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1895 Tufts Jumbos football team

1895 Tufts Jumbos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–5
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Field at College Hill
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   14 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 2
Army   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   8 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   6 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 6 – 1
Carlisle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 4 – 2
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   1 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1895 Tufts Jumbos football team was an American football team that represented Tufts College—now known as Tufts University—as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team compiled an 8–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 132 to 101.[1] Marshall Newell, a four-time consensus All-American at Harvard, was the team's head coach.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Boston Latin School
W 14–0250[2]
October 2at Phillips ExeterExeter, NHW 20–0400[3]
October 5at Phillips AndoverAndover, MAL 4–6700[4]
October 9Boston College
  • College Hill athletic grounds
  • Medford, MA
W 28–0300[5][6]
October 12at Brown
L 0–28400[7][8]
October 17Newton Athletic Association
  • Athletic Field at College Hill
  • Medford, MA
W 6–0[9]
October 19at Army
L 0–351,000[10]
October 26at Worcester TechWorcester, MAW 10–6[11]
October 28Hopkinson
  • Athletic Field at College Hill
  • Medford, MA
W 6–4200[12]
November 2at MIT
  • South End Grounds
  • Boston, MA
L 0–6150[13]
November 6Whitman Athletic Club
  • Athletic Field at College Hill
  • Medford, MA
W 30–0200[14]
November 9at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 10–16[15]
November 20Trinity (CT)
  • Athletic Field at College Hill
  • Medford, MA
W 4–0500[16]

References

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  1. ^ "1895 Tufts Jumbos Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Tufts First Regular Game: Boston Latin Failed to Score Against the College Hill Team, Although They Put Up a Plucky Game". The Boston Globe. October 1, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tufts Had an Easy Victory". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1895. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Andover 6, Tufts 4". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tufts 28, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1895. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Had Tufts Won From Boston". The Boston Post. October 10, 1897. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tufts Defeated By Brown". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1895. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Brown, 28; Tufts, 0". The Boston Post. October 13, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tufts 6, Newton A. A. 0". The Boston Globe. October 18, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "West Point 35, Tufts 0". The Boston Globe. October 20, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tufts 10, Worcester Tech 6". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tufts in Trouble: Hopkinson Boys Give the College a Shaking Up, Playing an Even Game on the Athletic Field at College Hill". The Boston Globe. October 29, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Tech Played Horse With Tufts". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1895 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Tufts 30, Whitman 0". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Wesleyan Beats Tufts". The Boston Globe. November 10, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Tufts 4, Trinity 0". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1895. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.