1881 Columbia football team

1881 Columbia football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–3–1
Head coach	None
Captain	B. P. Clark
Home stadium	Polo Grounds
Seasons ← 1880 1882 →

1881 college football records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
MIT			–					3	–	0	–	0
Richmond			–					2	–	0	–	0
Georgetown			–					1	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Penn State			–					1	–	0	–	0
Columbian University			–					1	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					1	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts			–					2	–	1	–	1
Kentucky University			–					2	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					2	–	4	–	1
Stevens			–					1	–	2	–	1
Kentucky State College			–					1	–	2	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	1	–	1
Amherst			–					0	–	3	–	2
Lewisburg			–					0	–	1	–	0
MIT			–					3	–	0	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	1	–	0
Randolph–Macon			–					0	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					0	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	5	–	0

The 1881 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1881 college football season.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 31		at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	W 3–1
November 5	2:30 p.m.	at Harvard	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–1	2,000	^[2]
November 8		at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	T 0–0
November 12	2:38 p.m.	Princeton	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–1		^[3]
November 16		Yale	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–1		^[4]
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 1–0		^[5]^[6]
November 26	2:40 p.m.	Penn	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 2–0		^[7]

References

^ "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
^ "The Harvard Foot Ball Eleven Defeat Columbia". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1881. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "College Men At Football". New-York Tribune. New York, NY. November 13, 1881. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pretty Lively Football: Yale Defeats Columbia After a Long and Hot Battle". The Sun. November 17, 1881. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "City And Suburban News—New-York". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 23, 1881. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Columbia Scores One". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 24, 1881. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Columbia Wins By Rushing". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 27, 1881. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e Columbia Lions football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1880–1883, 1890, 1899, 1901–1903, 1920–1927, 1936) Berkeley Oval (1889) Columbia Grounds (1891) Columbia Field (1900) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (1915–1923) Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (1923–1982, 1984–present) Giants Stadium (1983) Hofstra Stadium (1983)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell Fordham: Liberty Cup
Culture & lore	Columbia University Marching Band Roaree the Lion "Roar, Lion, Roar" The Union Club
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885–1888 1889 1890 1891 1892–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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