1892 Oberlin Yeomen football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1892 Oberlin Yeomen football Oberlin College football team, 1892.jpg 285 Independent 7–0 John Heisman 1st The 1892 Oberlin Yeomen football team represented Oberlin College during the 1892 college football season. In its first season under head coach John Heisman, the team compiled a perfect 7–0 record, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents, 262 to 20. The season included a disputed victory over MichiganMichigan records the game as a 26–24 victory in its favor. n Michigan and a pair of victories over Ohio State.2008 Oberlin College Football Media Guide 34 https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/goyeo.com/documents/2008/8/4/2008_football_media_guide.pdf January 3, 2017 The 1892 and 1893 teams combined for a 13-game winning streak that was broken on November 18, 1893, in a loss to the Case School of Applied Science. Schedule y October 15 Ohio State Oberlin, OH W 40–0 October 21 1892 Adelbert Adelbert Oberlin, OH W 38–8 Adelbert Defeated at Oberlin https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107860743/the-inter-ocean/ The Daily Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois October 22, 1892 15 August 18, 2022 Newspapers.com November 5 at 1892 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops Ohio Wesleyan Delaware, OH W 56–0 Another Triumph for Oberlin The Inter Ocean November 6, 1892 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16233605/another_triumph_for_oberlin_ohio/ Newspapers.com November 7 Ohio State Recreation Park Columbus, OH W 50–0 November 12 1892 Kenyon Lords Kenyon W 38–0 November 17 at Adelbert Cleveland, OH W 16–0 Oberlin Beats Adelbert https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107860615/the-inter-ocean/ The Daily Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois November 18, 1892 6 August 18, 2022 Newspapers.com November 19 at Michigan Regents Field Ann Arbor, MI W 24–22 Game summaries Ohio State The season opened with a 40–0 win over Ohio State. Samuel P. Bush was an assistant coach for the Buckeyes. Ohio State Oberlin played Ohio State again and won 50–0. In the second half, the ball was in Oberlin territory most of the time.https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyqCzRbRsbMC&pg=PA15 The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia Jack Park 4 January 2018 Sports Publishing LLC Google Books Michigan On November 19, Oberlin played a close game against Michigan. The outcome of the game was, and remains, disputed. Michigan records the game as a 26–24 victory, while Oberlin does not count the final Michigan touchdown and records the game as a 24–22 victory for Oberlin. George Jewett scored Michigan's first touchdown on 45-yard run around the right end. He also kicked goal, and Michigan led, 6–0. Carl Williams then scored for Oberlin, and Hart kicked goal to tie the score. Savage scored Oberlin's second touchdown, and Hart again kicked goal to put Oberlin ahead, 12–6. Michigan scored three additional touchdowns in the first half, two by Jewett and one by W. W. Griffin. Jewett converted two out of the three kicks for goal from touchdown. Oberlin also scored another touchdown and kicked goal. At halftime, Michigan led, 22–18.A Good Victory: Michigan Defeated Oberlin Saturday, 26 to 24 The U. of M. Daily November 21, 1892 1 https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071730647/167 Bentley Historical Library The second half consisted of only three short drives before the game ended in controversy. Michigan began the half with possession and fumbled. On Oberlin's first possession of the second half, Savage took the ball at Oberlin's two-yard line and ran 103 yards to Michigan's five-yard line where Jewett caught up and tackled him. Two plays later, Hart scored a touchdown and Oberlin kicked goal to take a 24–22 lead. On the next possession after Hart's touchdown, Michigan ran two plays when the referee Ensworth, a substitute player for Oberlin, called time and the entire Oberlin team "ran off the field so quickly it almost seemed prearranged." A Harvard man in the audience approached Oberlin's manager Hogen to say that "Oberlin would be everlastingly disgraced among reputable Rugby teams if she persisted," but the Oberlin team refused to play out the game, boarded its bus, and left for its hotel. Michigan refused to accept the ruling and, with the support of the umpire (Horace Greely Prettyman of Michigan), handed the ball to Jewett who walked for Michigan's claimed fifth touchdown. The U. of M. Daily opined that Oberlin had played a strong game but had "neutralized the good impression" by "leaving the field several minutes before time was up."The Oberlin Game The U. of M. Daily November 21, 1892 2 https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071730647/168 Bentley Historical Library In another account, the Daily detailed the clock controversy as follows: "Referee Ensworth, an Oberlin substitute, lost all tab of time, and called the game at fourteen minutes to five, while the captain of each team had agreed to play until ten minutes before the hour. Time-keeper Spangler also verifies this. Captain Williams immediately got his team into the bus and were driven to their hotel. All expostulations with the Oberlin captain and manager were of no avail. Umpire Prettyman had the time and says that Mr. Ensworth did not take out a four minutes wait during the latter part of the half when one of the players was recovering from an injury." Adding to the intrigue, the Chicago Tribune reported that Michigan's left tackle "Doc" Pearson had earlier been ejected from the game and in turn slugged the referee—the Oberlin man who later called the game over."Doc" Pearson Slugged the Referee Chicago Tribune November 20, 1892 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21865083/doc_pearson_slugged_the_referee/ Newspapers.com The Detroit newspapers reported that Michigan had won the game, while Oberlin newspapers reported that Oberlin had won. More than a century later, the controversy continued as the Oberlin Alumni Magazine published an article about "The Day Oberlin Beat Michigan".The Day Oberlin Beat Michigan, Or Did We? Geoffrey Blodgett Oberlin Alumni Magazine Winter 1999 http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/oamcurrent/oam_winter99/atissue.html 2012-03-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229214420/http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/oamcurrent/oam_winter99/atissue.html 2012-02-29 live Postseason Wrote The Oberlin Review in 1892: "Mr. Heisman has entirely remade our football. He has taught us scientific football."https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/john-heisman-the-man-behind-the-award-and-his-time-at-clemson/article_fbd743ed-05de-5ac1-9184-c6aa40c52b9b.html John Heisman: The man behind the award and his time at Clemson Travis Sawchik December 7, 2012 postandcourier.com December 24, 2017 Personnel Oberlin's team trainer, "nurse to the wounded," was pre-med student Clarence Hemingway, who would go on to practice medicine in Oak Park, Illinois, and pass on his love of hunting in Michigan to his son, future novelist Ernest Hemingway. 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