1891 Columbia football team

1891 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainT. Ludlow Chrystie
Home stadiumColumbia Grounds
Seasons
← 1890
1899 →
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   13 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   11 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 1 – 0
Army   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   8 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 6 – 0
Springfield YMCA   –   5 – 8 – 1
Fordham   –   1 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   2 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 9 – 1
NYU   –   1 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 0
Wesleyan   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1891 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 1–5 record and was outscored by a total of 220 to 32.[1] The team had no coach. T. Ludlow Chrystie was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10Berkeley Athletic Club
W 32–0
October 144:30 p.m.Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Columbia Grounds
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–28[2]
October 17at Crescent Athletic Club
L 0–42[3]
October 21at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–52
October 24Trinity (CT)
  • Columbia Grounds
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–54[4]
October 28at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–44[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 197.
  2. ^ "A Bad Defeat for Columbia". The Sun. October 15, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Crescent, 42; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Trinity Beats Columbia". The New York Times. October 25, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers, 44; Columbia, 0". The Sun. October 29, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.