1895 Oregon Webfoots football team

Background

The Webfoots were part of a five-team conference called the Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association, which met in Salem on October 5, 1895, to elect officers, establish official rules, and set a schedule for the year. Other members of the conference included Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis, Portland University (a short-lived private school who were collegiate champions of Oregon for 1894), Pacific University in Forest Grove, and Willamette University in Salem.

The team's coach for 1895 was Percy Benson, a star quarterback for the California Golden Bears. Benson's hiring was announced during the last week of September, with his arrival in Eugene from California anticipated towards the first of October.

The first two games of the 1895 season – against OAC and Willamette – were regarded as exhibition practice games, the final two contests being official conference games that were part of the "league series."

They finished the season with a record of four wins and zero losses (4–0), winning the OIFA's pennant.

Schedule

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Roster

Starters : • Left end: J. Russell Coleman : • Left tackle: Fred M. Templeton : • Left guard: John M. Edmunson : • Center: A.L. Gilleland : • Right guard: Edward P. Shattuck : • Right tackle: Fred D. Herbold : • Right end: Lee M. Travis : • Quarterback: Roscoe S. Bryson : • Left halfback: Clarence M. Bishop : • Right halfback: Clarence W. Keene : • Fullback: Harry S. Templeton

Reserves: Lincoln Farrington, A. Kuykendall, Merriman, Miller, Ellis Prather, Stransley;

References

References

1. • McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. {{ISBN. 0-9648244-7-7.
2. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66923815/oregon-intercollegiate-football/ "Pigskin Punchers,"] ''Daily Oregon Statesman,'' vol. 45 (Oct. 6, 1895,), p. 5.
3. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-weekly-herald-university-of-orego/66920869/ "Jottings About Town,"] ''Albany Herald-Disseminator,'' Sept. 26, 1895, p. 5.
4. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66929315/reaching-for-the-championship-oac/ "Reaching for the Championship: The OAC Football Team Has a New Coach and Work Has Begun,"] ''Corvallis Times,'' vol. 8, no. 36 (Oct. 23, 1895), p. 3.
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10. (November 29, 1895). "The pennant is ours". Daily Eugene Guard.
11. . ["1895 Football Schedule"](https://goducks.com/sports/football/schedule/1895). *University of Oregon Athletics*.
12. . ["2023 Oregon Football Record Book"](https://goducks.com/documents/2023/8/24/2023_Oregon_Football_Record_Book.pdf). *University of Oregon Athletics*.
13. John L. Higgins, Storossli"To Salem," ''Eugene Daily Guard,'' Nov. 1, 1895, p. 4.
14. First names from ''Twentieth Annual Catalogue of the University of Oregon, 1895–1896.'' Eugene: B.H. Miller, 1896, ''passim.''