1895 Indiana Hoosiers football team
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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 games. 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-Hulman Institute of Technology (8-4) and Wabash (12–10).[1][2]
Schedule
1895Louisville Athletic Club (KY)*W 36–0 - 1895Noblesville Athletic Club (IN)*W 30–0 - October 24Indianapolis Light Artillery (IN)*
- Jordan Field
- Bloomington, IN
L 8–16 - November 4at DePauw*Greencastle, INL 0–14 - November 11DePauw*
- Jordan Field
- Bloomington, IN
T 12–12 - 1895Rose Polytechnic*W 8–4 - November 16at Butler*Indianapolis, INL 2–34 - 1895Wabash*W 12–10 -
References
- ^ "Indiana Yearly Results (1895–1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "The "I" Men of Indiana – A Review of Our Athletic History". Indiana University Alumni Quarterly. October 1914. p. 416.