1894 Northwestern Purple football team

The 1894 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1894 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach A. A. Ewing, the Purple compiled a 4–5 record. Three of the victories were mid-week warm-up games against Evanston High School. In three games against major college opponents (Chicago and Illinois), the team lost by a combined total score of 148 to 0.[1][2]

1894 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainJon Oberne
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Reserve     7 0 0
North Dakota Agricultural     2 0 0
Baldwin–Wallace     1 0 0
Buchtel     1 0 0
Michigan     9 1 1
Iowa Agricultural     5 1 0
Notre Dame     3 1 1
Minnesota     3 1 0
Washburn     3 1 0
Wittenberg     6 2 0
Doane     5 2 0
Wisconsin     5 2 0
Chicago     14 7 1
Beloit     6 3 0
Washington University     2 1 0
Ohio State     6 5 0
Illinois     4 3 0
Oberlin     4 3 1
Cincinnati     3 3 0
Drake     2 2 0
Mount Union     4 5 0
Lake Forest     3 4 0
Miami (OH)     1 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan     1 3 0
Rush Medical     3 6 0
Northwestern     1 5 0
Ohio     0 1 0
South Dakota     0 2 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6at ChicagoL 0–46
October 11Evanston HighEvanston, ILW 14–0
October 13at Lake ForestLake Forest, ILL 6–24
October 17Evanston HighEvanston, ILW 12–0
October 20BeloitEvanston, ILL 6–42
October 24Evanston HighEvanston, ILW 22–6
October 26Lake ForestEvanston, ILW 12–8
November 3at Illinois L 0–66
November 24ChicagoEvanston, ILL 0–36

References edit

  1. ^ "1894 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.