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1892 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1892 record
  
8–0 (4–0 ICAA)

Home stadium
  
Stuart Field

Captain
  
J. C. Teeters

1892 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Conference
  
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Head coach
  
Knowlton Ames (2nd year)

The 1892 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1892 college football season. In their second year under head coach Knowlton Ames, the Boilermakers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record (5–0 Big Ten) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 318 to 22, including victories over Illinois (12-6), Wisconsin (32-4), Michigan (24-0), Indiana (68-0), and Chicago (38-0). J. C. Teeters was the team captain.

Players

  • H. L. Browne, quarterback
  • Leon Crowell, left end
  • Larry Downs, left guard
  • Bill Finney, left tackle
  • A. L. Fulkerson, left guard
  • Gerber, left tackle
  • Joe Hudelson, halfback
  • A. P. Jamison, left halfback
  • S. M. Kintner, quarterback
  • Jesse Little, right tackle
  • Walt Muessel, right guard
  • Edwin Olin, end
  • Cecil Polk, right end
  • Archibald Stevenson, center
  • Jimmy Studebaker, fullback
  • Jack Thompson, right halfback

    • References

    1892 Purdue Boilermakers football team Wikipedia
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