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1894 Northwestern Purple football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Head coach
  
A. A. Ewing (1st year)

1894 record
  
4–5

Home stadium
  
Northwestern Field

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.

Schedule

  1. October 6, 1894: at Chicago, Loss, 0-46
  2. October 11, 1894: Evanston High, Win, 14-0
  3. October 13, 1894: at Lake Forest, Loss, 6-24
  4. October 17, 1894: Evanston High, Win, 12-0
  5. October 20, 1894: Beloit, Loss, 6-42
  6. October 24, 1894: Evanston High, Win, 22-6
  7. October 26, 1894: Lake Forest, Win, 12-8
  8. November 3, 1894: at Illinois, Loss, 0-66
  9. November 24, 1894: Chicago, Loss, 0-36

References

1894 Northwestern Purple football team Wikipedia