1894 Holy Ghost College football team

The 1894 Holy Ghost College football team was an American football team that represented Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghostânow known as Duquesne Universityâduring the 1894 college football season. Pittsburgh Athletic Club player George S. Proctor served as the team's head coach.^[2] In eleven documented games, the team's record was 8â3 or 7â4, depending on the disputed outcome of a game against Greensburg. Duquesne University's football record book claims a record of 9â3.^[3]

ConferenceIndependent

Headcoach

George S. Proctor (1st season)

CaptainFrank X. Diebold^[1]

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1894 Holy Ghost College football

Conference	Independent
Head coach	George S. Proctor (1st season)
Captain	Frank X. Diebold^[1]
Seasons â 1893 1896 â

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1894 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		â		16	â	0	â	0
Penn		â		12	â	0	â	0
Villanova		â		1	â	0	â	0
Penn State		â		6	â	0	â	1
Harvard		â		11	â	2	â	0
Geneva		â		5	â	1	â	0
Princeton		â		8	â	2	â	0
Temple		â		4	â	1	â	0
Holy Ghost College		â		7	â	2	â	1
Washington & Jefferson		â		5	â	2	â	1
Brown		â		10	â	5	â	0
Bucknell		â		5	â	3	â	0
Colgate		â		2	â	1	â	1
Army		â		3	â	2	â	0
Franklin & Marshall		â		6	â	4	â	0
Cornell		â		6	â	4	â	1
Amherst		â		7	â	5	â	0
Trinity (CT)		â		4	â	3	â	0
Syracuse		â		6	â	5	â	0
Tufts		â		6	â	5	â	0
Massachusetts		â		3	â	3	â	0
Swarthmore		â		5	â	5	â	0
Western Univ. Penn		â		1	â	1	â	0
Lafayette		â		5	â	6	â	0
New Hampshire		â		2	â	3	â	0
Rutgers		â		4	â	6	â	0
Lehigh		â		5	â	9	â	0
Williams		â		1	â	3	â	0
Drexel		â		1	â	3	â	0
MIT		â		1	â	4	â	0
Boston College		â		1	â	6	â	0
Carlisle		â		1	â	8	â	0
Buffalo		â		0	â	2	â	0
NYU		â		0	â	3	â	0
Wesleyan		â		0	â	5	â	0

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Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	Hazelwood Athletic Club	Holy Ghost College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 6â0	^[4]
October 13	Nonpareil Athletic Club (Allegheny, PA)	Holy Ghost College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 24â6 or 22â6	^[5]^[6]
October 20	at Oakmont	Oakmont, PA	L 4â8	^[7]
October 27	at Beaver Falls YMCA	Beaver Falls, PA	L 6â10 or 6â12	^[8]^[9]
October 31	Pittsburgh Athletic Club Reserves	Holy Ghost College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 10â4	^[10]^[11]
November 3	Avalon Amateur Athletic Association	Holy Ghost College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 48â0	^[12]^[13]
November 10	at Greensburg Athletic Association	Greensburg, PA	? 4â0 or 4â6	^[14]^[15]^[2]
November 17	Bellevue Athletic Club	Holy Ghost College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 44â0	^[16]
November 22	Shady Side Athletic Club		W 16â5	^[17]
November 24	Beaver Falls YMCA	Holy Ghost College grounds Pittsburgh, PA	W 14â10	^[18]^[19]
November 29	at Martins Ferry Viligants	Irwin Park Wheeling, WV	L 0â10 or 0â12	^[20]^[21]

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References

[1]
"Athletics ... Our Alumni". Holy Ghost College Bulletin. 1 (1): 18, 19. December 1894.
[2]
"Amateurs". The Pittsburg Press. December 9, 1894. p. 8 â via Newspapers.com.
[3]
"Duquesne Football Record Book" (PDF). Pittsburgh: Duquesne University. June 15, 2022. p. 23. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
[4]
"Juniors Are All Right". The Pittsburgh Post. October 7, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[5]
"Nonpareils Are Beaten". The Pittsburgh Post. October 14, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[6]
"Local Football Games". The Pittsburg Press. October 14, 1894. p. 8 â via Newspapers.com.
[7]
"Sporting Notes". The Pittsburgh Post. October 22, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[8]
"Holy Ghost College Loses". The Pittsburgh Post. October 28, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[9]
"And They Kicked". The Pittsburg Press. October 28, 1894. p. 8 â via Newspapers.com.
[10]
"Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. November 1, 1894. p. 8 â via Newspapers.com.
[11]
"In Spite of the Rain". The Pittsburg Post. November 1, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[12]
"The Local Gridiron". The Pittsburg Post. November 4, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[13]
"Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. November 2, 1894. p. 8. The Holy Ghost college will play Avalon to-morrow on the college grounds.
[14]
"Both Claim It". The Pittsburg Press. November 11, 1894. p. 8 â via Newspapers.com.
[15]
"Played Under Protest". The Pittsburg Post. November 11, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[16]
"Bellevue Not in It". The Pittsburg Press. November 18, 1894. p. 8 â via Newspapers.com.
[17]
"Amateur Sports". The Pittsburg Press. November 23, 1894. p. 10 â via Newspapers.com.
[18]
"Holy Ghost Wins". The Pittsburg Press. November 25, 1894. p. 8 â via Newspapers.com.
[19]
"Holy Ghost College Wins". The Pittsburg Post. November 25, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[20]
"Lots of Sport". The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. November 30, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[21]
"Gave Up the Ghost". The Wheeling Register. November 30, 1894. p. 6 â via Newspapers.com.
[22]
"Duquesne Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

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