1889 Purdue football team

1889 Purdue football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1
Head coach
CaptainJ. M. Sholl
Seasons
← 1887
1890 →
1889 Midwestern college football independents records
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 Purdue football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a 2–1 record in the university's second season fielding an intercollegiate football team. Archaeologist and Harvard alumnus, George Andrew Reisner, was the team's coach. The team opened its season on November 16 with a 34–10 victory over DePauw for the first victory in Purdue football history and the first game played in Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue defeated Wabash the following week, 18–4, and concluded its season on November 29 with a 14–0 loss against Butler.[1][2] J. M. Sholl was the team captain.[2]

  1. ^ "Purdue Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University. 2016. p. 87. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

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