1894 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1894

| team = Kentucky State College Blue and White

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 5–1

| head_coach = W. P. Finney

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = George Carey

| stadium =

| champion = State champion{{Cite web |url=http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt786688h87r_6/text |title=Image 6 of the Cats' Pause, February 18, 1989 - Kentucky Digital Library |access-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052203/http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt786688h87r_6/text |url-status=dead }}

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{{1894 Southern college football independents records}}

The 1894 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1894 college football season. Led by W. P. Finney in his first and only season as head coach, the Blue and White compiled a record of 5–1.

Schedule

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|October 6|||{{cfb link|year=1894|team=Georgetown Tigers|title=Georgetown (KY)}}|State College grounds|Lexington, KY|W 40-6||{{cite news |author= |title=On Lexington's Gridiron.—State College Wins a Good Game From Georgetown College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109354733/the-courier-journal/ |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, Kentucky |date=October 7, 1894 |page=4 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|October 13|||Miami (OH)||Lexington, KY|W 28-6||

|October 20|||Jeffersonville AC||Lexington, KY|W 64-0||

|November 10|3:30 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1894|team=Kentucky University|title=Kentucky University}}||Lexington, KY|W 44-0||{{cite news |author= |title=K. U. Defeated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109354950/lexington-herald-leader/ |newspaper=The Kentucky Leader |location=Lexington, Kentucky |date=November 11, 1894 |page=7 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 17|3:00 p.m.||Centre||Lexington, KY (rivalry)|L 0-67|1,250|{{cite news |author= |title=Old Centre's Triumph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109355191/the-courier-journal/ |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, Kentucky |date=November 18, 1894 |page=3 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 29|11:15 a.m.||{{cfb link|year=1894|team=Central Colonels|title=Central (KY)}}||Lexington, KY|W 38-10|600|{{cite news |author= |title=They Rule The Roost |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109355638/the-courier-journal/ |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, Kentucky |date=November 30, 1894 |page=2 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title='Tis Over |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109355436/lexington-herald-leader/ |newspaper=The Kentucky Leader |location=Lexington, Kentucky |date=November 30, 1894 |page=8 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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References

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