1895 Oregon Webfoots football team
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1895
| team = Oregon Webfoots
| sport = football
| image = 1895-Oregon-football-team.jpg
| image_size = 285
| caption = 1895 U of O football team; coach Percy Benson in lower left
| conference = Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association
| short_conf = OIFA
| record = 4–0
| conf_record = 4–0
| head_coach = Percy Benson
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = H. S. Templeton
| stadium = Kincaid Field
| champion = OIFA champion
}}
The 1895 Oregon Webfoots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oregon in the 1895 college football season.* McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. {{ISBN|0-9648244-7-7}}. It was the Webfoots' second season. They were led by head coach Percy Benson, previously a star player for the University of California team.
Background
The Webfoots were part of a five-team conference called the Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association, which met in Salem on October 5, 1895, to elect officers, establish official rules, and set a schedule for the year.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66923815/oregon-intercollegiate-football/ "Pigskin Punchers,"] Daily Oregon Statesman, vol. 45 (Oct. 6, 1895,), p. 5. Other members of the conference included Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis, Portland University (a short-lived private school who were collegiate champions of Oregon for 1894), Pacific University in Forest Grove, and Willamette University in Salem.
The team's coach for 1895 was Percy Benson, a star quarterback for the California Golden Bears. Benson's hiring was announced during the last week of September, with his arrival in Eugene from California anticipated towards the first of October.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-weekly-herald-university-of-orego/66920869/ "Jottings About Town,"] Albany Herald-Disseminator, Sept. 26, 1895, p. 5.
The first two games of the 1895 season – against OAC[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66929315/reaching-for-the-championship-oac/ "Reaching for the Championship: The OAC Football Team Has a New Coach and Work Has Begun,"] Corvallis Times, vol. 8, no. 36 (Oct. 23, 1895), p. 3. and Willamette[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66966793/willamette-university-crushes-oregon/ Hurrah for Willamette!] Capital Journal, vol. 8, no. 150 (Oct. 28, 1895), p. 4. – were regarded as exhibition practice games, the final two contests being official conference games that were part of the "league series."[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66978913/university-of-oregon-footballers-head/ "To Salem,"] Daily Eugene Guard, vol. 9, no. 123 (Nov. 1, 1895), p. 4.
They finished the season with a record of four wins and zero losses (4–0), winning the OIFA's pennant.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| opponent = Oregon Agricultural
| site_stadium = Kincaid Field
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 46–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Willamette
| site_stadium = Oregon State Fairgrounds
| site_cityst = Salem, OR
| score = 8–4
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1895|team=Portland University|title=Portland University}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Portland, OR
| score = 6–4
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| w/l = w
| opponent = Willamette University
| site_stadium = Kincaid Field
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| score = 6–0
| attend = 1,000
}}
| seasonsource = {{cite web |author= |title=1895 Football Schedule |url=https://goducks.com/sports/football/schedule/1895 |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 }}
}}
Roster
Starters
: • Left end: J. Russell Coleman
: • Left tackle: Fred M. Templeton
: • Left guard: John M. Edmunson
: • Center: A.L. Gilleland
: • Right guard: Edward P. Shattuck
: • Right tackle: Fred D. Herbold
: • Right end: Lee M. Travis
: • Quarterback: Roscoe S. Bryson
: • Left halfback: Clarence M. Bishop
: • Right halfback: Clarence W. Keene
: • Fullback: Harry S. Templeton
Reserves: Lincoln Farrington, A. Kuykendall, Merriman, Miller, Ellis Prather, Stransley; John L. Higgins, Storossli"To Salem," Eugene Daily Guard, Nov. 1, 1895, p. 4.First names from Twentieth Annual Catalogue of the University of Oregon, 1895–1896. Eugene: B.H. Miller, 1896, passim.
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