1894 Chicago vs. Stanford football game
| 1894 Chicago Maroons vs. Stanford football game | |||||||||||||
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| Predecessor of Bowl games | |||||||||||||
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| Date | December 25, 1894 | ||||||||||||
| Season | 1894 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Haight Street Grounds | ||||||||||||
| Location | San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 4,000 | ||||||||||||
The 1894 Chicago vs. Stanford football game, played on December 25, 1894 was a college football game between the Chicago Maroons and Stanford. Chicago won 24 to 4. The game was played in San Francisco, California. It was the first postseason intersectional contest, foreshadowing the modern bowl game. Herbert Hoover was Stanford's student financial manager.