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1889 Purdue football team

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1889 Purdue football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1
Head coach
CaptainJ. M. Sholl
Seasons
← 1887
1890 →
1889 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH)     4 0 0
Butler     2 0 0
Washington University     2 0 0
Iowa College     1 0 0
Lake Forest     1 0 0
Notre Dame     1 0 0
South Dakota     1 0 1
Minnesota     3 1 0
Purdue     2 1 0
South Dakota Agricultural     0 0 1
Northwestern     2 2 0
Cincinnati     1 1 0
Wabash     1 1 0
Michigan     1 2 0
Indiana     0 1 1
Iowa     0 1 0
Wisconsin     0 2 0

The 1889 Purdue football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a 2–1 record in the university's second season fielding an intercollegiate football team. Archaeologist and Harvard alumnus, George Andrew Reisner, was the team's coach. The team opened its season on November 16 with a 34–10 victory over DePauw for the first victory in Purdue football history and the first game played in Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue defeated Wabash the following week, 18–4, and concluded its season on November 29 with a 14–0 loss against Butler.[1][2] J. M. Sholl was the team captain.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
November 163:00 p.mDePauw
W 34–10[3][4][5]
November 232:15 p.m.at WabashCrawfordsville, INW 18–4[6][7]
November 28at ButlerL 0–14

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Purdue Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University. 2016. p. 87. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Game of Foot-Ball". The Lafayette Daily Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. November 15, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved June 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Local Items". The Lafayette Daily Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. November 16, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved June 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Purdue Defeats De Pauw". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 17, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved June 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Purdue, 18; Wabash, 4". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 24, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved June 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Purdue, 18; Wabash, 4 (continued)". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 24, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved June 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 79. Retrieved January 29, 2023.