The 1894 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1894–95 academic year.
The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team compiled a perfect 16–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 485 to 13, and has been recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report , Helms Athletic Foundation , and National Championship Foundation , and as co-champion by Parke H. Davis .[1] [2]
Penn also compiled a perfect record (12–0) and was recognized as the co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. Despite suffering losses to both Yale and Penn, Princeton was recognized as the national champion under the Houlgate System .
All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp to the 1894 All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Princeton, Yale, and Harvard ) or Penn. Six of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame : halfback George Brooke , end Frank Hinkey (Yale), end Charlie Gelbert , tackle Langdon Lea (Princeton), guard Art Wheeler (Princeton), and guard Bill Hickok (Yale).
New programs established in 1893 included Arkansas , Oregon , and Texas A&M .
On November 29, college football was first played in the state of Florida by Stetson University .[3]
Conference and program changes [ ]
Conference changes [ ]
Three conferences began play in 1894:
Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association – active until 1899
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – now a Division III conference
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association – active until 1942
Two conferences played their final seasons in 1894:
Membership changes [ ]
School
1893 Conference
1894 Conference
Arkansas Cardinals
Program Established
Independent
Buffalo football
Program Established
Independent
Idaho football
Program Established
Independent
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Independent
MIFA
Maryland Agricultural Terrapins
Independent
MIFA
Oregon Webfoots
Program Established
Independent
Texas A&M Aggies
Program Established
Independent
Conference standings [ ]
Major conference standings [ ]
1894 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Colorado $
5
–
0
–
0
8
–
1
–
0
Colorado Mines
1
–
2
–
0
1
–
2
–
0
Denver
1
–
3
–
0
1
–
3
–
0
Colorado College
0
–
1
–
0
1
–
2
–
0
Colorado Agricultural
0
–
1
–
0
0
–
1
–
0
1894 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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
1894 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Maryland
2
–
2
–
0
4
–
3
–
0
1894 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Missouri +
2
–
1
–
0
4
–
3
–
0
Nebraska +
2
–
1
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Kansas
1
–
2
–
0
2
–
3
–
1
Iowa
1
–
2
–
0
4
–
4
–
1
+ – Conference co-champions
Independents [ ]
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Yale
–
16
–
0
–
0
Penn
–
12
–
0
–
0
Villanova
–
1
–
0
–
0
Penn State
–
6
–
0
–
1
Harvard
–
11
–
2
–
0
Geneva
–
5
–
1
–
0
Princeton
–
8
–
2
–
0
Temple
–
4
–
1
–
0
Pittsburgh College
–
7
–
2
–
1
Washington & Jefferson
–
5
–
2
–
1
Brown
–
10
–
5
–
0
Bucknell
–
5
–
3
–
0
Colgate
–
2
–
1
–
1
Army
–
3
–
2
–
0
Frankin & Marshall
–
6
–
4
–
0
Cornell
–
6
–
4
–
1
Amherst
–
7
–
5
–
0
Trinity (CT)
–
4
–
3
–
0
Syracuse
–
6
–
5
–
0
Tufts
–
6
–
5
–
0
Massachusetts
–
3
–
3
–
0
Swarthmore
–
5
–
5
–
0
Western Univ. Penn
–
1
–
1
–
0
Lafayette
–
5
–
6
–
0
New Hampshire
–
2
–
3
–
0
Rutgers
–
4
–
6
–
0
Lehigh
–
5
–
9
–
0
Williams
–
1
–
3
–
0
Drexel
–
1
–
3
–
0
MIT
–
1
–
4
–
0
Boston College
–
1
–
6
–
0
Carlisle
–
1
–
8
–
0
NYU
–
0
–
3
–
0
Wesleyan
–
0
–
5
–
0
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
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
1894 Southern college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
VMI
–
6
–
0
–
0
Hampden–Sydney
–
1
–
0
–
0
Tennessee
–
2
–
0
–
2
Vanderbilt
–
7
–
1
–
0
Ole Miss
–
6
–
1
–
0
Texas
–
6
–
1
–
0
Georgia
–
5
–
1
–
0
VAMC
–
4
–
1
–
0
Virginia
–
8
–
2
–
0
Centre
–
3
–
1
–
0
Alabama
–
3
–
1
–
0
Kentucky State College
–
5
–
2
–
0
Navy
–
4
–
1
–
2
North Carolina
–
6
–
3
–
0
Arkansas
–
2
–
1
–
0
LSU
–
2
–
1
–
0
West Virginia
–
2
–
2
–
0
Texas A&M
–
1
–
1
–
0
Delaware
–
1
–
1
–
0
Georgetown
–
4
–
5
–
0
Sewanee
–
3
–
4
–
0
Auburn
–
1
–
3
–
0
Johns Hopkins
–
1
–
4
–
1
Richmond
–
0
–
4
–
2
Centenary
–
0
–
1
–
0
Trinity (NC)
–
0
–
1
–
0
William & Mary
–
0
–
1
–
0
North Carolina A&M
–
0
–
2
–
0
South Carolina
–
0
–
2
–
0
Georgia Tech
–
0
–
3
–
0
Tulane
–
0
–
4
–
0
1894 Far West college football independents records
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Wyoming
–
3
–
0
–
0
USC
–
1
–
0
–
0
Oregon Agricultural
–
2
–
1
–
0
Stanford
–
6
–
3
–
0
Saint Mary's
–
2
–
2
–
0
Washington Agricultural
–
1
–
1
–
0
Washington
–
1
–
1
–
1
Oregon
–
1
–
2
–
1
Utah
–
1
–
2
–
0
California
–
0
–
1
–
2
New Mexico A&M
–
0
–
1
–
0
Minor conferences [ ]
Conference
Champion(s)
Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Albion
3–0–0
Minor independents [ ]
1894 Kentucky state football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Kentucky State *
–
5
–
2
–
0
Centre
–
3
–
1
–
0
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