024, 09:31 AM)Mick Wrote: Thought you might find this interesting. It's a newspaper account of the Stanford vs. Chicago game from the Daily Inter Ocean, which I gather was a Chicago area periodical. These 100+ year-old articles always reveal something interesting from the time period. For example, Chicago's quarterback, Frank Hering, thought the referee was favoring Stanford...so he punched him. And the referee -- who doubled as the coach of Reliance AC in San Francisco punched him back. Police intervened, the game went on. Stanford lost that game, but won the next game vs. Chicago four days later, and Reliance AC beat Chicago three days after that game.
Article clipped from The Inter Ocean - Newspapers.com™
The QB, Frank Hering, later went to law school. He coached Notre Dame's football, basketball and baseball teams for a few years, and is known as the "Father of Notre Dame football" because he transformed football from an intramural sport to a varsity sport. He also established a community center for African American people.
Frank E. Hering - Wikipedia
And he invented Mother's Day. No kidding.
[/url][url=https://sites.nd.edu/ndarchives/the-father-of-mothers-day/]The Father of Mother’s Day – University of Notre Dame Archives
Notre Dame, Our Mother: The Most Legendary ND Coach You’ve Never Heard Of // UHND.com
And he did formative work on Social Security, and was praised by FDR:
Echoes: As ND as football, Mother’s Day and community service | Stories | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame
Old Age Pension Legislation in the United States
It's funny, the directions that life takes us.
Good stuff, Mick - thanks for sharing!
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 11-28-2024
Who was the heaviest player to ever lead the National League in triples?
Who was the heaviest shortstop to win multiple National League Gold Gloves?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 11-28-2024
Barry Larkin. Wild guess at SS
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 11-28-2024
(11-28-2024, 10:31 AM)BobK Wrote: Barry Larkin. Wild guess at SS
Larkin was 185 pounds. Phogge guessed Johnny Mize, the Big Cat, who did lead the NL in triples at 215 pounds when he was 25 years old in 1938.
Here's a hint: the answer to both questions is the same guy.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - terry - 11-28-2024
Troy Tulowitzski?