1895 in Sports - American Football

American Football

College championship

  • College football national championship – Penn Quakers and Yale Bulldogs (shared)

Events

  • 3 September – the earliest known professional football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania where Latrobe YMCA defeats the Jeannette Athletic Club 12–0.

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