1882 Northwestern Purple football team

1882 Northwestern Purple football
1882 Northwestern Purple football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–1
Head coach	None;
Captain	None
	Seasons ← 1876 1886 →

1882 college football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		–		8	–	0	–	0
Colorado College		–		1	–	0	–	0
Navy		–		1	–	0	–	0
Richmond		–		1	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		7	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		7	–	1	–	0
Princeton		–		7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan		–		3	–	1	–	0
Rutgers		–		6	–	4	–	0
Columbian University		–		0	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth		–		1	–	1	–	0
Lake Forest		–		1	–	1	–	0
Minnesota		–		1	–	1	–	0
Northwestern		–		1	–	1	–	0
Stevens		–		1	–	1	–	1
Amherst		–		2	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		2	–	4	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	2	–	0
MIT		–		1	–	4	–	0
Randolph–Macon		–		0	–	1	–	0
Clifton AC		–		0	–	1	–	0
Lafayette		–		0	–	2	–	0
McGill		–		0	–	2	–	0
NYU		–		0	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts		–		0	–	3	–	0
Columbia		–		0	–	5	–	0

The 1882 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1882 college football season. The Northwestern team played its first intercollegiate football game against Lake Forest College on November 11, 1882. Northwestern lost after giving up one goal from touchdown, two touchdowns, and two "safety touchdowns."^[2] In a rematch played one week later between the same teams, Northwestern recorded its first intercollegiate football victory with two touchdowns and one goal from touchdown.^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 11	Lake Forest	Evanston, IL	L 0–1	^[5]
November 18	Lake Forest		W 1–0

References

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ Larry LaTourette (2005). "Northwestern Wildcat Football". Arcadia Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 0738534331.
^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1880-1884)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ "2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University. p. 106. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
^ "In the Suburbs: Evanston". Chicago Tribune. November 14, 1882. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.