1894 Northwestern Purple football team

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1894
Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainJon Oberne
Seasons
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

The 1894 Northwestern Purple team represented

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6at ChicagoL 0–46
October 11
Evanston, IL
W 14–0
October 13at
Lake Forest, IL
L 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
Champaign, IL (rivalry
)
L 0–66
November 24ChicagoEvanston, ILL 0–36

References

  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.