1883 Columbia football team

1883 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainW. N. Eldridge
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
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1883 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 0
Gallaudet   –   2 – 0 – 0
Carleton   –   1 – 0 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 0 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 2 – 1
Stevens   –   6 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 1 – 0
Minnesota   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 3 – 0
Williams   –   1 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Michigan   –   2 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 4 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 2 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   0 – 1 – 0
Hamline   –   0 – 1 – 0
Lewisburg   –   0 – 1 – 0
Navy   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 2 – 0
Columbian University   –   0 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1883 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 1–3 record and was outscored by a total of 147 to 13.[1] The team had no coach. W. N. Eldridge was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 20CCNY
W 12–0
October 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–19
November 14at Penn
L 1–35[2]
November 17Yale
L 0–93[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 196.
  2. ^ "Victory for the 'Varsity: Columbia's Eleven Beaten, 35 to 1". The Times (Philadelphia). November 15, 1883. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Yale Easily Defeats Columbia". New York Daily Tribune. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.


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