1895 Oregon Webfoots football team

The 1895 Oregon Webfoots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oregon in the 1895 college football season.[1] It was the Webfoots' second season. They were led by head coach Percy Benson, previously a star player for the University of California team.

1895 U of O football team, Coach Percy Benson in lower left.
1895 Oregon Webfoots football
ConferenceOregon Intercollegiate Football Association
1895 record4–0 ({{{conf_record}}} {{{short_conf}}})
Head coach
Home stadiumKincaid Field
1895 Far West college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Occidental   –    5 –0 –0
Oregon   –    4 –0 –0
New Mexico A&M   –    2 –0 –0
Washington Agricultural   –    2 –0 –0
Wyoming   –    1 –0 –0
Stanford   –    4 –0 –1
Washington   –    4 –0 –1
California   –    3 –1 –1
Pacific (CA)   –    0 –0 –1
Saint Mary's   –    1 –1 –0
San Jose State   –    0 –0 –1
USC   –    0 –1 –1
Oregon Agricultural   –    0 –2 –1
Utah   –    0 –1 –0

The Webfoots were part of a five team conference called the Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association, which met in Salem on October 5, 1895, to elect officers, establish official rules, and set a schedule for the year.[2] Other members of the conference included Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis, Portland University (a short-lived private school which closed in 1900), Pacific University in Forest Grove, and Willamette University in Salem.[2]

The first two games of the 1895 season — against OAC[3] and Willamette[4] — were regarded as exhibition practice games, the final two contests being official conference games that were part of the "league series."[5]

They finished the season with a record of four wins and zero losses (4–0), winning the OIFA's pennant.[6][7]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 26Oregon Agricultural
W 46–0[8]
November 2at Willamette UniversityOregon State Fairgrounds • SalemW 8–4[9]
November 16at Portland UniversityPortland, ORW 6–4[10]
November 28Willamette University
  • Kincaid Field
  • Eugene, OR
W 6–0[11]
Schedule source[7]

Roster

Starters

• Left End: Coleman
• Left Tackle: F. Templeton
• Left Guard: Edmunson
• Center: Gilleland
• Right Guard: E.P. Shattuck
• Right Tackle: Herbold
• Right End: Travis
• Quarterback: R. Bryson
• Left Halfback: Bishop
• Right Halfback: Keene
• Fullback: H. Templeton
Reserves: Farrington, A. Kuykendall, Merriman, Miller, Prather, Stransley;[8] Higgins, Storossli[12]

Footnotes
    • McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.
  2. "Pigskin Punchers," Daily Oregon Statesman, vol. 45 (Oct. 6, 1895,), p. 5.
  3. "Reaching for the Championship: The OAC Football Team Has a New Coach and Work Has Begun," Corvallis Times, vol. 8, no. 36 (Oct. 23, 1895), p. 3.
  4. Hurrah for Willamette! Capital Journal, vol. 8, no. 150 (Oct. 28, 1895), p. 4.
  5. "To Salem," Daily Eugene Guard, vol. 9, no. 123 (Nov. 1, 1895), p. 4.
  6. DeLassus, David. "Oregon Yearly Results: 1895–1899". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  7. 2012 Oregon Ducks Football Almanac. Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon. 2012. p. 145.
  8. "U. of O.'s win!". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). October 26, 1895. p. 1.
  9. "U. of O.'s victorious again". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 2, 1895. p. 1.
  10. "The team at home". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 18, 1895. p. 4.
  11. "The pennant is ours". Daily Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 29, 1895. p. 1.
  12. "To Salem," Eugene Daily Guard, Nov. 1, 1895, p. 4.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.