1894 Albion football team

American college football season

1894 Albion football
MIAA champion
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–1–1 (3–0 MIAA)
Head coach
  • Walter B. Gage (1st season)
CaptainWilbur Cogshell[1]
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Albion $ 3 0 0 5 1 1
Hillsdale 1 2 0 3 3 0
Olivet 1 2 0 1 3 0
Michigan State Normal 0 1 0 5 2 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1894 Albion football team was an American football team that represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1894 college football season.[2] Under first-year head coach Walter B. Gage, Albion won the MIAA championship, with victories over Hillsdale and Olivet and a victory over Notre Dame in their Thanksgiving Day game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13at Michigan*
  • Regents Field
  • Ann Arbor, MI
L 10–26[3]
October 15–19Battle Creek High School*W 72–0[4]
October 20at Notre Dame*
T 6–6[5]
October 27at Michigan Military Academy*Jackson, MIW 18–0600–1,000[6][7]
October 29Hillsdale
W 18–0[8]
November 5OlivetAlbion, MIW 18–0[9]
November 19?[10]at HillsdaleHillsdale, MIW 36–10[11]
November 29at Notre Dame*
  • Brownson Hall field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 19–12 (or 22–12)200+[12][13]
  • *Non-conference game

The contest against Battle Creek High School was considered a practice game, and so is not reflected on the final record.[14][15]

Second team schedule

Albion's second team was organized in early October. They were managed by W. F. Kendrick and captained by Frank Mulholland.[16]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
NovemberMichigan Agricultural CollegeEast Lansing, MIW
November 11Michigan reservesAlbion, MIW 6–0[17]

References

  1. ^ "Albion College Doings". Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1894. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year Scores". Albion College Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Albion College Doings". Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1894. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "Albion College Doings". Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1894. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Albion college News". Detroit Free Press. October 28, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "Albion Too much for Orchard Lakes". Detroit Free Press. October 28, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Albion college News". Detroit Free Press. October 28, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "Albion, 18; Hillsdale, 0". Detroit Free Press. October 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "Olivet Failed to Score at Albion". Detroit Free Press. November 6, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. ^ "1894 Albion football schedule". Detroit Free Press. October 7, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  11. ^ "Year-by-Year Scores". Albion College Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. ^ "Albion college News". Detroit Free Press. October 28, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  13. ^ "Albion football season over". Detroit Free Press. December 2, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "Albion College Doings". Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1894. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  15. ^ "Year-by-Year Scores". Albion College Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  16. ^ "Albion College Doings". Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1894. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  17. ^ "Albion Beat the U. of M. Reserves". Detroit Free Press. November 11, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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