1893 Oberlin Yeomen football team

The 1893 Oberlin Yeomen football team represented Oberlin College during the 1893 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Everett B. Camp, the team compiled a record of 6–1, including victories over Ohio State, Chicago, and Illinois.[1] The 1892 and 1893 teams combined for a 13-game winning streak that was broken on November 18, 1893, in a loss to the Case School of Applied Science.

1893 Oberlin Yeomen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
1893 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Case     4 0 0
Miami (OH)     3 0 0
Washburn     1 0 0
Baker     5 0 1
Oberlin     6 1 0
Hillsdale     4 1 0
Notre Dame     4 1 0
Buchtel     5 2 0
Butler     4 2 0
Michigan State Normal     4 2 0
Chicago     6 4 2
Beloit     4 3 0
Illinois     3 2 3
Lake Forest     3 2 3
Doane     2 2 0
Heidelberg     2 2 0
Wabash     3 3 0
Washington University     1 1 0
Ohio State     4 5 0
Wittenberg     2 3 0
Mount Union     1 2 0
Albion     1 4 0
Drake     0 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace     0 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan     0 1 0
Kalamazoo     0 2 0
Iowa Agricultural     0 3 0
Cincinnati     0 6 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7KenyonOberlin, OHW 6–0[2]
October 21at Ohio StateW 38–10[3]
October __KenyonW 30–8
October 28AdelbertOberlin, OHW 40–4[4]
November 4at ChicagoW 33–12800[5]
November 6at IllinoisW 34–24[6]
November 18Case School of Applied ScienceOberlin, OHL 8–222,000[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "2008 Oberlin College Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 34. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Oberlin, 6; Kenyon, O". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1893. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Oberlin Won". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 22, 1893. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "untitled". The Pittsburgh Press. October 30, 1893. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Stagg's Team Beaten by Oberlin". Chicago Tribune. November 5, 1893. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Aided by the Umpire Oberlin Plays Twelve Men Against the Champaign Team". The Inter Ocean. November 7, 1893. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Oberlin's Great Record Broken". The Inter Ocean. November 19, 1893. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.