1894 Swarthmore Quakers football team

1894 Swarthmore Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–5
Head coach	Jacob K. Shell (7th season)
Captain	Hodge
Home stadium	Whittier 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 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 230 to 202. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach,^[1]and Hodge served as the captain.^[2]

The rivalry game against Haverford is considered to have the first "action shot" photograph during a football game.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	L 0–66
October 10	at Lehigh	South Bethlehem, PA	L 0–33
October 17	Pennsylvania Medical	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 54–0	300	[4]
October 24	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–46
October 27	Georgetown	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 18–22
November 3	Dickinson	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 66–15
November 7	Penn JV		L 0–20
November 10	Franklin & Marshall	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 10–0
November 17	Pennsylvania Military	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 50–0	350	[5]
November 24	Haverford	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA (rivalry)	W 32–0	1,000	[6]

References

1. "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
2. "Swarthmore's Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 7, 1894. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Haverford Vs. Swarthmore 1894 – First Known Action Shot Of A College Football Game". This is Lower Merion. June 29, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
4. "Swarthmore Played Well". The Philadelphia Times. October 18, 1894. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Easy for Swarthmore: They Shut Out the Pennsylvania Military College Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 18, 1894. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Swarthmore and Haverford: A Crushing Defeat Administered to the Red and Black by the Garnet". The Philadelphia Times. November 25, 1894. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.