1894 Harvard Crimson football team

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The 1894 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team finished with an 11–2 record under first-year head coach William A. Brooks. The team won its first 11 games by a combined total of 326 to 16, but lost the final two games to Yale (4–12) and Penn (4–18).[1][2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record11–2
Headcoach
HomestadiumSoldiers' Field
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1894 Harvard Crimson football
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One of the largest crowds to see a game at Pennsylvania's University Athletic Grounds was on November 29, 1894; temporary stands were erected and more than 20,000 fans of both schools filled the ballpark to see Penn defeat Harvard 18–4.[3]

Harvard tackle Bert Waters was a consensus first-team All-American.

Schedule

Pennsylvania-Harvard at University Athletic Grounds (November 29, 1894)
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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 293:30 p.m. Dartmouth
W 22–02,000–3,000[4][5][6]
October 3 Phillips Exeter
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 48–0500[7][8]
October 6 Andover
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 46–01,200[9]
October 114:00 p.m. Brown
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 18–42,000[10][11][12][13][14]
October 13 Orange Athletic Club
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 14–0300[15][16]
October 17 Amherst
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 30–01,500[17][18]
October 21 Williams
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 32–03,500[19][20]
October 27vs. Cornell
W 22–128,000[21][22]
November 1 Boston Athletic Association
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 40–02,000[23][24]
November 10 Chicago Athletic Association
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 36–03,500[25]
November 153:30 p.m. Brown
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
W 18–04,000–5,000[26][27][28][29]
November 24vs. Yale
L 4–1223,000[30]
November 293:00 p.m.at Penn
L 4–1823,000[31]
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1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 16–0–0
Penn â€“ 12–0–0
Villanova â€“ 1–0–0
Penn State â€“ 6–0–1
Harvard â€“ 11–2–0
Geneva â€“ 5–1–0
Princeton â€“ 8–2–0
Temple â€“ 4–1–0
Holy Ghost College â€“ 7–2–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 10–5–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–3–0
Colgate â€“ 2–1–1
Army â€“ 3–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 6–4–0
Cornell â€“ 6–4–1
Amherst â€“ 7–5–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 4–3–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–5–0
Tufts â€“ 6–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 3–3–0
Swarthmore â€“ 5–5–0
Western Univ. Penn â€“ 1–1–0
Lafayette â€“ 5–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 4–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 5–9–0
Williams â€“ 1–3–0
Drexel â€“ 1–3–0
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Boston College â€“ 1–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 1–8–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–2–0
NYU â€“ 0–3–0
Wesleyan â€“ 0–5–0
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