1890 Purdue football team
American college football season
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The 1890 Purdue football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 3â3 record in the university's third season fielding an intercollegiate football team. Clinton L. Hare, a Yale alumnus who had been the coach of the Butler football teams that handed Purdue its sole losses in 1887 and 1889, was hired as Purdue's football coach in 1890.[1] On November 1, 1890, Purdue lost to Michigan, 34â6, in the first football game between two teams that would later become members of the Big Ten Conference.[2] Three weeks after losing to Michigan, Purdue defeated Illinois, 62â0. The team concluded its 1890 season with a loss to Butler, leaving Purdue 0â3 in three games against Butler football teams since 1887.
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1890 Purdue football team, pictured in Debris 1891, Purdue yearbook | |
| Conference | Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 3â3 (2â1 IIAA) |
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| Captain | Robert A. Lackey |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wabash | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert A. Lackey was the team captain.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at Chicago All-University* | L 6â10 | [3] | ||||
| October 25 | Wabash | Lafayette, IN | W 54â0 | [4] | ||||
| November 1 | at Michigan* | L 6â34 | ||||||
| November 15 | at DePauw |
| W 32â0 | [5] | ||||
| November 22 | Illinois* | Lafayette, IN (rivalry) | W 62â0 | [6] | ||||
| November 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Butler |
| L 10â12 | 3,000â4,000 | [7] | ||
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Roster
- W. P. Finney
- Herkless
- A. L. Hillis
- Hougham
- Bob Lackey
- Little
- Joe McCarthy
- John Moore
- Charles Olds
- Polk
- Rufus Ratliff
- J. M. Sholl
- Archibald Stevenson
- Studebaker
- Teeters
- Thompson