1890 Northwestern Purple football team

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The 1890 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 4–1–1 record. Only two of the seven games were intercollegiate games, a 22–6 victory over Beloit College on November 22, 1890, in Evanston, and a 22–10 victory over Wisconsin on November 27, 1890, in Milwaukee. The game against Wisconsin was the first between Northwestern and another of the teams that would later organize the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 10	Evanston High	Evanston, IL	W 16–4
October 22	Evanston High	Evanston, IL	W 18–0
October 30	South Division High	Evanston, IL	T 0–0
November 1	Chicago University Club	National League Baseball Grounds Chicago	L 6–26
November 22	Beloit	Northwestern campus Evanston, IL	W 22–6	600
November 26	vs. Wisconsin	Milwaukee	W 22–10	800-1,000