1894 Harvard Crimson football team

1894 Harvard Crimson football
Conference Independent
1894 record 11–2
Head coach William A. Brooks (1st season)
Home stadium Soldiers' Field
1894 college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale   –    16 –0 –0
Penn   –    12 –0 –0
Western Reserve   –    7 –0 –0
USC   –    1 –0 –0
Michigan   –    9 –1 –1
Vanderbilt   –    7 –1 –0
Harvard   –    11 –2 –0
Georgia   –    5 –1 –0
Princeton   –    8 –2 –0
Virginia   –    8 –2 –0
Chicago   –    14 –7 –1
Brown   –    10 –5 –0
Notre Dame   –    3 –1 –1
Alabama   –    3 –1 –0
Minnesota   –    3 –1 –0
Wisconsin   –    5 –2 –0
Beloit   –    6 –3 –0
North Carolina   –    6 –3 –0
Stanford   –    6 –3 –0
LSU   –    2 –1 –0
Oregon Agricultural   –    2 –1 –0
Cornell   –    6 –4 –1
Army   –    3 –2 –0
Amherst   –    7 –5 –0
Illinois   –    4 –3 –0
Trinity (CT)   –    4 –3 –0
Tufts   –    6 –5 –0
Washington Agricultural   –    1 –1 –0
Washington   –    1 –1 –1
California   –    0 –1 –2
Oregon   –    1 –2 –1
Utah   –    1 –2 –0
Lake Forest   –    3 –4 –0
Sewanee   –    3 –4 –0
Lafayette   –    5 –6 –0
Lehigh   –    5 –9 –0
Auburn   –    1 –3 –0
Williams   –    1 –3 –0
MIT   –    1 –4 –0
Northwestern   –    1 –5 –0
Georgia Tech   –    0 –3 –0
Wesleyan   –    0 –5 –0

The 1894 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Dartmouth
W 22–02,000[3]
October 3 Phillips Exeter
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 48–0500[4][5]
October 6 Andover
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 46–01,200[6]
October 11 Brown
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 18–42,000[7][8]
October 13 Orange Athletic Club
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 14–0300[9][10]
October 17 Amherst
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 30–01,500[11][12]
October 21 Williams
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 32–03,500[13][14]
October 27vs. Cornell
W 22–128,000[15][16]
November 1 Boston Athletic Association
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 40–02,000[17][18]
November 10 Chicago Athletic Association
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 36–03,500[19]
November 15 Brown
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 18–05,000[20]
November 24vs. Yale
L 4–1223,000[21]
November 29at Penn PhiladelphiaL 4–1823,000[22]

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. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Football On: Harvard Kickers Open the Season; Beat Dartmouth, 22-0". The Boston Globe. September 30, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  4. ↑ "Day of Trials: Harvard Kept Changing Line With Exeter". The Boston Globe. October 4, 1894. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (Soldiers' Field)
  5. ↑ "Harvard Beat Exeter". Boston Post. October 4, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (attendance 500)
  6. ↑ "On the Grid: Harvard Beat Andover in a Good Game, 46-0". Boston Post. October 7, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
  7. ↑ "Brown Did It: Harvard's Clean Record Has Its Blot; Crimson, 18; Brown, 4". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (attendance 2,000)
  8. ↑ "Brown Scores: Hopkins Gets Clear of the Harvard Men". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  9. ↑ "Wade to Goal: Harvard Beat Orange A. C. in the Rain, 14-0". Boston Post. October 14, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (attendance 300)
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Harvard Men Play Poorly Against Amherst". Boston Globe. October 18, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (attendance 1,500)
  12. ↑ "Round the End: Amherst Makes Gains, but Fails to Score". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (Soldiers' Field)
  13. ↑ "Williams, 0: Harvard Did What Yale Couldn't Do". Boston Post. October 22, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (attendance 3,500)
  14. ↑ "Not Very Hard: Harvard Ran Away From Williams Men". The Boston Globe. October 22, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE. (Soldiers' Field)
  15. ↑ "It Was Work: Cornell Put 12 Against Harvard's 22". Boston Globe. October 28, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "Rather Easy: B.A.A. Men Not a Match for Harvard". Boston Post. November 2, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  18. ↑ "Score Was 40-0: Harvard Too Strong for B.A.A. Eleven". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1894. p. 7 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  19. ↑ ""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)
  20. ↑ "Outdid Yale: Harvard Defeated the Brown Boys, 18-0". Boston Post. November 16, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  21. ↑ "Yale 12, Harvard 4". The Boston Globe. November 25, 1894. pp. 1, 2, 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  22. ↑ "Penn's Glorious Finish: Harvard's Football Hope Crushed Out, 18 to 4". Boston Post. November 30, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
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