1895 Northwestern Purple football team

1895 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
CaptainJesse Van Doozer
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
Baldwin–Wallace   –   3 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   3 – 1 – 0
Illinois   –   4 – 2 – 1
Buchtel   –   3 – 2 – 0
College of Emporia   –   3 – 2 – 0
Doane   –   3 – 2 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   3 – 2 – 1
Purdue   –   4 – 3 – 0
Indiana   –   4 – 3 – 1
  –   6 – 5 – 0
Butler   –   2 – 2 – 0
Cincinnati   –   3 – 3 – 0
Kalamazoo   –   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
Haskell   –   1 – 2 – 0
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. WisconsinMilwaukee, WIL 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 PurdueW 24–6[6]
November 9vs. MissouriSt. LouisL 18–22[7]
November 16ChicagoEvanston, ILL 0–6[8]
November 23at Illinois
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. November 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.