The 1894 season
187 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Princeton claims the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
- Colorado Football Association
- Colorado
- Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Purdue
- Triangular Football League
- Dartmouth
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EFrank Hinkey, Yale
- ECharles Gelbert, Penn
- OTBert Waters, Harvard
- OT/ELangdon Lea, Princeton
- OGArt Wheeler, Princeton
- OGBill Hickok, Yale
- CPhillip Stillman, Yale
- QBGeorge Adee, Yale
- RBAlden Knipe, Penn
- RBGeorge Brooke, Penn
- FBFrank Butterworth, Yale
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1894 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1894 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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The Yale Glee club occupied a prominent position near the center Of its side. The field was in perfect shape. The weather was cool and refreshing for the players without being uncomfortable for the spectators, who came with all man. ner of comfort giving wraps. All along the field cheers were arising as prominent professor, athlete or alumnus made his ap- psarance. There was DO wind blowing and advantage for the winner of the toss. Ha.”ard took the south goal, giving Yale the north. ihe Harvard men appeared at first without snap, while Yale was fresh. Yale was gwen the ball. Greenway did not play for Yale. Louis Hinkey. covered right end.- Hckok kicked off to the forty five yard line. fairchild caught and returned the ball ten yards. Wreun passed the ball back with no one 10 receive It. Stlllman broke through and fell on it, making touchdown Tn thirty seconds. Hickok kicked the goal. Yale 6. Waters made bluff kick the ball rolling ten yards. Hallowel fell on the ball. Brewer gained three and Wrightin gton two yards and Inc ball was at Yale’s forty yard line. s.~. U Charlie Brewer strained his lame ankle and waited three minutes. Butterworth feigned kick and ran forty yards around Emmons, hut the ball went o Harvard for off side play. Harvard bucked Louis Hinkey for ten yards. Waters went into center for loes twice and the ball went to Yale at her thirty five yard line. Butter worth bucked both tackles three times with a gain and Charlie Brewer was hurt again. Hickok bueked the center for two yards fumbled pass and Wrenn fell on the ball, Wrightington made nine yards through Beard and Brewer five more. ,g The bal. was at Yale’s thirty yard line. Murphy. Waters fumbed Wrenn’s pass, but fell on the ball, luckily. Fairchiid tried for goal from the field; Butterwortk dropped on it and was rolled over the line by Mackie and Waters. A big kick arose. Butterworth claimed that he yelled “downo before he was rolled over, and Harvard claimed that the ball was not stopped. Referee decided touchdown ana ordered the ball down inches from Yale’s goal. line and the ball dropped in Captain Hinkey’s hands. Harvard was given ten yards for this offside act. Wrightingion gained three yards through Beard. The ball was then at Yale’s twenty yard line. Brewer circled Louis Hinkey’s end for two yards. Iarvard’s $ double pass missed and Brewer was forced back five rds.-Har-t yard was given ten yards for Siillman’s slugging. Brewer was hurt. Two minutes rest. Stillman broke through and intercepted the kick. Fairchid retired amid loud cheers. Hayes took his place. Hayes passed Captain Hinkey to Yale’s five yard fine. Wrightington gained foot through Mct’rea and Fairohild. Hayes made touchdown for Harvard through Hjnkey and Beard. Time, 23 minutes. Hayes failed in punting out. No goal from the touch- down. Score: Yale. 6; Harvard, 4. The ball went to the center of the field. Hickok kicked clear from the middle to Harvard’s 8 goal, but not between the posts. Fairchild punled from the twenty five yard line. Captain Hiukey caught the ball and ran back ten yards to Harvard’s forty five yard line. Thorne and Jarrems lost on two rushes. Wrightington was hurt in the chest and a wait of tbree minutes ensued. Whitmore replaced him. Yale was given ten yards for an offside play. ButterWorth gained three yards through Waters. Yale gets ten yards more for an offside play. Jarrems took the ball to Harvard’s fifteen yard line, but tumble gave the ball to Harvard. Fairchild punted to the forty five yard line. Yale was given five yards for anioffside play. Jarrems tried the left end without gain. The ball was at Har- vard’s thirty five yard line. Thorne failed at drop kick. Fairchild fell on the ball at Harvard s three yard line. Hayes tried Captain Hinkey’s end without gain. Fairchild tried to punt. Murphy dropped on the ball. Yale had the ball at the forty five yard line. Thorne gained one yard through the center, and Thorne himself took the ball over. Playing time, 34 minutes. HIckok kicked goal. Score: Yale, 12; Harvard, 4. Fsirchild kicked of for thirty wards. Louis Hinkey ran back fifteen yards. Mur- phy collided with Sh aw and lay insensible for seven minutes. He resumed playing, however. Batterworth passed Arthur Brewer for five yards and the ball was back in the center. Thorne kicked out of bounds at Harvard’s forty-five yard line. Fair child made five yards through Beard. Ca- bot look Captain Emmons’ place at left end. Fairchild punted from the center of the field. Cabot dropped on the ball, which was given to Yale on the twenty five yard line. Hayes tried Louis. Hinkey’s end for five yards, but fumbied, and Jarrems dropped on the ball. Time called. Sore, first half: Yale, 12; Harvard, {. Waters and Wrightingion bucked Beard safely for twenty yards till the ball was at Yale’s forty yard line. Chadwick took Murphy’s place. Waters and Brewer his ankle. A stretcher was brought on the field and Murphy was taken of, his head being badly injured. Harvard was cheer ing loudly. Harvard continued her short, stubborn gains, getting Ter five yards in- yariabIy on the fourth down. Hayes f. nally landed the ball on Yale’s twenty yard line. Mackie was bucked against Chadwick twice and the ball was at the Yale ten yard line. Four downs com- pelled Harvard to give it up, and Butter worth punted to the center. A. Brewer muffed and Beard fell on the ball. Tborne punted to the Harvard forty five yard line. Both sides now played bunting gameaQd the ball swayed over the center of the fsid. Jsrrems was injured and Armstrong toor hia plaea WriVhtinpton ran alo0v-