1919 NYU Violets football team

1919 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
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1919 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 1 – 1
New Hampshire   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 0
Williams   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 2 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 2
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 4 – 1
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 4 – 2
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 5 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   0 – 8 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1919 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In their only year under head coach John B. Longwell, the team compiled a 4–4 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Amherst
L 0–2[1]
October 11at HamiltonClinton, NYL 0–9[2]
October 18Wesleyan
L 0–10[3]
October 25RPI
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 9–0[4]
November 4Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 39–0[5]
November 8at Union (NY)
W 17–6[6]
November 15Stevens
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 3–24[7]
November 22at Columbia
W 27–1210,000[8]

References

  1. ^ "Amherst county only on N.Y.U.'s safety". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven goes down to defeat by a 9 to 0 score". New York Tribune. October 12, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Forward passing overwhelms N.Y.U." The Hartford Daily Courant. October 19, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. scores first victory of season". The New York Times. October 26, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven routs Trinity by 39 to 0 score". The Sun. New York. November 5, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y. University trounces Union". The Sun. New York. November 9, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Stevens beating N.Y.U., wins Metropolitan title". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 16, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. sweeps way to victory over Columbia". The Sun. New York. November 23, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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