1890 Northwestern Purple football team

1890 Northwestern Purple football
Conference Independent
1890 record 4–1–1
Head coach None
Captain Thomas Moulding

The 1890 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 4–1–1 record.[1] Only two of the seven games were intercollegiate games, a 22–6 victory over Beloit College on November 22, 1890, in Evanston, and a 22–10 victory over Wisconsin on November 27, 1890, in Milwaukee.[1] The game against Wisconsin was the first between Northwestern and another of the teams that would later organize the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10Evanston HighEvanston, ILW 16–4[1]
October 22Evanston HighEvanston, ILW 18–0[1]
October 30South Division HighEvanston, ILT 0–0[1]
November 1Chicago University Club
  • National League Baseball Grounds
  • Chicago
L 6–26[2]
November 22Beloit
  • Northwestern campus
  • Evanston, IL
W 22–6600[3]
November 26vs. WisconsinMilwaukeeW 22–10800-1,000[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Lively Game of Football". Chicago Tribune. November 2, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Northwestern University Won". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1890. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Are Beaten Again". Wisconsin State Journal. November 28, 1890. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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