Template:1894 collegiate football independents standings
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 [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 29 Dartmouth Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry )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 27 vs. 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 24 vs. Yale Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry )L 4–1223,000 [21]
November 29 at Penn Philadelphia L 4–1823,000 [22]
References [ ]
↑ "1894 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1894-schedule.html . Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
↑ "Harvard Football Yearly Records" . GoCrimson.com . Harvard University. http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results . Retrieved August 13, 2014 .
↑ "Football On: Harvard Kickers Open the Season; Beat Dartmouth, 22-0" . The Boston Globe : p. 3. September 30, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-sep-30-1894-p-3/ .
↑ "Day of Trials: Harvard Kept Changing Line With Exeter" . The Boston Globe : p. 2. October 4, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-04-1894-p-2/ . (Soldiers' Field)
↑ "Harvard Beat Exeter" . Boston Post : p. 3. October 4, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-oct-04-1894-p-3/ . (attendance 500)
↑ "On the Grid: Harvard Beat Andover in a Good Game, 46-0" . Boston Post : p. 3. October 7, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-07-1894-p-3/ .
↑ "Brown Did It: Harvard's Clean Record Has Its Blot; Crimson, 18; Brown, 4" . The Boston Globe : pp. 1, 3. October 12, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-oct-12-1894-p-1/ . (attendance 2,000)
↑ "Brown Scores: Hopkins Gets Clear of the Harvard Men" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. October 12, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-12-1894-p-1/ .
↑ "Wade to Goal: Harvard Beat Orange A. C. in the Rain, 14-0" . Boston Post : p. 3. October 14, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-14-1894-p-3/ . (attendance 300)
↑ "All Amphibious: Harvard's Football Men Swim in Mud; Strong Orange A.C. Club Is Beaten, 14 to 0" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. October 14, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-14-1894-p-1/ .
↑ "Harvard Men Play Poorly Against Amherst" . Boston Globe : pp. 1, 3. October 18, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-oct-18-1894-p-3/ . (attendance 1,500)
↑ "Round the End: Amherst Makes Gains, but Fails to Score" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. October 18, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-18-1894-p-1/ . (Soldiers' Field)
↑ "Williams, 0: Harvard Did What Yale Couldn't Do" . Boston Post : p. 3. October 22, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-21-1894-p-3/ . (attendance 3,500)
↑ "Not Very Hard: Harvard Ran Away From Williams Men" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. October 22, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-21-1894-p-1/ . (Soldiers' Field)
↑ "It Was Work: Cornell Put 12 Against Harvard's 22" . Boston Globe : p. 1. October 28, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-28-1894-p-1/ .
↑ "Blocked Punts Enabled Cornell to Score Against Harvard: Men From Ithaca Put Up a Very Foxy Game" . The Boston Globe : p. 1. October 28, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-28-1894-p-1/ .
↑ "Rather Easy: B.A.A. Men Not a Match for Harvard" . Boston Post : p. 3. November 2, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-nov-02-1894-p-3/ .
↑ "Score Was 40-0: Harvard Too Strong for B.A.A. Eleven" . The Boston Globe : p. 7. November 2, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-nov-02-1894-p-7/ .
↑ ""Chicagoed": C.A.A. Team No Match for Harvard; Defeated 36 to 0" . Boston Post : p. 3. November 11, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-nov-11-1894-p-3/ . (attendance 3,500)
↑ "Outdid Yale: Harvard Defeated the Brown Boys, 18-0" . Boston Post : p. 3. November 16, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-nov-16-1894-p-3/ .
↑ "Yale 12, Harvard 4" . The Boston Globe : pp. 1, 2, 4. November 25, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-25-1894-p-1/ .
↑ "Penn's Glorious Finish: Harvard's Football Hope Crushed Out, 18 to 4" . Boston Post : p. 1. November 30, 1894. https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-nov-30-1894-p-1/ .