The 1890 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 4–1–1 record.[1] Only two of the seven games were intercollegiate games, a 22–6 victory over Beloit College on November 22, 1890, in Evanston, and a 22–10 victory over Wisconsin on November 27, 1890, in Milwaukee.[1] The game against Wisconsin was the first between Northwestern and another of the teams that would later organize the Big Ten Conference.
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Independent |
4–1–1 |
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Thomas Moulding |
Seasons |
1890 Midwestern college football independents records |
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| Conf | | | Overall |
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Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
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Nebraska | | | – | | | | | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
Washington University | | | – | | | | | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
Minnesota | | | – | | | | | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Michigan | | | – | | | | | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
Northwestern | | | – | | | | | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Missouri | | | – | | | | | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
Cincinnati | | | – | | | | | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Lake Forest | | | – | | | | | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Baker | | | – | | | | | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
Iowa | | | – | | | | | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
Illinois | | | – | | | | | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
Kansas | | | – | | | | | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
Ohio Wesleyan | | | – | | | | | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Wisconsin | | | – | | | | | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Ohio State | | | – | | | | | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Doane | | | – | | | | | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
Washburn | | | – | | | | | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
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