Illinois at Wabash

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 7, 1894, page 1

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  FOOTBALL is ON TAP INDIANAPOLIS LIGHT ARTILLERY DEFEATED BY PURDUE, O II 4. The Soldiers Were Unlucky, and Lost by Failing to Kick Gonl-Wabash Beaten by Illinois University. Special 60 the Indianapolis journal. Special TO the Indianapo1s Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 6.-The first football game of the season took place this afternoon at Stuart field. The weather was perfect, and about twelve hundred people witnessed the game. The rival teams were the Light Artillery eleven, of Indianapolis. and the Purdue University eleven. AS this was the first game under the new rules great interest was manifested by the lovers Of the sport. The lineup was ss follows:

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  St. Paul daily globe, Saint Paul, Minn., October 7, 1894, page 6

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  HAMLINE VS.. DULUTH. Zenith City Football Team 0utkick st. Paul Boys 4 to O. ONE MORE FOR HARVARD. Andover Suffers a Big Defeat on the Cambridge Grid iron. ONE MORE FOR HARVARD. TIGERS MAKE A KILLING. Wabash Defeated by Illinois StudentS--Day’s Football Events. DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 6.-The Duluth All College eleven played its first game today with the Hamline University eleven. defeating them i to O. The Duluth eleven is captained by Carl JOhanson. the famous Harvard coach.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Illinois leads 7–⁠0–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.