1889 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1889 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–1–1
Head coach	Evans Woollen (1st season)
Captain	Joseph Yakey
Seasons ← 1888 1891 →

1889 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH)			–					4	–	0	–	0
Butler			–					2	–	0	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	0	–	0
Iowa College			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					1	–	0	–	0
South Dakota			–					1	–	0	–	1
Minnesota			–					3	–	1	–	0
Purdue			–					2	–	1	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	0	–	1
Northwestern			–					2	–	2	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wabash			–					1	–	1	–	0
Michigan			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana			–					0	–	1	–	1
Iowa			–					0	–	1	–	0
Wisconsin			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1889 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1889 college football season. In Indiana's third season of intercollegiate football, Evans Woollen, a 24-year-old Yale University graduate, served as the school's football coach. Indiana played only two games, a 6–6 tie with DePauw and a 40–4 loss to Wabash.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Wabash	Bloomington, IN	L 4–40	^[2]^[3]
November 23		at DePauw	Greencastle, IN	T 6–6	^[4]

References

^ "The "I" Men of Indiana - A Review of Our Athletic History". Indiana University Alumni Quarterly. October 1914. p. 416.
^ "State University Badly Defeated By Wabash". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 17, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "State University Badly Defeated By Wabash (continued)". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 17, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "DePauw and State University Elevens Play an Exciting Game". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 24, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1889 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 11. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

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