1889 Indiana Hoosiers football
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Seasons
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH)   –   4 – 0 – 0
Butler   –   2 – 0 – 0
Washington University   –   2 – 0 – 0
Iowa College   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lake Forest   –   1 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   1 – 0 – 0
South Dakota   –   1 – 0 – 1
Minnesota   –   3 – 1 – 0
Purdue   –   2 – 1 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   0 – 0 – 1
Northwestern   –   2 – 2 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 1 – 0
Michigan   –   1 – 2 – 0
Indiana   –   0 – 1 – 1
Iowa   –   0 – 1 – 0
Wisconsin   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1889 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1889 college football season. In Indiana's third season of intercollegiate football, Evans Woollen, a 24-year-old Yale University graduate, served as the school's football coach. Indiana played only two games, a 6–6 tie with DePauw and a 40–4 loss to Wabash.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
November 162:00 p.m.WabashBloomington, INL 4–40[2][3]
November 23at DePauwGreencastle, INT 6–6[4]

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References

  1. ^ "The "I" Men of Indiana - A Review of Our Athletic History". Indiana University Alumni Quarterly. October 1914. p. 416.
  2. ^ "State University Badly Defeated By Wabash". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 17, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "State University Badly Defeated By Wabash (continue)". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 17, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "DePauw and State University Elevens Play an Exciting Game". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 24, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "1889 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  6. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 11. Retrieved December 28, 2023.


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