1894 Missouri Tigers football team

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1894 Missouri Tigers football
WIUFA co-champion
Conference Western Interstate University Football Association
Record4–3 (2–1 WIUFA)
Head coach
Captain Charles Young
Seasons
  1893
1895  
1894 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri + 2 1 04 3 0
Nebraska + 2 1 06 2 0
Kansas 1 2 02 3 1
Iowa 1 2 04 4 1
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1894 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) during the 1894 college football season. In its second season under head coach Harry Orman Robinson, the team compiled a 4–3 record (2–1 against WIUFA championship) and tied with Nebraska for the conference championship. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 16Sedalia Athletic Club* Columbia, MO W 44–6
October 27 Denver Athletic Club *Columbia, MOL 0–26
November 3 Nebraska W 18–14
November 10at Ottawa * Ottawa, KS L 0–28
November 19 Iowa
  • Athletic Park
  • Columbia, MO
W 32–16 [2]
November 293:10 p.m.vs. Kansas
  • Exposition Park
  • Kansas City, MO (rivalry)
L 12–1810,000 [3] [4]
December 15at Texas *
W 28–05,000 [5] [6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. "Missouris, 32; Iowas, 6". St. Louis Globe-Democrat . November 20, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved October 12, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Missourians Downed". The Topeka Daily Capital . Topeka, Kansas. November 30, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "A Great Day Of Football Games (continued)". The Topeka Daily Capital . Topeka, Kansas. November 30, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "Missouri Vs. Texas". Kansas City Times . Kansas City, Missouri. December 15, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved December 11, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. "The Texas Colleges". Galveston Daily News. December 17, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved November 19, 2021. Lock-green.svg