1894 Wabash football team

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1894 Wabash football
ConferenceIndiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1894 record4–5 (2–3 IIAA)
Head coach
CaptainFry (full season), Stott (against Earlham)
Home stadiumPhilistine Field
Seasons
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1895 →
1894 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Purdue $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Butler 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Wabash 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1894 Wabash football team was an American football team that represented Wabash College in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAA) during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach A. Vernon Randall, Wabash compiled a 4–5 record, 2–3 in games against IIAA opponents.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Elwood ClubElwood, INW forfeit[2]
October 63:05 p.m.Illinois*
L 6–36[3][4]
October 202:30 p.m.at DePauwGreencastle, INW 16–4300+[5][6]
October 273:20 p.m.IndianaCrawfordsville, INW 46–0[7][8]
November 10Purdue
  • Philistine Field
  • Crawfordsville, IN
L 0–44[9][10]
November 153:00 p.m.at Notre Dame*Notre DameL 0–30200+[11][12]
November 17at Indianapolis Light Artillery
L 12–38[13][14]
November 242:45 p.m.at Butler
L 0–58~500[15]
November 291:45 p.m.at Earlham
W 12–8[16][17]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster[]

1894 Wabash Roster

Quarterbacks

  • Huffer- Every game besides Indiana and Earlham
  • Witherspoon- Against Indiana
  • Sullivan- Against Earlham

Right Ends

  • Little- Every game besides Earlham
  • Patterson- Against Earlham

Left End

  • Dowdall- Full season
  

Right Tackles

  • Ashman- Every game besides Notre Dame and Indianapolis Artillery
  • Hall- Against Notre Dame and Indianapolis Artillery

Left Tackle

  • Griest- Full season

Right Guard

  • Kern- Full season

Left Guards

  • Farrell- Every game besides Purdue and Indianapolis Artillery
  • Bushnell- Against Purdue
  • Rauch- Against Indianapolis Artillery
  

Centers

  • Buchanan- Against DePauw, Purdue, and Butler
  • Bushnell- Against Indiana and Notre Dame
  • Rauch- Against Earlham and Illinois
  • Randall- Against Indianapolis Artillery

Right Half Backs

  • Wynckoop- Against DePauw, Indiana, Purdue, and Indianapolis Artillery
  • Stott- Against Butler and Illinois
  • Randall- Against Notre Dame
  • Huffer- Against Earlham

Left Half Backs

  • Stott- Every game besides Butler, and Illinois
  • Allen- Against Butler and Illinois

Fullback

  • Fry (Captain)- Full season

References[]

  1. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". Wabash College Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  2. ^ "ELWOOD VS WABASH". The Elwood Daily Press. 1894-09-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  3. ^ "COLORS OF WABASH LOWERED". The Inter Ocean. 1894-10-07. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  5. ^ "VICTORY FOR WABASH". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-10-21. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  6. ^ "1894 Football Battle Between DePauw and Wabash Goes to Rivals, 16-4". DePauw University. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  7. ^ "Wabash, 47; I. U., 0". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-10-28. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  8. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  9. ^ "Purdue 44; Wabash 0". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  10. ^ "1894 Football Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2020-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Notre Dame, 30; Wabash, 0". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-16. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  13. ^ "The Artillery Wins: Local Football Eleven Defeats Wabash by a 38 to 12 Score". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  14. ^ "The Game Today: Light Artillery Will Play the Team from Wabash College". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-17. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  15. ^ "WABASH WAS FEEBLE". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  16. ^ "30 Nov 1894, 5 - The Indianapolis Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  17. ^ "WABASH WON, But Earlham Put up a Game to be Proud of". The Richmond Item. 1894-11-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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