1894 Northwestern Purple football team

1894 Northwestern Purple football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	A. A. Ewing (1st season)
Captain	Jon Oberne

1894 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	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
College Of Emporia			–					4	–	1	–	0
Minnesota			–					3	–	1	–	0
Washburn			–					3	–	1	–	0
Wittenberg			–					6	–	2	–	0
Doane			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin			–					5	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame			–					3	–	1	–	1
Beloit			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	1	–	0
Chicago			–					14	–	7	–	1
Ohio State			–					6	–	5	–	0
Case			–					4	–	3	–	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

The 1894 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1894 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach A. A. Ewing, the Purple compiled a 4–5 record. Three of the victories were mid-week warm-up games against Evanston High School. In three games against major college opponents (Chicago and Illinois), the team lost by a combined total score of 148 to 0.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 0–46
October 11	Evanston High School	Evanston, IL	W 14–0
October 13	at Lake Forest	Lake Forest, IL	L 6–24
October 17	Evanston High School	Evanston, IL	W 12–0
October 20	Beloit	Evanston, IL	L 6–42
October 24	Evanston High School	Evanston, IL	W 22–6
October 26	Lake Forest	Evanston, IL	W 12–8
November 3	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–66
November 24	Chicago	Evanston, IL	L 0–36

References

1. "1894 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.