1895 Haskell Indians football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1895 Haskell Indians football Independent 1–2 Unknown none The 1895 Haskell Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Haskell Indian Institute (now known as Haskell Indian Nations University) as an independent during the 1895 college football season. Prior to the fall of 1895, Haskell had fielded a baseball team. The 1895 season was the school's first competing in football.Haskell Institute Football Topeka State Journal October 1, 1895 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31351987/haskell_institute_football/ Newspapers.com It was also in 1894 and 1895 that Haskell expanded its curriculum to include a teacher-training program and a commercial program; the school had previously been limited to training its students for jobs of manual labor.Voices from Haskell: Indian Students Between Two Worlds, 1884-1928 Myriam Vuckovic 2008 University of Kansas Press 28 9780700616176 In her history of Haskell Institute, Myriam Vuckovic wrote that football competition with white schools served a symbolic function: "The gridiron became a mystic space where Native Americans and whites were reliving their turbulent history and where old scores were settled. But unlike their fathers, grandfathers, and ancestors, Indian students at the end of the nineteenth century had the sympathy of the crowd. White football fans loved to cheer for Indian teams . . . "Voices from Haskell, p. 158. After Haskell defeated the Kansas City High School team, The Kansas City Times wrote:The Haskell players were big, heavy en who made the High school boys look like boys, indeed. They showed a lack of sufficient coaching, but, considering the fact that foot ball is something entirely new to all of them, they played a remarkably good game. They worked hard and ran fast, and had one of two men who could kick the ball from Dan to Beersheba. They were the most gentlemanly lot of players ever seen in a foot ball game, and the young men who play upon college and Y.M.C.A. clubs might do well to take a lesson from the Indians in how to be less like savages while on the foot ball field. When some of the High school boys scratched and gouged a bit, the big red fellow said: 'Don't do that, boys. We don't want to hurt you' ... The best work on either side was done by Bain, the big Indian full-back. When he started whatever was in front had to give way. The team was reported to "terrify their opponents" with a "war cry" as follows:Civilization! Rah! Rah! RahHeap Big Indian! La! La! La! Scalp Em! Scalp Em!Rah! Rah! Rah!College World The Wesleyan Advocate November 1, 1895 15 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wesleyan-advance-haskell/137011453/ Newspapers.com Schedule y October 26 at Kansas second team McCook Field Lawrence, KS L 0-22 Football News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116085614/lawrence-daily-journal/ Lawrence Daily Journal Lawrence, Kansas October 28, 1895 4 January 8, 2023 Newspapers.com November 2 at Kansas City High School Exposition Baseball Park Kansas City, MO W 12-10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31351581/notes/ Notes Lawrence Daily Journal November 4, 1895 4Lo, the Poor Indian Won: His Tutored Mind Has Grasped the Game of Foot Ball The Kansas City Times November 3, 1895 2 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-lo-the-poor-india/137010877/ Newspapers.com November 28 at Junction City Athletics Junction City, KS L 0-6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31350189/athletics_win/ Athletics Win The Junction City Weekly Union November 20, 1895 2 Players Augusta - right guard Bain - fullback Buckhart or Buckheart - left guard Carl - left tackle Fielder - left halfback John - left end Long - center Smith - left halfback Swamp - right tackle Swett or Sweat - quarterback, right guard G. Vandall - right halfback T. Vandall - right end F. Vandull - right end J. Vandull - right halfback Wild Horse - left end Williams - quarterback References Haskell Category:Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football seasons Haskell Indians football