1894 Wabash football team

The 1894 Wabash football team was an American football team that represented Wabash College in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAA) during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach A. Vernon Randall, Wabash compiled a 4–5 record, 2–3 in games against IIAA opponents.[1]

1894 Wabash football
ConferenceIndiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–5 (2–3 IIAA)
Head coach
CaptainFry (full season), Stott (against Earlham)
Home stadiumPhilistine Field
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Purdue $ 4 0 0 9 1 0
Butler 3 1 0 6 1 0
Wabash 2 3 0 4 5 0
Indiana 0 4 0 0 4 1
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Elwood ClubElwood, INW forfeit[2]
October 63:05 p.m.Illinois*
L 6–36[3][4]
October 202:30 p.m.at DePauwGreencastle, INW 16–4300+[5][6]
October 273:20 p.m.IndianaCrawfordsville, INW 46–0[7][8]
November 10Purdue
  • Philistine Field
  • Crawfordsville, IN
L 0–44[9][10]
November 153:00 p.m.at Notre Dame*
L 0–30200+[11][12]
November 17at Indianapolis Light Artillery
L 12–38[13][14]
November 242:45 p.m.at Butler
L 0–58~500[15]
November 291:45 p.m.at Earlham
W 12–8[16][17]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster edit

1894 Wabash Roster

Quarterbacks

  • Huffer – every game besides Indiana and Earlham
  • Witherspoon – against Indiana
  • Sullivan – against Earlham

Right ends

  • Little – every game besides Earlham
  • Patterson – against Earlham

Left end

  • Dowdall – full season
 

Right tackles

  • Ashman – every game besides Notre Dame and Indianapolis Artillery
  • Hall – against Notre Dame and Indianapolis Artillery

Left tackle

  • Griest – full season

Right guard

  • Kern – full season

Left guards

  • Farrell – every game besides Purdue and Indianapolis Artillery
  • Bushnell – against Purdue
  • Rauch – against Indianapolis Artillery
 

Centers

  • Buchanan – against DePauw, Purdue, and Butler
  • Bushnell – against Indiana and Notre Dame
  • Rauch – against Earlham and Illinois
  • Randall – against Indianapolis Artillery

Right half backs

  • Wynckoop – against DePauw, Indiana, Purdue, and Indianapolis Artillery
  • Stott – against Butler and Illinois
  • Randall – against Notre Dame
  • Huffer – against Earlham

Left half backs

  • Stott – every game besides Butler, and Illinois
  • Allen – against Butler and Illinois

Fullback

  • Fry (Captain) – full season

References edit

  1. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". Wabash College Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "ELWOOD VS WABASH". The Elwood Daily Press. September 26, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "COLORS OF WABASH LOWERED". The Inter Ocean. October 7, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "VICTORY FOR WABASH". The Indianapolis Journal. October 21, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "1894 Football Battle Between DePauw and Wabash Goes to Rivals, 16-4". DePauw University. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Wabash, 47; I. U., 0". The Indianapolis Journal. October 28, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "Purdue 44; Wabash 0". The Indianapolis Journal. November 11, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  10. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Notre Dame, 30; Wabash, 0". The Indianapolis Journal. November 16, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "The Artillery Wins: Local Football Eleven Defeats Wabash by a 38 to 12 Score". The Indianapolis Journal. November 18, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "The Game Today: Light Artillery Will Play the Team from Wabash College". The Indianapolis Journal. November 17, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  15. ^ "WABASH WAS FEEBLE". The Indianapolis Journal. November 25, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  16. ^ "30 Nov 1894, 5 - The Indianapolis Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  17. ^ "WABASH WON, But Earlham Put up a Game to be Proud of". The Richmond Item. November 30, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.