1894 Wabash football team

1894 Wabash football
Conference	Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–5 (2–3 IIAA)
Head coach	A. Vernon Randall (1st season)
Captains	Fry (full season) Stott (against Earlham)
Home stadium	Philistine Field
Seasons ← 1893 1895 →

1894 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	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

The 1894 Wabash football team was an American football team that represented Wabash College as a member the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAA) during the 1894 college football season. Led by A. Vernon Randall in his first and only season as head coach, Wabash compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play.

Schedule

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

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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. "ELWOOD VS WABASH". The Elwood Daily Press. September 26, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
2. "COLORS OF WABASH LOWERED". The Inter Ocean. October 7, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
3. "1894 Football Schedule". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
4. "VICTORY FOR WABASH". The Indianapolis Journal. October 21, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
5. "1894 Football Battle Between DePauw and Wabash Goes to Rivals, 16-4". DePauw University. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
6. "Wabash, 47; I. U., 0". The Indianapolis Journal. October 28, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
7. "1894 Football Schedule". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
8. "Purdue 44; Wabash 0". The Indianapolis Journal. November 11, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
9. "1894 Football Schedule". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
11. "Notre Dame, 30; Wabash, 0". The Indianapolis Journal. November 16, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
12. "The Artillery Wins: Local Football Eleven Defeats Wabash by a 38 to 12 Score". The Indianapolis Journal. November 18, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
13. "The Game Today: Light Artillery Will Play the Team from Wabash College". The Indianapolis Journal. November 17, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
14. "WABASH WAS FEEBLE". The Indianapolis Journal. November 25, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
15. "30 Nov 1894, 5 - The Indianapolis Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
16. "WABASH WON, But Earlham Put up a Game to be Proud of". The Richmond Item. November 30, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
17. "1894 Wabash College Football Schedule". Wabash College Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2026.