1891 Purdue football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1891 Purdue football 1891 Purdue football team.jpg 285 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association IIAA 4–0 4–0 Knowlton Ames 1st J. C. Teeters IIAA champion 1892 The 1891 Purdue football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 4–0 record in the university's fourth season fielding an intercollegiate football team. For the 1891 season, Purdue hired Knowlton Ames as its football coach. Ames played for Princeton from 1886 to 1889 and was considered one of the greatest players ever to play college football, after scoring 730 points for Princeton. The 1891 Purdue team shut out all four opponents, outscoring 1891 Wabash Little Giants Wabash, 1891 DePauw DePauw, Indiana, and 1891 Butler Christians Butler by a total of 194 to 0.Purdue 2006 Football Information Guide Purdue University 126 December 29, 2016 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/06fbg-123-208.pdf December 30, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155717/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/06fbg-123-208.pdf dead Purdue's 60–0 victory over IndianaPurdue Shuts Down Bloomington Chicago Daily Tribune November 15, 1891 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3781756/purdue_shuts_out_bloomington/ was the first installment in a rivalry which later became noted for the award of the Old Oaken Bucket trophy. It was this team that earned the university the Boilermakers nickname, as the Daily Argus News, a local Crawfordsville newspaper, reported on the game versus Wabash with the article Slaughter of Innocents: Wabash Snowed Completely Under by the Burly Boiler Makers from Purdue [sic]. J. C. Teeters was the team captain.2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide Purdue University 2016 87 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf 2018-06-21 2017-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170721153507/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf dead Schedule y y October 24 at 1891 Wabash Little Giants Wabash Crawfordsville, IN W 46-0 Wabash Terribly Trounced The Indianapolis Journal October 25, 1891 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21144170/wabash_terribly_trounced/ Newspapers.com November 9 1891 DePauw DePauw Lafayette, IN W 30-0 DePauws Were Not In It The Indianapolis Journal November 10, 1891 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21144277/depauws_were_not_in_it/ Newspapers.com November 14 Indiana Lafayette, IN (rivalry) W 60-0 1,200 Score Only 60 to 0 The Indianapolis Journal November 15, 1891 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21144392/score_only_60_to_0/ Newspapers.com November 26 at 1891 Butler Christians Butler Indianapolis, IN W 58-0 Purdue's Giants Avenge All Past Defeats at Butler's Hands The Indianapolis News November 27, 1891 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21144518/purdues_giants_avenge_all_past_defeats/ Newspapers.com 2022 Purdue Football Record Book https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf Purdue University Athletics 79 January 29, 2023 Roster Larry Downs Bill Finney A. L. Fulkerson Charles Hardy Art Herkless S. M. Kintner Bob Lackey Jesse Little Sam Moore Walt Muessel Archibald Stevenson Jimmy Studebaker J. C. Teeters Jack Thompson ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS https://purduesports.com/news/2009/8/6/all_time_letterwinners Purdue University Athletics 79 January 15, 2025 January 21, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250121165451/https://purduesports.com/news/2009/8/6/all_time_letterwinners dead References Purdue Category:Purdue Boilermakers football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Purdue football