1887 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1887 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Independent
1887 record	0–1
Head coach	Arthur B. Woodford (1st year)
Captain	Harry Wise

The 1887 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1887 college football season. In its first season of intercollegiate football, economics professor Arthur B. Woodford served as the school's football coach, and fullback Harry Wise was the team's captain. Indiana played one game, arranged by the Indianapolis Athletic Club as part of a series of "rugby games of foot ball" intended to establish the college championship of Indiana. Indiana was matched against the team from Franklin College with the game set for October 15, 1887.^[1] In a game played at Athletic Park in Indianapolis, Franklin won, 10–8.^[2]^[3]^[4] The roster of Indiana's 1887 football team included Thomas M. Honan, who later served as the State of Indiana's Attorney General, W. E. Jenkins, who became the Indiana University librarian, and George B. Davis, of Greensburg, Indiana.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 15, 1887		Franklin College	Athletic Park • Indianapolis, IN	L 8–10
Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ "Rugby Foot Ball Games". The Indianapolis News. September 30, 1887. p. 3.
↑ "The Franklins Win". The Indianapolis News. October 17, 1887. p. 4.
↑ "Indiana Yearly Results (1887–1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
↑ "A proud tradition and history for the Indiana Hoosiers". collegefootballhistory.com. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
↑ "The "I" Men of Indiana - A Review of Our Athletic History". Indiana University Alumni Quarterly. October 1914. p. 416.

Indiana Hoosiers football

Venues	Jordan Field (1887–1924) Memorial Stadium (old) (1925–1959) Memorial Stadium (1960–present) John Mellencamp Pavilion (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Kentucky (Bourbon Barrel) Michigan State (Old Brass Spittoon) Purdue (Old Oaken Bucket)

Culture & lore	"Indiana, Our Indiana" Marching Hundred

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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