1895 Missouri Tigers football team

1895 Missouri Tigers football
WIUFA co-champion
Conference	Western Interstate University Football Association
Record	7–1 (2–1 WIUFA)
Head coach	C. D. Bliss (1st season)
Captain	Charles Young

1895 Western Interstate University Football Association standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri +	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Kansas +	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Nebraska +	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1895 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) during the 1895 college football season. In its first season under head coach C. D. Bliss, the team compiled a 7–1 record (2–1 against WIUFA championship) and finished in a three-way tie with Kansas and Nebraska for the conference championship.[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7		Sedalia Athletic Club*	Columbia, MO	W 10–0
October 12		Vanderbilt*	Columbia, MO	W 16–0		[2]
October 19	3:00 p.m.	vs. Purdue*	West End grounds St. Louis, MO	W 16–6		[3][4]
October 26		vs. DePauw*	St. Louis, MO	W 38–0
November 2		vs. Nebraska	University Park Omaha, NE (rivalry)	L 10–12
November 9		vs. Northwestern*	St. Louis, MO	W 22–18
November 18		Iowa	Columbia, MO	W 34–0
November 28	2:40 p.m.	vs. Kansas	Exposition Park Kansas City, MO (rivalry)	W 10–6	10,000	[5][6][7]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
2. "Missouri boys are all right, defeated the Vanderbilt boys on the gridiron". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Missouri-Purdue Foot-ball Game". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "The Tigers Downed Purdue". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 20, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Missouri's Men Won". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. November 28, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Tiger! Tiger! M! S! U!". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 29, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Tiger! Tiger! M! S! U! (continued)". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 29, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .