1891 Northwestern Purple football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1891

| team = Northwestern Purple

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Independent

| record = 2–2–3

| head_coach = Knowlton Ames

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Ransom Kennicott

| stadium =

}}

{{1891 Midwestern college football independents records}}

The 1891 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 2–2–3 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 72 to 42.{{cite web|title=Northwestern Yearly Results (1890-1894)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=December 12, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/northwestern/1890-1894_yearly_results.php|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905175338/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/n/northwestern/1890-1894_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=2017 Northwestern Football Media Guide|publisher=Northwestern University|page=106|access-date=June 16, 2018|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nusports.com/documents/2017/7/21/Northwestern_2017_Media_Guide.pdf}}