1890 Columbia football team

1890 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainA. C. Gildersleeve
Home stadiumBrotherhood Park
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   11 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 2 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   11 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 4 – 0
Springfield YMCA   –   5 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   3 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 5 – 1
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   5 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 4 – 0
Western Univ. Penn   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 5 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   1 – 4 – 1
Fordham   –   1 – 3 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 1
Army   –   0 – 1 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1890 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 1–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 199 to 46.[1] The team had no coach. A.C. Gildersleeve was the team captain.[1]

The team played its home games at Brotherhood Park in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Orange Athletic Club
L 0–21[2]
October 18Wesleyan
L 0–4[3]
October 22Penn
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–18[4]
October 30Fordham
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
W 40–0
November 1vs. Crescent Athletic ClubBrooklyn, NYL 0–29
November 4Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–851,000[5]
November 15Rutgers
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
T 6–6
November 22at Cornell
L 0–36

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197.
  2. ^ "Columbia Wins". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wesleyan Defeats Columbia". The New York Times. October 19, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Columbias Beaten: A Great Victory for the Wearers of the Red and Blue". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The "Black and Orange" to the Front: Princeton Outkicks the Columbia Boys by a Score of 85 to 0". The Sun (New York). November 5, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.