1894 Harvard Crimson football team

1894 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	11–2
Head coach	William A. Brooks (1st season)
Home stadium	Soldiers' Field

1894 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
Holy Ghost 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
Buffalo			–					0	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1894 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team finished with an 11–2 record under first-year head coach William A. Brooks. The team won its first 11 games by a combined total of 326 to 16, but lost the final two games to Yale (4–12) and Penn (4–18).^[1][2]

Harvard tackle Bert Waters was a consensus first-team All-American.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 22–0	2,000–3,000	[3][4][5]
October 3		Phillips Exeter	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 48–0	500	[6][7]
October 6		Andover	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 46–0	1,200	[8]
October 11	4:00 p.m.	Brown	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 18–4	2,000	[9][10][11][12][13]
October 13		Orange Athletic Club	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 14–0	300	[14][15]
October 17		Amherst	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 30–0	1,500	[16][17]
October 21		Williams	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 32–0	3,500	[18][19]
October 27		vs. Cornell	Manhattan Field New York, NY	W 22–12	8,000	[20][21]
November 1		Boston Athletic Association	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 40–0	2,000	[22][23]
November 10		Chicago Athletic Association	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 36–0	3,500	[24]
November 15	3:30 p.m.	Brown	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	W 18–0	4,000–5,000	[25][26][27][28]
November 24		vs. Yale	Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry)	L 4–12	23,000	[29]
November 29		at Penn	Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 4–18	23,000	[30]

References

1. "1894 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. "Harvard's First". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 29, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Steady Plunges". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Football On". Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Day of Trials: Harvard Kept Changing Line With Exeter". The Boston Globe. October 4, 1894. p. 2 – via NewspaperArchive.(Soldiers' Field)
7. "Harvard Beat Exeter". Boston Post. October 4, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance 500)
8. "On the Grid: Harvard Beat Andover in a Good Game, 46-0". Boston Post. October 7, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.
9. "Harvard And Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Brown Scores". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
11. "Brown Scores (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
12. "Brown Did It: Harvard's Clean Record Has Its Blot; Crimson, 18; Brown, 4". The Boston Post. October 12, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance 2,000)
13. "Brown Scores: Hopkins Gets Clear of the Harvard Men". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.
14. "Wade to Goal: Harvard Beat Orange A. C. in the Rain, 14-0". Boston Post. October 14, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.(attendance 300)
15. "All Amphibious: Harvard's Football Men Swim in Mud; Strong Orange A.C. Club Is Beaten, 14 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.
16. "Harvard Men Play Poorly Against Amherst". Boston Globe. October 18, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance 1,500)
17. "Round the End: Amherst Makes Gains, but Fails to Score". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.(Soldiers' Field)
18. "Williams, 0: Harvard Did What Yale Couldn't Do". Boston Post. October 22, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance 3,500)
19. "Not Very Hard: Harvard Ran Away From Williams Men". The Boston Globe. October 22, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.(Soldiers' Field)
20. "It Was Work: Cornell Put 12 Against Harvard's 22". Boston Globe. October 28, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.
21. "Blocked Punts Enabled Cornell to Score Against Harvard: Men From Ithaca Put Up a Very Foxy Game". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.
22. "Rather Easy: B.A.A. Men Not a Match for Harvard". Boston Post. November 2, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.
23. "Score Was 40-0: Harvard Too Strong for B.A.A. Eleven". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1894. p. 7 – via NewspaperArchive.
24. ""Chicagoed": C.A.A. Team No Match for Harvard; Defeated 36 to 0". Boston Post. November 11, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance 3,500)
25. "Harvard Vs Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
26. "Not Her Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
27. "Not Her Eleven (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
28. "Outdid Yale: Harvard Defeated the Brown Boys, 18-0". Boston Post. November 16, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.
29. "Yale 12, Harvard 4". The Boston Globe. November 25, 1894. pp. 1, 2, 4 – via NewspaperArchive.
30. "Penn's Glorious Finish: Harvard's Football Hope Crushed Out, 18 to 4". Boston Post. November 30, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.