Albion football, 1890–1899

The Albion football teams (later known as the Albion Britons) represented Albion College in American football during the program's second decade of college football from 1890 to 1899. The team competed as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1890s. Highlights include the following:

  • In 1891, Albion defeated the Michigan Wolverines by a 10–4 score. Albion had played seven prior games with the Wolverines, each prior game ending in a loss by a combined score of 287 to 22.
  • In 1891, Albion also compiled a perfect 4–0 record and won the MIAA championship.
  • In 1894, Albion played two games with Notre Dame. The first game ended in a scoreless tie. In the second game, played on November 29, 1894, Albion won.
  • The 1894 team compiled a 5–1–1 record (3–0 in MIAA games) and won the MIAA championship.

1890

1890 Albion football
MIAA champion
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–0 (3–0 MIAA)
Head coach
  • Captains

The 1890 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a perfect 4–0 record (3–0 in MIAA games).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 11MichiganL 10–56350[1][2]
October 25MichiganAlbion, MIL 0–16[3][4]
November 8vs. Michigan Athletic AssociationDetroit, MIW 68–0[5]
November 15OlivetOlivet, MIL 32–12[6]

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1891

1891 Albion football
MIAA champion
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–0 (3–0 MIAA)
Head coach
  • Captains

The 1891 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a perfect 4–0 record (3–0 in MIAA games).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 17Michigan*W 10–4[8][9]
OlivetW 11–0
October 31vs. Olivet
W 24–63,000–5,000[10]
November 7HillsdaleW 34–4[11][12]
  • *Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Michigan

Albion at Michigan
Team 1 2Total
Albion 10 0 10
Michigan 0 4 4

On October 17, 1891, Albion defeated the Michigan Wolverines for the first time by a 10–4 score. The game was played at the Ann Arbor Fairgrounds in 30-minute halves.[9] Albion had played Michigan seven times from 1886 to 1890 and had lost all seven of the previous matches by a combined score of 287 to 22.

Albion scored first, using a formation that Michigan argued was illegal. The Albion linemen, excepting the ends, locked arms and formed a wedge of protection for the quarterback who ran behind the wedge. The ends, halfbacks, and fullback locked in behind the quarterback, protecting the ball carrier from all sides. Because Albion's line was heavier, Michigan's line had difficulty in stopping Albion's advance. Michigan argued that the use of interlocking arms violated new rules prohibiting the use of arms to interfere with or obstruct an opponent who was not carrying the ball. Michigan also argued that the quarterback run was illegal as a violation of a rule prohibiting the first man to receive the ball when snapped from advancing the ball.[9][13] Burnham (quarterback and captain) and Anderson (left halfback) scored touchdowns for Albion in the first half, and Burnham kicked a goal from touchdown. Hayes scored a touchdown for Michigan in the second half.[14]

The Albion team arrived at its local train station at midnight following the game. They were met at the depot by a large crowd, including almost every male student at the college, armed with kazoos, razoos, bells, drums, and fish-horns. The team was taken by carriage to a bonfire on College Hill, where Burnham provided a first-hand account of the game.[15]

1892

1892 Albion football
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–1 (1–0 MIAA)
Head coach
  • Captains

The 1892 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1892 college football season. The team compiled a 3–1 record (1–0 in MIAA games).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8at HillsdaleHillsdale, MIW 38–6[16]
October 153:00 p.m.at Detroit Athletic Club*
W 18–10[17][18]
October 29Michigan Military Academy*Albion, MIW 40–0[19]
November 5at Michigan*L 8–60600[20]
  • *Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Michigan

Albion at Michigan
Team 1 2Total
Albion 4 4 8
Michigan 30 30 60

On November 5, 1892, Albion lost to the Michigan Wolverines by a score of 60–8. The game was played in halves of 45 minutes in front of 600 spectators at Regents Field in Ann Arbor. Michigan scored 10 touchdowns and converted on all 10 kicks for goal from touchdown.[21] The Detroit Free Press reported: "The university team played a sprinting game, nearly every touchdown being made after long runs and skillful dodging."[20] George Jewett, Michigan's first African-American player, was credited with playing a "great game", having kicked nine consecutive goals after touchdown. Dygert kicked the 10th goal. The score was evenly divided between the two halves, with Michigan scoring 30 points and Albion four points in each half.[20]

The game was marked by rough play. Michigan's left guard Jefferis received a "vicious kick" in the back, the sound of which could be heard in the grandstand. Jefferis left the game and was replaced by Hall. Michigan's right end Hayes accused Albion's fullback Mulholland of putting fingers in his mouth and trying "to tear him."[21] An Albion player also accused Michigan's left tackle Bray of slugging him in the face.[21]

1893

1893 Albion football
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–4 (1–2 MIAA)
Head coach
  • Atwood (1st season)

The 1893 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1893 college football season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 16HillsdaleAlbion, MIL 0–18[22]
October 28at Detroit Athletic Club*Detroit, MIL 8–201,000[23][24]
November 4at OlivetOlivet, MIW 42–16[25]
November 11at Notre Dame*
L 6–8[26]
November 183:30 p.m.at HillsdaleHillsdale, MIL 0–18[27][28]
  • *Non-conference game

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1894

1894 Albion football
MIAA champion
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–1–1 (3–0 MIAA)
Head coach
CaptainWilbur Cogshell[29]
1894 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Albion $ 3 0 0 5 1 1
Hillsdale 1 2 0 3 3 0
Olivet 1 2 0 1 3 0
Michigan State Normal 0 1 0 5 2 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1894 Albion football team represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1894 college football season. Under first-year head coach Walter B. Gage, Albion won the MIAA championship, with victories over Hillsdale and Olivet and a victory over Notre Dame in their Thanksgiving Day game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13at Michigan*L 10–26[30]
October 15–19Battle Creek High School*W 72–0[31]
October 20at Notre Dame*
T 6–6[32]
October 27at Michigan Military Academy*Jackson, MIW 18–0600–1,000[33][34]
October 29Hillsdale
W 18–0[35]
November 5OlivetAlbion, MIW 18–0[36]
November 19?[37]at HillsdaleHillsdale, MIW 36–10
November 29at Notre Dame*
  • Brownson Hall field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 19–12 (or 22–12)200+[38][39]
  • *Non-conference game

[7] The contest against Battle Creek High School was considered a practice game, and so is not reflected on the final record.[40]

Second team schedule

Albion's second team was organized in early October. They were managed by W. F. Kendrick and captained by Frank Mulholland.[41]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
NovemberMichigan Agricultural CollegeEast Lansing, MIW
November 11Michigan reservesAlbion, MIW 6–0[42]

1895

1895 Albion football
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–2 (0–1 MIAA)

The 1895 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1895 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Walter B. Gage, the team compiled a 2–2 record (0–1 in conference) and outscored opponents by a total of 42 to 40.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 192:00 p.m.Lansing Athletic Club*
W 26–0[43][44]
October 26at Lansing Athletic Club*
W 2–0[45][46]
November 23:30 p.m.at Detroit Athletic Club*
L 12–18[47][48]
November 16at OlivetOlivet, MIL 2–22[49]
  • *Non-conference game

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1896

1896 Albion football
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–4 (2–1 MIAA)
Head coach
  • F. J. Shipp (1st season)
CaptainHarrow (right end)

The 1896 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association] (MIAA) during the 1896 college football season. Led by former F. J. Shipp in his first and only season as head coach, Albion compiled a of 4–4 record (2–1 in conference games) and was outscored by a total of 124 to 42. Shipp had starred as a halfback for Albion during the previous five seasons.[50]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
OctoberDetroit Athletic Club*W 17–6
OctoberJackson High School*W 24–0
October 174:00 p.m.at Detroit Athletic Club*Detroit, MIL 0–22[51][52]
October 24HillsdaleAlbion, MIW 20–0[53]
October 31at Notre Dame*
L 0–24[54]
November 7Michigan State NormalYpsilanti, MIL 0–52[55]
November 14KalamazooAlbion, MIW 6–4[56][57]
November 26Detroit Athletic Club*Detroit, MIL 0–161,000[58]
  • *Non-conference game

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1897

1897 Albion football
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–4–1 (2–4–1 MIAA)
Head coach
  • William A. Niles (1st season)

The 1897 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1897 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach William A. Niles, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (2–4–1 in MIAA games).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Jackson High SchoolW 10–7
October 9at OlivetOlivet, MIL 16–28[59]
October 23at HillsdaleHillsdale, MIT 0–0[60]
October 16at Kalamazoo
L 0–58200[61][62]
HillsdaleW 5–2
October 30Michigan State NormalAlbion, MIL 6–18[63]
November 13KalamazooAlbion, MIL 10–26[64][65]
OlivetW 36–0

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1898

1898 Albion football
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–5 (0–4 MIAA)
Head coach
  • Carl Jacobs (1st season)
Captains
  • H. O. Widrig[66]
  • Carl Jacobs (fullback)[67]
1898 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kalamazoo $ 5 0 0 7 0 0
Hillsdale 2 0 0 4 1 0
Michigan Agricultural 4 1 0 4 3 0
Michigan State Normal 0 3 0 1 5 2
Olivet 0 3 0 0 5 0
Albion 0 4 0 1 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1898 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1898 college football season. In its first year under head coach Carl Jacobs, the team compiled a 1–5 record (0–4 in MIAA games).[68]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 22Michigan AgriculturalEast Lansing, MIL 6–62[69]
HillsdaleL 2–34
November 5KalamazooAlbion, MIL 0–11[70]
November 12KalamazooKalamazoo, MIL 0–25[71]
November 19Notre Dame*Albion, MIL 0–60[72]
Jackson Athletic Club*W 15–0
  • *Non-conference game

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Reserves schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 22Jackson High SchoolJackson, MIL 0–18[73]

1899

1899 Albion football
ConferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–6 (1–5 MIAA)
Head coach

The 1899 Albion football team represented Albion College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1899 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Chester Brewer, Albion compiled a 2–6 record (1–5 in conference games) and was outscored by a total of 99 to 76.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Marshall High School*Albion, MIW 34–6[74]
October 7at MichiganL 0–26
October 14at OlivetOlivet, MIL 11–23[75]
November 11OlivetAlbion, MIW 10–0[76]
November 18KalamazooAlbion, MIL 0–11[77]
November 24at Hillsdale
L 5–11[78]
November 302:30 p.m.at Kalamazoo
L 11–164,000–5,000[79][80]
HillsdaleL 5–6
  • *Non-conference game

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