Olivet football, 1884–1899

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The Olivet football teams (later known as the Olvet Comets) represented Olivet College in American football during the program's first two decades from 1884 to 1899. Highlights include the following:

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1884

1884 Olivet football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
1890  
1884 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton   9 0 1
Yale   8 0 1
Michigan   2 0 0
Williams   2 0 0
Navy   1 0 0
Wabash   1 0 0
Penn   5 1 1
Fordham   5 1 0
Harvard   7 4 0
Wesleyan   3 2 0
Butler   1 1 0
Columbia   1 1 0
Rutgers   3 4 0
Stevens   4 5 0
Dartmouth   1 2 1
Tufts   2 4 1
Massachusetts   1 2 0
Lafayette   2 5 0
Johns Hopkins   1 3 0
Albion   0 1 0
CCNY   0 1 0
Denver   0 1 0
DePauw   0 1 0
Olivet   0 2 0
Amherst   0 3 0
Lehigh   0 4 0

The 1884 Olivet football team represented Olivet College during the 1884 college football season. In Olivet's first year fielding a varsity football team, the Comets compiled a 0–2 record, both games against Albion, and were outscored by a total of 20 to 7.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
Albion L 2–10
May 10AlbionL 5–10

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1890

1890 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record0–1 (0–1 MIAA)
Seasons
  1884
1891  

The 1890 Olivet football team represented Olivet College during the 1890 college football season. In Olivet's second year fielding a varsity football team, the team compiled a 0–1 record, losing to Albion by a 32–12 score.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 15 Albion Olivet, MIL 12–32 [2]

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1891

1891 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–2 (1–1 MIAA)
Seasons
  1890
1892  

The 1891 Olivet football team represented Olivet College during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 3–2 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Albion W 30–21
Michigan AgriculturalW 78–0
Michigan AgriculturalW 70–0
October 19 Michigan L 6–18 [3]
October 31vs. Albion
L 6–243,000–5,000 [4]

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1892

1892 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–1 (0–1 MIAA)
Seasons
  1891
1893  

The 1892 Olivet football team team that represented Olivet College during the 1892 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 2–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 24 Kalamazoo * Olivet, MI W 20–4 [5] [6]
November 3at Kalamazoo*
W 12–4 [7]
November 7 Hillsdale Charlotte, MI L 12–14 [8]
  • *Non-conference game

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1893

1893 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–1 (0–1 MIAA)
Seasons
  1892
1894  

The 1893 Olivet football team represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1893 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 1–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2at Kalamazoo * Kalamazoo, MI W 26–6 [9]
November 4 Albion Olivet, MI L 16–42 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

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1894

1894 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–3 (1–2 MIAA)
Seasons
  1893
1895  
1894 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Albion $ 3 0 05 1 1
Hillsdale 1 2 03 3 0
Olivet 1 2 01 3 0
Michigan State Normal 0 1 05 2 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1894 Olivet football team represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1894 college football season. The team compiled a 1–3 record (1–2 in conference games).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6 Michigan State Normal Olivet, MI W 48–0
October 17at Michigan *L 0–48 [11]
October 22at Hillsdale Hillsdale, MI L 6–34 [12]
November 5at Albion Albion, MI L 0–18 [13]
November 10at Kalamazoo *
Cancelled [14] [15]
  • *Non-conference game

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1895

1895 Olivet football
MIAA champion
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–0 (1–0 MIAA)
Seasons
  1894
1896  

The 1895 Olivet football team represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1895 college football season. The team compiled a 4–0 record (1–0 in conference games), outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 2, and won the MIAA championship.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3 Kalamazoo * Olivet, MI W 38–0 [16]
October 28Lansing*W 26–0 [17]
November 4 Adrian *W 32–0
November 16 Albion Olivet, MIW 22–2 [18]
  • *Non-conference game

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1896

1896 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–1 (0–0 MIAA)
Seasons
  1895
1897  

The 1896 Olivet football team represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1896 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 1–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Lansing Athletic Club*W 22–6
October 24at Detroit Athletic Club * Detroit, MI L 4–24600 [19]
  • *Non-conference game

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1897

1897 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–5–1 (1–4 MIAA)
Seasons
  1896
1898  

The 1897 Olivet football team represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1897 college football season. The team compiled a 1–5–1 record (1–4 in conference games).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Michigan Agricultural * Lansing, MI L 6–26 [20]
October 9 Albion Olivet, MI W 28–16 [21]
October 16Michigan Agricultural*Olivet, MIT 18–18 [22]
October 25at Kalamazoo
L 0–60450 [23]
AlbionL 0–36
November 6KalamazooOlivet, MIL 0–32 [24]
November 29at Alma Alma, MI L 0–16 [25]
  • *Non-conference game

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1898

1898 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record0–5 (0–3 MIAA)
Seasons
  1897
1899  
1898 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kalamazoo $ 5 0 07 0 0
Hillsdale 2 0 04 1 0
Michigan Agricultural 4 1 04 3 0
Michigan State Normal 0 3 01 5 2
Olivet 0 3 00 5 0
Albion 0 4 01 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1898 Olivet football team represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 0–5 with a mark of 0–3 in conference play.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 15at Detroit Athletic Club * Detroit, MI L 0–25 [26]
October 223:30 p.m.Olivet alumni* Olivet, MI L 6–12 [27]
October 24at Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MI L 0–17 [28] [29]
October 29 Michigan Agricultural Olivet, MIL 0–45 [30]
November 19KalamazooOlivet, MIL 5–24 [31] [32]
  • *Non-conference game

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1899

1899 Olivet football
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–2 (4–2 MIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
  1898
1900 

The 1899 Olivet football team represented Olivet College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1899 college football season. In its first year under head coach Carl E. Mapes, the team compiled an overall record of 4–2 with all games played against conference opponents.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 14 Albion Olivet, MI W 23–11 [33]
October 28 Kalamazoo Olivet, MIL 11–12 [34]
Hillsdale W 6–0
November 11at Albion Albion, MI L 0–10 [35]
November 18HillsdaleOlivet, MIW 6–0 [36]
November 25 Michigan Agricultural Olivet, MIW 18–17 [37]

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References

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  34. "Missing a Goal Lost This One". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. October 29, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 20, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  35. "All Enthusiastic at Albion". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. November 12, 1899. p. 7. Retrieved March 20, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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