1894 Western Reserve football team

1894 Western Reserve football
1894 Western Reserve football team
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0
Head coach
CaptainHenry Scott Stewart
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
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
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 Western Reserve football team represented Western Reserve University—known as Case Western Reserve University—in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1894 college football season. The team's coach was Charles O. Jenkins and captain was Henry Scott Stewart.[1] The team was managed by future Cleveland Mayor William R. Hopkins.[2] One notable player was Tug Wilson. Another member for the team was Charles N. Crosby.[3]

The team outscored opponents by a combined 232–8, including defeating John Heisman's Oberlin Yeomen.[4] The football rivalry against Case began with the first ever match up on Thanksgiving and the first time the game was played at League Park.[5]

  1. ^ "Charles Jenkins". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Reserve Weekly 6 December 1932 — Case Western Reserve University Archives".
  3. ^ "The Reserve Weekly 26 November 1935 Edition 02 — Case Western Reserve University".
  4. ^ "WRU Football 1894/95". case.edu. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Reserve Tribune 11 November 1941 — Case Western Reserve University".