1894 Oregon Webfoots football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1894

| team = Oregon Webfoots

| sport = football

| image = 1894 Oregon football team.png

| image_size = 285

| caption =

| conference = Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association

| short_conf = OIFA

| record = 0–2–1

| conf_record =

| head_coach = Cal Young & J. A. Church

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Frank Mathews

| stadium = Stewart's Field

| prev_year = 1893–94

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The 1894 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association (OIFA) during the 1894 college football season.McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, Oregon: McCann Communications Corp. {{ISBN|0-9648244-7-7}}. It was the Webfoots' first season and team was led by head coaches Cal Young and J. A. Church. They finished the season with an overall record of 0–2–1. The first Oregon football team played on the field that is now the site of the university's Computing Center and Gilbert Hall.{{Cite web |url=http://ths.sps.lane.edu/english/Period7/Neal/ |title=Oregon football |access-date=2012-07-24 |archive-date=2013-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209032248/http://ths.sps.lane.edu/english/Period7/Neal/ |url-status=dead }}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Oregon Agricultural

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–18

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pkZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9e8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6164%2C5999935 |work=Daily Eugene Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=College football league |date=November 5, 1894 |page=1}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Portland University

| site_stadium = Multnomah Field

| site_cityst = Portland, OR

| score = 0–12

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FbJhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6350%2C5710303 |work=Daily Eugene Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Portland vs. State University |date=November 24, 1894 |page=5}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 29

| w/l = t

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1894|team=Pacific Badgers|title=Pacific (OR)}}

| site_stadium = Stewart's Field

| site_cityst = Eugene, OR

| score = 0–0

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u0ZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9e8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6710%2C6456800 |work=Daily Eugene Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Tomorrow's game |date=November 28, 1894 |page=4}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vEZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9e8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6661%2C6477607|work=Daily Eugene Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Thanksgiving in Eugene |date=November 30, 1894 |page=4}}

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| seasonsource = {{cite web |author= |title=1894 Football Schedule |url=https://goducks.com/sports/football/schedule/1894 |publisher=University of Oregon Athletics |access-date=September 1, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2023 Oregon Football Record Book |url=https://goducks.com/documents/2023/8/24/2023_Oregon_Football_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=University of Oregon Athletics |page=56 |access-date=September 1, 2023 }}

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References

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{{cite magazine |editor-last=Nelson |editor-first=Lyle M. |last=Wagner |first=C.E. |date=October 1941 |title=Oregon's First Football Teams |url=https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/items/c67b36a4-a4e2-4ce7-a312-f8de5f6697be |magazine=Old Oregon |volume=XXIII |number=2 |pages=6–7 |location= |publisher=University of Oregon Alumni Association |quote=Although they set about the task in 1893 the first game was not played until March 24, 1894, which has caused considerable controversy as to which was the first team. [...] the editor asked for an explanation as to why the difference between this 1894 team and the first one. The difference is: there were in reality two teams, yet each an 1894 one.}}

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