1886 NYU Violets football team

1886 NYU Violets football
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Record0–3
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1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   7 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   12 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   10 – 2 – 0
Williams   –   5 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts   –   2 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 7 – 1
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   2 – 6 – 0
MIT   –   2 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   0 – 1 – 0
Stevens   –   0 – 7 – 1
Tufts   –   0 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –     –  
Trinity (CT)   –     –  

The 1886 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The Violets compiled an 0–3 record for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at Olympic Athletic Club
L 0–66[1]
November 18at Staten Island Cricket Club
L 4–8[2][3]
November 20at Crescent Athletic ClubL 0–36[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "The young men of the College of New York badly beaten". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football on Staten Island (1st column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football on Staten Island (2nd column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "A Victory for the Crescents: They Easily Defeat the New York University Team at Football". The Brooklyn Daily Eagles. November 21, 1886. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Two football games". The New York Times. November 21, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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