# Tommy Code

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American football player and coach (1873–1956)

Tommy Code Biographical details Born (1873-04-13)April 13, 1873 California, U.S. Died January 28, 1956(1956-01-28) (aged 82) San Francisco, California, U.S. Playing career 1892–1895 Stanford Position Quarterback Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1896 Oregon Agricultural Head coaching record Overall 1–2

**Thomas Kimball Code** (April 13, 1873 – January 28, 1956) was an American [college football](/source/College_football) player at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) and football coach at [Oregon State University](/source/Oregon_State_University), then known as Oregon Agricultural College.

## Career

Code grew up in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), where he attended [Lowell High School](/source/Lowell_High_School_(San_Francisco)).[1] He went on to play college football at [Stanford](/source/Stanford_Cardinal_football) where he was the quarterback in the first [Big Game](/source/Big_Game_(American_football)) against [Cal](/source/California_Golden_Bears_football).[2][3][4]

In 1896, the 23-year old Code became the fourth head coach of [Oregon Agricultural College](/source/Oregon_State_Beavers_football) (today's Oregon State University) in the program's first four seasons. According to a local news account, Code arrived in [Corvallis](/source/Corvallis%2C_Oregon) to coach the team on Monday, September 28.[5] Code would only coach the Aggies for a period of two weeks, after which he was sent home to California as what was deemed an "unnecessary expense," with OAC professor Fulton and halfback Brady Burnett taking over the actual coaching duties.[6] During the 1896 season, the Aggies compiled a record of 1–2.[7][8]

## Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Oregon Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1896) 1896 Oregon Agricultural 1–2 Oregon Agricultural: 1–2 Total: 1–2

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-laa_1-0)** ["19th Century Lowellites: The Early History of Lowell High School"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110405142211/http://www.lowellalumni.org/history_19century.shtml). Lowell Alumni Association. Archived from [the original](http://www.lowellalumni.org/history_19century.shtml) on April 5, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Stanford Football Media Guide"](http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09FB-history.pdf) (PDF). p. 186. Retrieved September 10, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hymans_3-0)** Hymans, Jacques (October 14, 1988). ["Back in Time"](https://www.thelowell.org/archivepdfs/08.07.1988%20thru%2005.25.1990.pdf) (PDF). *The Lowell*. p. 20. Retrieved September 10, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hoover Sees Classmates of Stanford"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121103194829/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/807599922.html?dids=807599922:807599922&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+16,+1928&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Hoover+Sees+Classmates+Of+Stanford). Hartford Courant. November 16, 1928. Archived from [the original](https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/807599922.html?dids=807599922:807599922&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+16%2C+1928&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Hoover+Sees+Classmates+Of+Stanford) on November 3, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Among the Students,"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/corvallis-gazette-times-coach-code-form/125724487/) *Corvallis Gazette,* vol. 33, no. 229 (Oct. 2, 1896), p. 3.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gridiron_6-0)** ["On the Gridiron,"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/corvallis-gazette-times-on-the-gridiron/125663721/) *Corvallis Gazette,* vol. 33, no. 35 (Nov. 13, 1896), p. 3.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-osumg_7-0)** ["Oregon State Football Media Guide"](http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/orst/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mg-sec10.pdf) (PDF). p. 90. Retrieved September 10, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "19 Coaches Listed on Aggies Record". *The Sunday Oregonian*. October 30, 1927. p. 73.

v t e Stanford Cardinal starting quarterbacks Code (1892) Harrelson (1894) Tarpey (1902) Walker (1926) Bogue (1926) S. Lewis (1928) Alustiza (1935) Paulman (1938) Albert (1940–1941) Bell (1946–1947) Shaw (1948) Kerkorian (1949–1951) Garrett (1952–1953) Brodie (1954–1956) Gustafson (1955) Douglas (1957) Nicolet (1958) Norman (1959–1960) Sears (1961) Thurlow (1962) Berg (1963) DeSylvia (1964) D. Lewis (1965) Washington (1966) Williams (1967) Plunkett (1968–1970) Bunce (1971) Boryla (1972–1973) Cordova (1974–1975) Benjamin (1976–1977) Dils (1978) Schonert (1979) Elway (1980–1982) Cottrell (1983) Paye (1983–1986) Buckley (1984) Johnson (1987–1989) Palumbis (1988, 1990–1991) Smith (1989) Stenstrom (1991–1994) Frost (1994) Butterfield (1995) Hutchinson (1996–1997) Husak (1998–1999) Borchard (1999) Fasani (2000–2001) C. Lewis (2000–2003) Matter (2002) Edwards (2003–2006) Ostrander (2004, 2006–2007) Pritchard (2007–2009) Luck (2009–2011) Nunes (2012) Hogan (2012–2015) Burns (2016) Chryst (2016–2017) Costello (2017–2019) Mills (2019–2020) West (2019–2021) McKee (2021–2022) Sanders (2021) Patu (2021) Daniels (2023–2024) Lamson (2023–2024) Brown (2024–2025) Gulbranson (2025)

v t e Oregon State Beavers head football coaches Will Bloss (1893) Guy Kennedy (1894) Paul Downing (1895) Tommy Code (1896) Will Bloss (1897) No coach (1898) Hiland Orlando Stickney (1899) No team (1900) No coach (1901) Fred Herbold (1902) Thomas L. McFadden (1903) Allen Steckle (1904–1905) Fred Norcross (1906–1908) Sol Metzger (1909) George Schildmiller (1910) Sam Dolan (1911–1912) E. J. Stewart (1913–1915) Joseph Pipal (1916–1917) Homer Woodson Hargiss (1918–1919) Dick Rutherford (1920–1923) Paul J. Schissler (1924–1932) Lon Stiner (1933–1942) No team (1943–1944) Lon Stiner (1945–1948) Kip Taylor (1949–1954) Tommy Prothro (1955–1964) Dee Andros (1965–1975) Craig Fertig (1976–1979) Joe Avezzano (1980–1984) Dave Kragthorpe (1985–1990) Jerry Pettibone (1991–1996) Mike Riley (1997–1998) Dennis Erickson (1999–2002) Mike Riley (2003–2014) Gary Andersen (2015–2017) Cory Hall # (2017) Jonathan Smith (2018–2023) Kefense Hynson # (2023) Trent Bray (2024–2025) Robb Akey # (2025) JaMarcus Shephard (2026– ) # denotes interim head coach

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