1891 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1891 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceIndiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1891 record1–5 (0–5 IIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Shafer
Home stadiumAthletic Stadium
Seasons
← 1889
1892 →
1891 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Purdue $ 4 0 0 4 0 0
Butler 3 2 0 4 3 0
Wabash 1 3 0 1 3 0
Indiana 0 5 0 1 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1891 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1891 college football season. In Indiana's fourth season of intercollegiate football, Billy Herod served as the school's football coach. Indiana played six games and compiled a 1–5 record. The team's 30–0 victory over the Louisville Athletic Club was the first in the history of the Indiana University football program.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
Louisville Athletic Club*W 30–0
October 24at ButlerIndianapolis, INL 6–52
October 31DePauw
L 4–62
November 7ButlerL 6–26
November 14at PurdueWest Lafayette, IN (rivalry)L 0–60
WabashL 0–25
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "The "I" Men of Indiana - A Review of Our Athletic History". Indiana University Alumni Quarterly. October 1914. p. 416.
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