1895 Northwestern Purple football team

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1895 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
1895 record6–5
Head coach
CaptainJesse Van Doozer
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH)     3 0 0
Carthage     2 0 0
Washington University     2 0 0
Michigan     8 1 0
Chicago     10 3 0
Wittenberg     5 2 0
Minnesota     7 3 0
Wisconsin     5 2 1
Wabash     6 3 0
Illinois     4 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace     3 1 0
Notre Dame     3 1 0
Northwestern     6 5 0
Purdue     4 3 0
Indiana     4 3 1
Buchtel     3 2 0
Doane     3 2 0
Chicago P&S     3 2 1
Butler     2 2 0
Cincinnati     3 3 0
Haskell     1 1 0
Michigan State Normal     3 3 0
North Dakota Agricultural     1 1 0
North Dakota     1 1 0
Ohio State     4 4 2
Iowa Agricultural     3 4 0
Ohio     2 3 0
Rush-Lake Forest     4 6 0
Ohio Wesleyan     2 4 1
Iowa State Normal     1 2 0
Lake Forest     1 2 0
Northwestern Law     1 2 0
Drake     1 4 0

The 1895 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1895 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jesse Van Doozer, the Purple compiled a 6–5 record.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21vs. WisconsinMilwaukeeL 6–12[3]
September 28Iowa AgriculturalEvanston, ILL 0–36[4]
October 3Evanston HighEvanston, ILW 16–0
October 5BeloitEvanston, ILW 34–6
October 12ArmourEvanston, ILW 44–0
October 19at ChicagoW 22–6[5]
October 31Rush-Lake ForestEvanston, ILW 24–0
November 2at Purdue
W 24–6[6]
November 9vs. MissouriSt. LouisL 18–22[7]
November 16ChicagoEvanston, ILL 0–6[8]
November 23at Illinois
  • Athletic Park
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 4–38[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "1895 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Evanston Loses To Madison". The Inter Ocean. September 22, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Struck by a Cyclone: It Comes From Iowa and Devastates Evanston Town". Chicago Tribune. September 29, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Was a Terrible Slaughter: Northwestern Defeats Chicago by a Score of 22 to 6". The Inter Ocean. October 20, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Northwestern Defeats Purdue". Chicago Tribune. November 3, 1895. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Are Beaten by Missouri: Northwestern's Football Players Fall Before the Tigers". Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1895. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Step on the Purple". The Inter Ocean. October 17, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "State Eleven Wins: Northwestern Beaten by University of Illinois". The Inter Ocean. November 24, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.


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