1894 Chicago Athletic Association football team

The 1894 Chicago Athletic Association football team represented the Chicago Athletic Association, or C. A. A., during the 1894 college football season. In Harry Cornish's second year with the athletic club, CAA compiled a 7–3–1 record, and outscored their opponents 129 to 118. The team played its home games at CAA Field, located on the corner of 35th Street and Wentworth Avenue, in Chicago.

1894 Chicago Athletic Association football
ConferenceIndependent
1894 record7–3–1
Head coach
  • Harry Cornish (2nd season)
Home stadiumSouth Side Park

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 293:00 p.m.at Chicago
W 12–43,000[1][2]
October 6at Wisconsin
L 4–221,500[3][4]
October 133:30 p.m.Illinois
W 14–0[5][6]
October 24at Chicago
  • Marshall Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 30–0[7]
October 273:00 p.m.Wisconsin
  • South Side Park
  • Chicago, IL
W 16–4[8][9]
November 6at Boston Athletic Association
W 22–0[10]
November 10at Harvard
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Boston, MA
L 0–363,500[11]
November 12at MIT
T 4–4100[12]
November 14Yale
L 0–481,500[13]
November 17Allegheny Athletic Association
W 23–01,000[14]
November 291:15 p.m.Dartmouth
W 4–04,000[15][16][17][18]

Second team schedule

The CAA also operated a 2nd team, which played one known contest against the Chicago Maroons, and lost 20–0.[19]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 17Chicago
L 0–20

References
  1. "'Varsity And Athletics Today". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 29, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  2. "Stagg's Men Beaten". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 30, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. "C. A. A. Team Beaten". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 7, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  4. "Chicago Athletics Beaten". The Sunday Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 7, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. "Football At South Side Park". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. October 13, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. "They Fail To Score". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 14, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. "Chicago Athletics, 30; 'Varsity, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 25, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  8. "Wisconsin And C. A. A. To Meet". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 27, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  9. "Bruises And Points". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 28, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  10. "Chicago A. A. Wins". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  11. ""Chicagoed": C.A.A. Team No Match for Harvard; Defeated 36 to 0". Boston Post. November 11, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.
  12. "Tie With M. I. T." The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  13. "Yale Scores 48". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  14. "Chicago's Walkover". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  15. "Visitors Shut Out". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 30, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  16. "Visitors Shut Out (continued)". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  17. "Chicago On Top". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 30, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  18. "Sleet Spoiled The Grounds". Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. November 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  19. "Team Records Game by Game". 2015-09-15. Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
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