1895 Missouri Tigers football
WIUFA co-champion
ConferenceWestern Interstate University Football Association
Record7–1 (2–1 WIUFA)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Young
1895 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri + 2 1 07 1 0
Kansas + 2 1 06 1 0
Nebraska + 2 1 06 3 0
Iowa 0 3 02 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1895 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) during the 1895 college football season. In its first season under head coach C. D. Bliss, the team compiled a 7–1 record (2–1 against WIUFA championship) and finished in a three-way tie with Kansas and Nebraska for the conference championship.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Sedalia Athletic Club*Columbia, MOW 10–0
October 12Vanderbilt*Columbia, MOW 16–0[2]
October 193:00 p.m.vs. Purdue*
W 16–6[3][4]
October 26vs. DePauw*St. Louis, MOW 38–0
November 2vs. Nebraska
L 10–12
November 9vs. Northwestern*St. Louis, MOW 22–18
November 18IowaColumbia, MOW 34–0
November 282:40 p.m.vs. KansasW 10–610,000[5][6][7]

References

  1. "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. "Missouri boys are all right, defeated the Vanderbilt boys on the gridiron". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Missouri-Purdue Foot-ball Game". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "The Tigers Downed Purdue". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 20, 1895. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Missouri's Men Won". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. November 28, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved October 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Tiger! Tiger! M! S! U!". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 29, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved October 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Tiger! Tiger! M! S! U! (continued)". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 29, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved October 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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