1884 Columbia football team

1884 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainCharles A. Stevens
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   8 – 0 – 1
Michigan   –   2 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 0 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 0 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   1 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
Stevens   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 2 – 1
Tufts   –   2 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 5 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 3 – 0
Albion   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0
Denver   –   0 – 1 – 0
DePauw   –   0 – 1 – 0
Olivet   –   0 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1884 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1884 college football season. The team compiled a 1–1 record and was outscored by a total of 35 to 21.[1] The team had no coach. Charles A. Stevens was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 15RutgersL 5–35
October 16CCNY
W 16–0[2]
November 27Polytechnic Institute
W 22–6[3]
  • The win over the Polytechnic Institute is not officially recognized in Columbia's record book.

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 196.
  2. ^ "Hissing Opponents At Football". New York Daily Tribune. October 17, 1884. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "College Sports". Dunkirk Evening Observer. November 28, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2020.


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