1886 Northwestern Purple football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1886 Northwestern Purple football Independent 0–1http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=4 Year-by-Year Results 2007 145 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20190316165052/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=4 March 16, 2019 live March 14, 2019 None M. E. Fawcett 1882 1888 The 1886 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1886 college football season. The Northwestern team played only one game, a 32–4 loss at Evanston to a team representing the Harvard School Athletic Club.Football Notes Chicago Daily Tribune October 31, 1886 11 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1886/10/31/page/11/article/american-oarsmen-win2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide Northwestern University 106 June 16, 2018 https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nusports.com/documents/2017/7/21/Northwestern_2017_Media_Guide.pdf July 24, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170724173050/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nusports.com/documents/2017/7/21/Northwestern_2017_Media_Guide.pdf dead The loss to the Harvard School was only the fourth game played by a Northwestern football team, one game having been played in 1876 and two games having been played six years later in 1882. Schedule y October 30 Harvard School Athletic club Evanston, IL L 4-32 References Northwestern Category:Northwestern Wildcats football seasons Category:College football winless seasons Northwestern Purple football