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1894 Chicago Athletic Association football
LeagueIndependent
Record7–3–1
Manager
  • Harry Cornish (2nd year)
Captain
Home fieldSouth Side Park
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →

The 1894 Chicago Athletic Association football team represented the Chicago Athletic Association, or C. A. A., during the 1894 college football season. In manager Harry Cornish's second year with the athletic club, CAA compiled a 7–3–1 record, and outscored their opponents 130 to 118. The team played its home games at South Side Park, located on the corner of 35th Street and Wentworth Avenue, in Chicago.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 293:00 p.m.at Chicago
W 12–43,000[2][3]
October 6at Wisconsin
L 4–221,500[4][5]
October 133:30 p.m.Illinois
W 14–0[6][7]
October 24at Chicago
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 30–0[8]
October 273:00 p.m.Wisconsin
  • South Side Park
  • Chicago, IL
W 16–4[9][10]
November 6at Boston Athletic Association
W 22–0[11]
November 10at Harvard
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
L 0–363,500[12]
November 12at MIT
T 4–4100[13]
November 14Yale
L 0–481,500[14]
November 17at Allegheny Athletic Association
W 24–01,000[15]
November 291:15 p.m.Dartmouth
W 4–04,000[16][17][18][19]

Second team schedule

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The CAA also operated a 2nd team, which played one known contest against the Chicago Maroons, and lost 20–0.[20]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 17Chicago
L 0–20

Notes

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  1. ^ Appointed captain on October 15.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Two Football Captains Chosen". The Chicago Daily Tribune. October 16, 1894. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "'Varsity And Athletics Today". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 29, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Stagg's Men Beaten". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 30, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "C. A. A. Team Beaten". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 7, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Chicago Athletics Beaten". The Sunday Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 7, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Football At South Side Park". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 13, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "They Fail To Score". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 14, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Chicago Athletics, 30; 'Varsity, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 25, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Wisconsin And C. A. A. To Meet". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 27, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Bruises And Points". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 28, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Chicago A. A. Wins". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ ""Chicagoed": C.A.A. Team No Match for Harvard; Defeated 36 to 0". Boston Post. November 11, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.
  13. ^ "Tie With M. I. T." The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Yale Scores 48". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Chicago's Walkover". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Visitors Shut Out". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 30, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Visitors Shut Out (continued)". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Chicago On Top". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 30, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Sleet Spoiled The Grounds". Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. November 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "Team Records Game by Game". September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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