1891 Delaware football team

1891 Delaware football
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Seasons
← 1890
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1891 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Trinity (NC)   –   3 – 0 – 0
Wake Forest   –   1 – 0 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 0 – 1
Vanderbilt   –   3 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Virginia   –   2 – 1 – 2
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 1
Kentucky State College   –   1 – 1 – 0
Georgetown   –   2 – 2 – 0
Sewanee   –   1 – 2 – 0
Central (KY)   –   0 – 1 – 0
Furman   –   0 – 1 – 0
Tennessee   –   0 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   0 – 1 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   0 – 2 – 0
Mercer   –   0 – 2 – 0
North Carolina   –   0 – 2 – 0
Richmond   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1891 Delaware football team represented Delaware College—now known as the University of Delaware—as an independent during the 1891 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at HaverfordHaverford, PAL 0–18
October 10Wilmington YMCAW 58–0
October 17St. John's (MD)L 4–16
October 24at Shortlidge AcademyMedia, PAL 0–6[1]
October 27Franklin (Baltimore)T 6–6
October 31Del. Field Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DEW 4–0
November 6Washington CollegeW 10–0
November 14Warren Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DEW 30–0
November 21Shortlidge AcademyW 14–12

References

  1. ^ "Delaware College Beaten" (PDF). The New York Times. October 25, 1891. Retrieved July 18, 2010.