1882 Northwestern Purple football team

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The 1882 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1882 college football season. The Northwestern team played its first intercollegiate football game against Lake Forest College on November 11, 1882. Northwestern lost after giving up one goal from touchdown, two touchdowns, and two "safety touchdowns."[2] In a rematch played one week later between the same teams, Northwestern recorded its first intercollegiate football victory with two touchdowns and one goal from touchdown.[3][4]

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← 1876
1886 â†’
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1882 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 8–0–0
Colorado College â€“ 1–0–0
Navy â€“ 1–0–0
Richmond â€“ 1–0–0
Harvard â€“ 7–1–0
Fordham â€“ 7–1–0
Princeton â€“ 7–2–0
Wesleyan â€“ 3–1–0
Rutgers â€“ 6–4–0
Columbian University â€“ 0–0–1
Dartmouth â€“ 1–1–0
Lake Forest â€“ 1–1–0
Minnesota â€“ 1–1–0
Northwestern â€“ 1–1–0
Stevens â€“ 1–1–1
Amherst â€“ 2–3–0
Penn â€“ 2–4–0
CCNY â€“ 1–2–0
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Randolph–Macon â€“ 0–1–0
Clifton AC â€“ 0–1–0
Lafayette â€“ 0–2–0
McGill â€“ 0–2–0
NYU â€“ 0–2–0
Massachusetts â€“ 0–3–0
Columbia â€“ 0–5–0
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November 11Lake ForestEvanston, ILL 0–1[5]
November 18Lake ForestW 1–0
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