1886 Northwestern Purple football team

1886 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1[1]
Head coach
  • None
CaptainM. E. Fawcett
Seasons
← 1882
1888 →
1886 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cincinnati     2 0 0
Michigan     2 0 0
Wabash     2 0 1
Albion     1 2 0
Northwestern     0 1 0
Minnesota     0 2 0

The 1886 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1886 college football season. The Northwestern team played only one game, a 32–4 loss at Evanston to a team representing the Harvard School Athletic Club.[2][3] The loss to the Harvard School was only the fourth game played by a Northwestern football team, one game having been played in 1876 and two games having been played six years later in 1882.

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Football Notes". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 31, 1886. p. 11.
  3. ^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.