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.
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]