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American college football season
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).
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[2]
Harvard tackle
Bert Waters was a consensus first-team All-American.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 29 3:30 p.m.
Dartmouth W 22–02,000–3,000
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[4]
[5]
October 3
Phillips Exeter Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 48–0500
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October 6
Andover Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 46–01,200
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October 11 4:00 p.m.
Brown Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 18–42,000
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[10]
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October 13
Orange Athletic Club Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 14–0300
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October 17
Amherst Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 30–01,500
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October 21
Williams Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 32–03,500
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October 27 vs.
Cornell W 22–128,000
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November 1
Boston Athletic Association Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 40–02,000
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November 10
Chicago Athletic Association Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 36–03,500
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November 15 3:30 p.m.
Brown Soldiers' Field Boston, MA W 18–04,000–5,000
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November 24 vs.
Yale L 4–1223,000
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November 29 at
Penn
Philadelphia, PA (
rivalry ) L 4–1823,000
[30]
References
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"1894 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
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"Harvard Football Yearly Records" . GoCrimson.com . Harvard University. Archived from
the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014 .
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"Harvard's First" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . September 29, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Steady Plunges" .
The Boston Sunday Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . September 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Football On" .
Boston Post .
Boston, Massachusetts . September 30, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Day of Trials: Harvard Kept Changing Line With Exeter" . The Boston Globe . October 4, 1894. p. 2 – via
NewspaperArchive . (Soldiers' Field)
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"Harvard Beat Exeter" . Boston Post . October 4, 1894. p. 3 – via
NewspaperArchive . (attendance 500)
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"On the Grid: Harvard Beat Andover in a Good Game, 46-0" . Boston Post . October 7, 1894. p. 3 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Harvard And Brown Today" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 11, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Brown Scores" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 12, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Brown Scores (continued)" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . October 12, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Brown Did It: Harvard's Clean Record Has Its Blot; Crimson, 18; Brown, 4" . The Boston Post . October 12, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via
NewspaperArchive . (attendance 2,000)
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"Brown Scores: Hopkins Gets Clear of the Harvard Men" . The Boston Globe . October 12, 1894. p. 1 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Wade to Goal: Harvard Beat Orange A. C. in the Rain, 14-0" . Boston Post . October 14, 1894. p. 3 – via
NewspaperARCHIVE . (attendance 300)
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"All Amphibious: Harvard's Football Men Swim in Mud; Strong Orange A.C. Club Is Beaten, 14 to 0" . The Boston Globe . October 14, 1894. p. 1 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Harvard Men Play Poorly Against Amherst" . Boston Globe . October 18, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via
NewspaperArchive . (attendance 1,500)
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"Round the End: Amherst Makes Gains, but Fails to Score" . The Boston Globe . October 18, 1894. p. 1 – via
NewspaperArchive . (Soldiers' Field)
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"Williams, 0: Harvard Did What Yale Couldn't Do" . Boston Post . October 22, 1894. p. 3 – via
NewspaperArchive . (attendance 3,500)
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"Not Very Hard: Harvard Ran Away From Williams Men" . The Boston Globe . October 22, 1894. p. 1 – via
NewspaperArchive . (Soldiers' Field)
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"It Was Work: Cornell Put 12 Against Harvard's 22" . Boston Globe . October 28, 1894. p. 1 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Blocked Punts Enabled Cornell to Score Against Harvard: Men From Ithaca Put Up a Very Foxy Game" . The Boston Globe . October 28, 1894. p. 1 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Rather Easy: B.A.A. Men Not a Match for Harvard" . Boston Post . November 2, 1894. p. 3 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Score Was 40-0: Harvard Too Strong for B.A.A. Eleven" . The Boston Globe . November 2, 1894. p. 7 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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" "Chicagoed": C.A.A. Team No Match for Harvard; Defeated 36 to 0" . Boston Post . November 11, 1894. p. 3 – via
NewspaperArchive . (attendance 3,500)
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"Harvard Vs Brown Today" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Not Her Eleven" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . November 16, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Not Her Eleven (continued)" .
The Boston Daily Globe .
Boston, Massachusetts . November 16, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Outdid Yale: Harvard Defeated the Brown Boys, 18-0" . Boston Post . November 16, 1894. p. 3 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Yale 12, Harvard 4" . The Boston Globe . November 25, 1894. pp. 1, 2, 4 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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"Penn's Glorious Finish: Harvard's Football Hope Crushed Out, 18 to 4" . Boston Post . November 30, 1894. p. 1 – via
NewspaperArchive .
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