1895 Illinois Cycling Club football team

1895 Illinois Cycling Club football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainMurphy (fullback)
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Athletic Club football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Entre Nous AA     09 1 0
Pittsburgh AC     07 1 2
Crescent AC     08 2 1
Greensburg AA     08 2 1
Chicago AA     10 3 1
Elmira AC     06 2 0
Illinois CC     06 2 0
New Jersey AC     05 3 0
Orange AC     06 4 1
Duquesne CAC     04 3 1
Noblesville AC     03 3 2
Newton AA     04 4 1
Louisville AC     02 4 0
Hyde Park AA     00 3 2
Syracuse AA     01 5 0

The 1895 Illinois Cycling Club football team was an American football team that represented the Illinois Cycling Club in the 1895 college football season. The Illinois Cycling Club played the Cycling Club from Lake View for the "Chicago Cycling Club Championship" on Thanksgiving Day. The prize was a white rooster that had been traded by the two teams since at least the year prior. In 1894, Illinois Cycling Club defeated the Lake View Cycling Club to take possession of this rooster, which became their team mascot. Lake View CC was undefeated coming into the contest,[2] but fell to the Illinois cyclists 0 to 16 in front of a Thanksgiving crowd of 2,000, which was exactly the same as the final score for the 1894 contest. After the game, Lake View asserted that the game would not count to determine the championship, as the field was snowy and small. Illinois agreed, and the championship was split between the two teams.[3]

  1. ^ "MADE A GOOD RECORD". The Inter Ocean. December 5, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "LAKE VIEW WANTS ITS ROOSTER". Chicago Tribune. November 28, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "LAKE VIEW PROTESTS THE GAME". Chicago Tribune. November 30, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved May 15, 2020.