Red Devil Football Finishes 1894 Season on a High Note
Dickinson traveled to Haverford, PA, and pulled out a close 14-12 win in the 1894 season finale.
Dickinson traveled to Haverford, PA, and pulled out a close 14-12 win in the 1894 season finale.
The Red Devils traveled to Swarthmore only to be welcomed with a brutal 66-15 loss.
The Ursinus Bears traveled to Carlisle to take on Dickinson. The Red Devils had no trouble with Ursinus, winning 20-6.
Dickinson traveled down the road to Gettysburg only to return home with a 16-0 loss.
The Red Devils played the visiting Carlisle Indian School in the 1894 season opener on their home field as the game ended in a tie, 12-12.
In the last home game of the season the Red Devils erupted for 28 points and secured their first, and only, win of the 1893 season over visiting Haverford.
In a rematch of the home opener, Dickinson made the short trip down the road to take on Gettysburg. In a low-scoring affair, Gettysburg came out on top 4-0.
The Red Devils traveled to Lancaster to take on Franklin & Marshall only to suffer an embarrassing 40-point shutout loss.
Dickinson traveled to Annapolis, MD, to take on the Naval Academy and went on to lose convincingly, 26-0.
Gettysburg made the short trip to Carlisle to take on the Red Devils and left with a 24-14 victory.
The Red Devils opened their season in Bethlehem, PA, to take on Lehigh. Unfortunately for Dickinson, the season did not start out on a high note as they were easily defeated by Lehigh 52-0.
When the famous Carlisle Indian School football team was just getting started, Dickinson defeated them in a scrimmage at home 16-0.
In the 1893 season finale Dickinson traveled yet again to Lewisburg, PA, to take on Bucknell in a Thanksgiving Day game. The Red Devils gave Bucknell everything they could handle but ultimately lost 20-12.
The Red Devils again traveled to State College to take on the Nittany Lions of Penn State in the final game of the season. Though both parties recognize the game as a Penn State win, Penn State claims a 16-0 win rather than 10-0. Dickinson player Ben Caswell was receiving a punt when a Penn State player took the ball from him and scored a touchdown. According to former head football coach Gilbert Ruprecht, "Caswell 'yelled down,' which means that the play was over from that spot.
In only their second, and final, home game of the season, Dickinson picked up their first and only win of the 1892 season. Even this outcome was disputed, however, as Gettysburg believed their to have been non-Dickinson students who played in the game. The Gettysburg school paper claimed "included on the Dickinson team was a Gettysburg butcher, a Hanover sport, a Carlisle Indian, and other foreign matter." Regardless, Dickinson pulled out a 14-0 victory.
Dickinson traveled to Haverford and lost 24-6. The Red Devils sole score was their first since week 2 almost a month prior.
The Red Devils traveled to Lewisburg, PA, to take on Bucknell. Bucknell easily handled Dickinson, coming out with a 38-0 victory.
The Red Devils traveled to Emmitsburg, MD, to take on Mount Saint Mary's. Mount Saint Mary's pulled out a 10-0 win.
In their 1892 home opener the Red Devils lost to Swarthmore 18-0.
The Red Devils traveled to the University of Pennsylvania only to experience their most devastating loss to date. Penn proved dominant in every aspect of the game, lighting up the scoreboard for 78 points.
Gettysburg traveled to Carlisle to take on the Red Devils, taking back with them a 18-6 victory.
The Red Devils opened up their season hoping for a drastic improvement from the year before--that was not the case. Dickinson proved no match for the home team, as Cornell won by a huge 58-0 margin. Fun fact: Glenn S. "Pop" Warner was a member of this Cornell team that beat Dickinson. "Pop" Warner later gained fame as Jim Thorpe's coach with the Carlisle Indians as well as becoming the namesake of the largest youth football organization in the world.
Dickinson welcomed visiting Bucknell to Carlisle in the 1891 season finale. With neither team establishing control of the pace, the game ended in a 0-0 tie.
The Red Devils traveled to Annapolis, MD, falling by a wide-margin 34-4.
After combining for 74 points scored and 4 points allowed in their first two games, Dickinson travels to Swarthmore only to be beaten down 46-0.