1895 Oregon Webfoots football team explained

Year:1895
Team:Oregon Webfoots
Sport:football
Conference:Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association
Short Conf:OIFA
Record:4–0
Conf Record:4–0
Head Coach:Percy Benson
Hc Year:1st
Captain:H. S. Templeton
Stadium:Kincaid Field
Champion:OIFA champion

The 1895 Oregon Webfoots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oregon in the 1895 college football season.[1] It was the Webfoots' second season. They were led by head coach Percy Benson, previously a star player for the University of California team.

The Webfoots were part of a five-team conference called the Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association, which met in Salem on October 5, 1895, to elect officers, establish official rules, and set a schedule for the year.[2] Other members of the conference included Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis, Portland University (a short-lived private school which closed in 1900), Pacific University in Forest Grove, and Willamette University in Salem.

The first two games of the 1895 season – against OAC[3] and Willamette[4] – were regarded as exhibition practice games, the final two contests being official conference games that were part of the "league series."[5]

They finished the season with a record of four wins and zero losses (4–0), winning the OIFA's pennant.

Schedule

[6] [7]

Roster

Starters

• Left end: Coleman

• Left tackle: F. Templeton

• Left guard: Edmunson

• Center: Gilleland

• Right guard: E. P. Shattuck

• Right tackle: Herbold

• Right end: Travis

• Quarterback: R. Bryson

• Left halfback: Bishop

• Right halfback: Keene

• Fullback: H. Templeton

Reserves: Farrington, A. Kuykendall, Merriman, Miller, Prather, Stransley; Higgins, Storossli[8]

Notes and References

    • McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. .
  1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66923815/oregon-intercollegiate-football/ "Pigskin Punchers,"
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66929315/reaching-for-the-championship-oac/ "Reaching for the Championship: The OAC Football Team Has a New Coach and Work Has Begun,"
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66966793/willamette-university-crushes-oregon/ Hurrah for Willamette!
  4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66978913/university-of-oregon-footballers-head/ "To Salem,"
  5. Web site: . 1895 Football Schedule . University of Oregon Athletics . September 1, 2023 .
  6. Web site: . 2023 Oregon Football Record Book . University of Oregon Athletics . 56 . September 1, 2023 .
  7. "To Salem," Eugene Daily Guard, Nov. 1, 1895, p. 4.