Henry Kendall Orange and Black football, 1895–1899

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This is a list of the first five seasons of what is now the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program. [1]

Contents

1895

1895 Kendall Orange and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
Seasons
1896 

Overview

1895 was the first year Henry Kendall College sponsored football. Only one game was played, a contest against the cross-town Indian University.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
Unknown Indian University Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory W unrecorded

1896

1895 Kendall Orange and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0–1
Head coach
Seasons
 1894
1896 

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
February 1, 18963:00 p.m. Indian University Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory W unrecorded [2]
November 263:00 p.m. Cherokee Male Seminary
  • Fair grounds
  • Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory
W unrecorded [3] [4]
December 113:15 p.m.at Cherokee Male Seminary
T 6–6 [5]

1897

1897 Kendall Orange and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1
Head coach
Seasons
 1896
1898 

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 153:00 p.m.at Cherokee Male Seminary Tahlequah, Oklahoma Territory L 0–4 [6]
October 25 Indian University W 18–4 [7]
November 12Cherokee Male Seminary Tahlequah, Oklahoma Territory W 6–4 [8]

1898

1898 Kendall Orange and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0–2
Head coach
Seasons
 1897
1899  

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 5 Indian University Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory W 16–0 [9]
November 13at Cherokee Male Seminary
T 0–0 [10] [11]
November 24Cherokee Male SeminaryMuskogee, Oklahoma TerritoryT 5–5 [12]
December 8 Arkansas Industrial Muskogee, Oklahoma TerritoryW unrecorded [13]

1899

1899 Kendall Orange and Black football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2–2
Head coach
Seasons
 1898
1900  

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 27 Arkansas Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory L 0–11 [14]
November 3ArkansasMuskogee, Oklahoma TerritoryT 0–0
November 10at Cherokee Male Seminary
T 6–6 [15] [16]
December 254:05 p.m.at Little Rock Athletics
L 6–61,000 [17] [18] [19]

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