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.
[3] He scored the first two touchdowns in the first Big Game against California.
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.
[8] 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.
[8] In the game, Stanford was shut out 16–0, the team's only loss of the season.