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Northwestern Football Team History


Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern University
 Evanston, IL
Founded: 1851
Stadium: Ryan Field
Capacity: 47,130
Colors: Purple & White
Coach: No Coach
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1875  <-- 1891 <- 1892 -> 1893 --> 2024
1892 Season Highlights
 No Coach enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Northwestern.
 
1892 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 30  vs. Lake View High  14   10   W       
 Sat., Oct. 1  vs. Chicago YMCA  16   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 8  @ University Club of Chicago  0   10   L       
 Wed., Oct. 12  @ Illinois  16   16   T       
 Sat., Oct. 15  vs. Beloit  36   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 22  @ Chicago  0   0   T       
 Sat., Oct. 29  vs. Michigan  10   8   W    @ Chicago, IL   
 Wed., Nov. 2  vs. Chicago  6   4   W       
 Tue., Nov. 8  @ Minnesota  12   18   L       
 Sat., Nov. 12  @ Lake Forest  18   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 19  vs. Wisconsin  6   26   L       
 Thu., Nov. 24  @ Wisconsin  6   20   L    @ Milwaukee, WI   
 
1892 Season Totals
  Record6-4 -2
  Points Scored140
  Scoring Average11.7
  Points Allowed112
  Defense Average9.3
  Opponents Record23-12
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record5-1
  Away Record1-3 -2
1892 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1892 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 5-012256   No Coach
Colorado State 0-000   No Coach
Iowa State 1-0-1366   Ira C. Brownlie
New Mexico 0-2013   No Coach
Michigan 7-5298170   Frank Barbour
Northwestern 6-4-2140112   No Coach
Navy 5-214664   Benjamin L. Ben Crosby
North Carolina 5-119630   No Coach
Ohio State 5-3264144   Jack Ryder
Penn State 5-110820   George W. Hoskins
California 4-28224   Thomas Lee McClung
Massachusetts 4-6-2179202   No Coach
Pittsburgh 4-23846   No Coach
Vanderbilt 4-410498   Elliott H. Jones
Wake Forest 4-0-19418   Walter E. Sikes
Wisconsin 4-310296   Frank Crawford
Akron 3-469180   Frank Cook
Army 3-1-19018   Dennis M. Michie
Auburn 3-274120   George Petrie
Rutgers 3-5-1108160   No Coach
Stanford 3-0-218629   Walter C. Camp
Virginia 3-2-111084   No Coach
Alabama 2-29637   E.B. Beaumont
Colorado 2-210858   No Coach
Eastern Michigan 2-13630   Deane W. Kelley
Kentucky 2-4-14074   Professor A.M. Miller
Miami Ohio 2-24224   No Coach
Tennessee 2-547102   No Coach
Cincinnati 1-22052   No Coach
Duke 1-338108   No Coach
Georgia 1-15010   
North Carolina State 1-0146   Perrin Busbee
Notre Dame 1-0-16610   No Coach
Utah 1-2416   Unknown
Utah State 1-0120   No Coach
Virginia Tech 1-11420   E.A. Smyth
Washington 1-11428   William B. Goodwin
Wyoming 0-000   Fred Hess
Georgia Tech 0-31658   Ernest E. West
Maryland 0-30128   William Skinner
San Jose State 0-000   Unknown
South Carolina 0-1044   No Coach
Southern California 0-000   No Coach
Syracuse 0-8-14218   Jordan C. Wells

1892 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1892 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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