1893 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1893 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1893 college football season. The Indians were coached by W. G. Thompson in the school's first year of organized intercollegiate football recognized by the NCAA.[1] The Indians were consistently outsized by the teams they scheduled, and they in turn relied on speed and guile to remain competitive. The team compiled a record of 2–1; outscored opponents 60 to 16. Richard Henry Pratt laid out the fundamental rule of Carlisle football; "Promise me that you'll never slug."[2]

1893 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumDickinson Athletic Field
Seasons
1894 →
1893 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     11 0 0
Fordham     4 0 0
Harvard     12 1 0
Yale     10 1 0
Colgate     3 0 2
Penn     12 3 0
Penn State     4 1 0
Wesleyan     4 1 0
Holy Ghost     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 1
Lehigh     7 3 0
Brown     6 3 0
Carlisle     2 1 0
Delaware     2 1 0
Frankin & Marshall     4 2 1
Navy     5 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 0
Drexel     3 2 0
Bucknell     4 3 0
Amherst     7 6 1
Boston College     3 3 0
Geneva     2 2 1
Army     4 5 0
Williams     2 3 1
Tufts     4 7 0
Cornell     3 6 1
Worcester Tech     2 4 1
Boston University     1 2 0
Lafayette     3 6 0
Syracuse     4 9 1
Western Penn     1 4 0
MIT     1 5 0
Massachusetts     1 9 0
New Hampshire     0 1 0
Rutgers     0 4 0
Maine     0 5 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 11vs. Dickinson School of LawCarlisle, PAL 0–16
November 11Harrisburg High SchoolCarlisle, PAW 10–0[3]
November 30Philadelphia Indians
  • Dickinson Athletic Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 50–0500[4]

References

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  1. ^ Official 2007 NCAA Division I Records Book, National Collegiate Athletic Association, p. 399, 2007.
  2. ^ Lars Anderson (August 12, 2008). Carlisle vs. Army. p. 286. ISBN 9781588366986.
  3. ^ "Beaten At Carlisle". The Patriot. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved November 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Indians Vs. Indians". The Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. December 1, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved November 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .