1902 NYU Violets football team

1902 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ursinus   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 0 – 1
Geneva   –   7 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   11 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   6 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   8 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   6 – 4 – 1
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 6 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   5 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 6 – 1
Fordham   –   2 – 4 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 6 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 7 – 1
Drexel   –   1 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1902 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In their second year under head coach W. H. Rorke, the team compiled a 5–3 record.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4Stevens
W 27–0[2]
October 11Ursinus
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–16[3]
October 18at Trinity (CT)
W 6–0[4]
October 25at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–46[5]
November 1at Swarthmore
L 0–11[6]
November 8Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 22–0[7]
November 15at RPITroy, NYW 18–5[8]
November 22Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 18–0[9]

References

  1. ^ "Football season of 1902 ended - N.Y. University results". The New York Times. November 30, 1902. p. 15. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "New York University 27, Stevens 0". The Sun. October 5, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Easy for Ursinus". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lost football game - Trinity defeated by University of New York". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 20, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lehigh plays swell football against N.Y.U." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1902. p. 13. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Swarthmore 11, N.Y.U. 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "N.Y.U. 22, Rutgers 0". New York Tribune. November 9, 1902. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. 18, Rensselaer 5". The New York Times. November 16, 1902. p. 15. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N.Y.U. 18, Union 0". The New York Times. November 23, 1902. p. 16. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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