1894 Wabash football team

The 1894 Wabash football team was an American football team that represented Wabash College in the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAA) during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach A. Vernon Randall, Wabash compiled a 4–5 record, 2–3 in games against IIAA opponents.[1]

1894 Wabash football
Conference	Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1894 record	4–5 (2–3 IIAA)
Head coach	A. Vernon Randall (1st season)
Captain	Fry (full season), Stott (against Earlham)
Home stadium	Philistine Field

1894 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Purdue $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Butler	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Wabash	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		at Elwood Club	Elwood, IN	W forfeit		[2]
October 6	3:05 p.m.	Illinois*	Philistine Field Crawfordsville,IN	L 6–36		[3][4]
October 20	2:30 p.m.	at DePauw	Greencastle, IN	W 16–4	300+	[5][6]
October 27	3:20 p.m.	Indiana	Crawfordsville, IN	W 46–0		[7][8]
November 10		Purdue	Philistine Field Crawfordsville, IN	L 0–44		[9][10]
November 15	3:00 p.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame	L 0–30	200+	[11][12]
November 17		at Indianapolis Light Artillery	East Ohio Street Baseball Park Indianapolis, IN	L 12–38		[13][14]
November 24	2:45 p.m.	at Butler	Baseball park Indianapolis, IN	L 0–58	~500	[15]
November 29	1:45 p.m.	at Earlham	Earlham Campus Richmond,IN	W 12–8		[16][17]
*Non-conference game

Roster

1894 Wabash Roster
Quarterbacks Huffer- Every game besides Indiana and Earlham Witherspoon- Against Indiana Sullivan- Against Earlham Right Ends Little- Every game besides Earlham Patterson- Against Earlham Left End Dowdall- Full season		Right Tackles Ashman- Every game besides Notre Dame and Indianapolis Artillery Hall- Against Notre Dame and Indianapolis Artillery Left Tackle Griest- Full season Right Guard Kern- Full season Left Guards Farrell- Every game besides Purdue and Indianapolis Artillery Bushnell- Against Purdue Rauch- Against Indianapolis Artillery		Centers Buchanan- Against DePauw, Purdue, and Butler Bushnell- Against Indiana and Notre Dame Rauch- Against Earlham and Illinois Randall- Against Indianapolis Artillery Right Half Backs Wynckoop- Against DePauw, Indiana, Purdue, and Indianapolis Artillery Stott- Against Butler and Illinois Randall- Against Notre Dame Huffer- Against Earlham Left Half Backs Stott- Every game besides Butler, and Illinois Allen- Against Butler and Illinois Fullback Fry (Captain)- Full season

References

1. "1894 Football Schedule". Wabash College Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
2. "ELWOOD VS WABASH". The Elwood Daily Press. 1894-09-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
3. "COLORS OF WABASH LOWERED". The Inter Ocean. 1894-10-07. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
4. "1894 Football Schedule". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
5. "VICTORY FOR WABASH". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-10-21. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
6. "1894 Football Battle Between DePauw and Wabash Goes to Rivals, 16-4". DePauw University. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
7. "Wabash, 47; I. U., 0". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-10-28. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
8. "1894 Football Schedule". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
9. "Purdue 44; Wabash 0". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
10. "1894 Football Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2020-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. "Notre Dame, 30; Wabash, 0". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-16. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
13. "The Artillery Wins: Local Football Eleven Defeats Wabash by a 38 to 12 Score". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
14. "The Game Today: Light Artillery Will Play the Team from Wabash College". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-17. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
15. "WABASH WAS FEEBLE". The Indianapolis Journal. 1894-11-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
16. "30 Nov 1894, 5 - The Indianapolis Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
17. "WABASH WON, But Earlham Put up a Game to be Proud of". The Richmond Item. 1894-11-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-14.