The 1894 Washington Agricultural football team was an

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team that represented

Washington Agricultural College Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU i ...

during the 1894 college football season. The team was the first team to represent the school. The team competed as an independent under head coach

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and compiled a record of 1–1. The team's players included Henry Chittenden, John Clemens, Thomas Hardwick, Edward Kimmel, Fred W. Long, Frank Lowden, Milton McCroskey, Frank McReynolds, Floyd Moore, Walter Savage, and Joe Winston. In October 1934, 40 years after the first Washington State football game, 12 of the players from the 1894 team and coach Goodyear were honored guests at Washington State's homecoming football game.

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