1891 Indiana Hoosiers football team
American college football season
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The 1891 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1891 college football season. In Indiana's fourth season of intercollegiate football, Billy Herod served as the school's football coach. Indiana played six games and compiled a 1â5 record. The team's 30â0 victory over the Louisville Athletic Club was the first in the history of the Indiana University football program.[1]
| 1891 Indiana Hoosiers football | |
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| Conference | Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 1â5 (0â5 IIAA) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | John Shafer |
| Home stadium | Indiana University grounds |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wabash | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| Louisville Athletic Club* | W 30â0 | |||||
| October 17 | 3:00 p.m. | Wabash | Bloomington, IN | L 0â28 | [2] | |
| October 24 | 3:00 p.m. | at Butler |
| L 6â52 | 600â700 | [3] |
| October 31 | 2:30 p.m. | DePauw |
| L 4â62 | [4] | |
| November 7 | 3:00 p.m. | at Butler |
| L 6â26 | [5] | |
| November 14 | at Purdue | West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) | L 0â60 | 1,200 | [6] | |
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