The 1895 Oregon Webfoots football team was an

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team that represented the

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in the

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.* McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. . It was the Webfoots' second season. They were led by head coach

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, previously a star player for the

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team. The Webfoots were part of a five-team conference called the

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, which met in Salem on October 5, 1895, to elect officers, establish official rules, and set a schedule for the year."Pigskin Punchers,"
''Daily Oregon Statesman,'' vol. 45 (Oct. 6, 1895,), p. 5. Other members of the conference included

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in Corvallis,

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(a short-lived private school which closed in 1900),

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in Forest Grove, and

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in Salem. The first two games of the 1895 season — against OAC and WillametteHurrah for Willamette!
''Capital Journal,'' vol. 8, no. 150 (Oct. 28, 1895), p. 4. — 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

Roster

Starters : • Left end: Coleman : • Left tackle: F. Templeton : • Left guard: Edmunson : • Center: Gilleland : • Right guard: E. P. Shattuck : • Right tackle: Herbold : • Right end: Travis : • Quarterback: R. Bryson : • Left halfback: Bishop : • Right halfback: Keene : • Fullback: H. Templeton Reserves: Farrington, A. Kuykendall, Merriman, Miller, Prather, Stransley; Higgins, Storossli"To Salem," ''Eugene Daily Guard,'' Nov. 1, 1895, p. 4.

References

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