1891 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1891 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–5 (0–5 IIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Shafer
Home stadiumIndiana University grounds
Seasons
  1889
1892  
1891 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Purdue $ 4 0 04 0 0
Butler 3 2 04 3 0
Wabash 1 3 01 3 0
Indiana 0 5 01 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1891 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1891 college football season. In Indiana's fourth season of intercollegiate football, Billy Herod served as the school's football coach. Indiana played six games and compiled a 1–5 record. The team's 30–0 victory over the Louisville Athletic Club was the first in the history of the Indiana University football program. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Louisville Athletic Club*W 30–0
October 173:00 p.m. Wabash Bloomington, IN L 0–28 [2]
October 243:00 p.m.at Butler
L 6–52600–700 [3]
October 312:30 p.m. DePauw
  • Indiana University grounds
  • Bloomington, IN
L 4–62 [4]
November 73:00 p.m.at Butler
  • State fair grounds
  • Indianapolis, IN
L 6–26 [5]
November 14at Purdue West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)L 0–601,200 [6]

[7] [8]

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References

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