The 1886 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1886 college football season.
The Northwestern team played only one game, a 32–4 loss at Evanston to a team representing the Harvard School Athletic Club.
[2][3] The loss to the Harvard School was only the fourth game played by a Northwestern football team, one game having been played in 1876 and two games having been played six years later in 1882.
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