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1892 Purdue Boilermakers football team
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1892 Purdue Boilermakers football 1892 Purdue football team.jpg 285 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association IIAA 8–0 4–0 Knowlton Ames 2nd Archibald Stevenson Stuart Field IIAA champion 1891
The 1892 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1892 college football season. In their second year under head coach Knowlton Ames, the Boilermakers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record (5–0 Big Ten) and outscored their opponents by a total of 320 to 24, including victories over Illinois (12–6), Wisconsin (32–4), Michigan (24–0), Indiana (68–0), and Chicago (38–0). Archibald Stevenson was the team captain.2025 Purdue Football Record Book Purdue University 2025 82 https://archive.org/details/purdue-football-2025-media-guide-2025-08-21-c/page/n83/ 2026-04-18
Schedule
y y y October 8 at Illinois<ncg> Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry) W 12-6 October 15 at 1892 Wabash Little Giants Wabash Crawfordsville, IN W 72-0 Wabash Not In It The Indianapolis Journal October 16, 1892 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21143534/wabash_not_in_it/ Newspapers.com October 19 3:30 p.m. Wisconsin<ncg> Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN W 34-6 Wasn't In It With Purdue https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-journal/158380435/ Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, Indiana October 20, 1892 1 November 3, 2024 Newspapers.com October 24 3:00 p.m. Michigan<ncg> Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN W 24-0 2,500 Victory for the Farmers: Purdue Foot-Ball Eleven Administers a Great Defeat to Ann Arbor The Indianapolis Journal October 25, 1892 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21870897/victory_for_the_farmers/ Newspapers.comFoot Ball: Purdue Beat the U. of M. Badly Detroit Free Press October 25, 1892 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21869712/purdue_beat_the_u_of_m_badly/ Newspapers.com October 29 1892 Butler Christians Butler Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN W 40-6 November 12 Indiana Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) W 68-0 1,000 I. U. Was Never In It https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-journal/137621653/ Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, Indiana November 13, 1892 4 December 29, 2023 Newspapers.com November 19 Chicago<ncg> Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry) W 38-0 November 24 vs 1892 DePauw DePauw Indianapolis, IN W 32-6 10,000 DePauw Not Shut Out The Indianapolis Journal November 25, 1892 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21143662/depauw_not_shut_out/ Newspapers.com
Players
H. L. Browne, quarterback
Leon Crowell, left end
Larry Downs, left guard
Bill Finney, left tackle
A. L. Fulkerson, left guard
Gerber, left tackle
Joseph R. Hudelson, halfback
Alpha Jamison, left halfback
S. M. Kintner, quarterback
Jesse Little, right tackle
Walt Muessel, right guard
Edwin Olin, end
Cecil Polk, right end
Archibald Stevenson, center
Jimmy Studebaker, fullback
Jack Thompson, right halfback
The Winners https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90240897/the-indianapolis-journal/ Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, Indiana November 25, 1892 5 December 8, 2021 Newspapers.com
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