1890 Northwestern Purple football team

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.

1890 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainThomas Moulding
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska     2 0 0
Washington University     2 0 0
Minnesota     5 1 1
Michigan     4 1 0
Northwestern     4 1 1
Missouri     2 1 0
Cincinnati     2 1 1
Lake Forest     5 3 0
Baker     1 1 0
Iowa     1 1 0
Illinois     1 2 0
Kansas     1 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan     1 3 0
Wisconsin     1 3 0
Ohio State     1 4 0
Doane     0 1 0
Washburn     0 1 0
Western Reserve     0 3 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10Evanston High SchoolEvanston, ILW 16–4[1]
October 22Evanston High SchoolEvanston, ILW 18–0[1]
October 30South Division High SchoolEvanston, ILT 0–0[1]
November 14:00 p.m.at Chicago University ClubL 6–26[2]
November 22Beloit
  • Northwestern campus
  • Evanston, IL
W 22–6600[3]
November 26vs. WisconsinMilwaukee, WIW 22–10800–1,000[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "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.