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1894 Texas Longhorns football team

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1894 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
CaptainVictor Moore
Home stadiumHyde Park
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VMI     6 0 0
Hampden–Sydney     1 0 0
Tennessee     2 0 2
Vanderbilt     7 1 0
Ole Miss     6 1 0
Texas     6 1 0
Georgia     5 1 0
Kentucky State College     5 1 0
VAMC     4 1 0
Virginia     8 2 0
Centre     3 1 0
Alabama     3 1 0
Navy     4 1 2
North Carolina     6 3 0
Arkansas     2 1 0
LSU     2 1 0
West Virginia     2 2 0
Texas A&M     1 1 0
Delaware     1 1 0
Georgetown     4 5 0
Sewanee     3 4 0
Auburn     1 3 0
Johns Hopkins     1 4 1
Richmond     0 4 2
Centenary     0 1 0
Trinity (NC)     0 1 0
William & Mary     0 1 0
North Carolina A&M     0 2 0
South Carolina     0 2 0
Georgia Tech     0 3 0
Tulane     0 4 0

The 1894 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1894 college football season. Led by Reginald DeMerritt Wentworth in his first and only season as head coach, Texas compiled a record of 6–1 and outscored their opponents 191–28.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 203:00 p.m.Texas A&M
W 38–0[2][3]
October 274:30 p.m.Tulane
  • Hyde Park
  • Austin, TX
W 12–0[4]
November 9Austin YMCAAustin, TXW 6–0
November 16Austin YMCA
  • Hyde Park
  • Austin, TX
W 24–0[5]
November 29Arkansas
W 54–01,500[6][7][8]
December 8at San Antonio Town TeamSan Antonio, TXW 57–0
December 14Missouri
  • Hyde Park
  • Austin, TX
L 0–285,000[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Year-by-year Results" (PDF). texassports.com. University of Texas. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Football Today". Austin Daily Statesman. Austin, Texas. October 20, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Football". Austin Daily Statesman. Austin, Texas. October 21, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Sport at Austin". Fort Worth Gazette. October 28, 1894. p. 3.
  5. ^ "The Texas Colleges". Galveston Daily News. November 19, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved November 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  6. ^ "Yesterday's Game". Austin Daily Statesman. Austin, Texas. November 30, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "The Texas Colleges". Galveston Daily News. December 3, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved November 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  8. ^ "Too Easy". The Times-Picayune. November 30, 1894. p. 7.
  9. ^ "Missouri Vs. Texas". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. December 15, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "The Texas Colleges". Galveston Daily News. December 17, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved November 19, 2021.Free access icon