1894 Northwestern Purple football team

1894 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainJon Oberne
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
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
College Of Emporia     4 1 0
Minnesota     3 1 0
Washburn     3 1 0
Wittenberg     6 2 0
Doane     5 2 0
Wisconsin     5 2 0
Notre Dame     3 1 1
Beloit     6 3 0
Washington University     2 1 0
Chicago     14 7 1
Ohio State     6 5 0
Case     4 3 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 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.[1][2]

  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.