1888 Northwestern Purple football team

The 1888 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1888 college football season. Prior to 1888, Northwestern had played only four football games spread over 12 years and had never put together a winning record. The 1888 Northwestern team compiled a 2–1 record. The team opened its season on November 22, 1888, with a 16–6 victory over Chicago West Division High School and concluded with two games against Lake Forest College. Lake Forest won the first game, 18–4, in Lake Forest, Illinois, on November 24, 1888. Northwestern won the latter game, 12–6, at Evanston on December 1, 1888.[2]

1888 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
1888 record2–1[1]
Head coachNone
CaptainA.H. Henry
1888 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Cincinnati      1 0 1
Notre Dame      1 0 0
Washington University      1 0 0
Michigan      2 1 0
Northwestern      2 1 0
Lake Forest      2 2 0
Minnesota      1 1 0
Indiana      0 0 1
Miami (OH)      0 0 1
Albion      0 2 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 20West Division HighW 16–6
November 24at Lake ForestEvanston, ILL 4–18
December 1Lake ForestEvanston, ILW 12–6

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.


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