1895 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1895 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
Captain Emmett O. King
Home stadiumAthletic Field
Seasons
  1894
1896  
1895 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Miami (OH)   3 0 0
Carthage   2 0 0
Washington University   2 0 0
Michigan   8 1 0
Chicago   10 3 0
Wittenberg   5 2 0
Minnesota   7 3 0
Wisconsin   5 2 1
Wabash   6 3 0
Illinois   4 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace   3 1 0
Notre Dame   3 1 0
Northwestern   6 5 0
Purdue   4 3 0
Indiana   4 3 1
Buchtel   3 2 0
Doane   3 2 0
Chicago P&S   3 2 1
Butler   2 2 0
Cincinnati   3 3 0
Michigan State Normal   3 3 0
North Dakota Agricultural   1 1 0
North Dakota   1 1 0
Ohio State   4 4 2
Iowa Agricultural   3 4 0
Ohio   2 3 0
Rush-Lake Forest   4 6 0
Ohio Wesleyan   2 4 1
Haskell   1 2 0
Iowa State Normal   1 2 0
Lake Forest   1 2 0
Northwestern Law   1 2 0
Drake   1 4 0

The 1895 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1895 college football season. Prior to 1895, Indiana had fielded a football team in seven seasons and had yet to win an intercollegiate football game. For the 1895 season, Indiana hired former Harvard quarterback and national tennis champion Robert Wrenn to coach its football team. Under Wrenn's leadership, the Indiana football team compiled a 4–3–1 record, including the university's first intercollegiate football victories, over Rose Polytechnic (8–4) and Wabash (12–10). [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 123:45 p.m.at Louisville Athletic Club Louisville, KY W 36–0500 [2]
Noblesville Athletic Club W 30–0
October 24 Indianapolis Light Artillery
L 8–16500 [3]
November 4at DePauw
L 0–14400 [4]
November 11DePauw
  • Athletic Field
  • Bloomington, IN
T 12–12 [5]
November 16at Butler
L 2–34 [6] [7]
November 23 Rose Polytechnic Bloomington, INW 8–4 [8]
November 282:30 p.m.at Wabash Crawfordsville, IN W 12–10 [9]

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