1875 Columbia football team

The 1875 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 4–1–1 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 13–10 (scoring used then differed from today's system).[2][3]

1875 Columbia football
Co-national champion (Parke H. Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEdward W. Price
1875 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard    4 0 0
Princeton    2 0 0
Columbia    4 1 1
Rutgers    1 1 1
Yale    2 2 0
Stevens    3 3 0
Tufts    0 1 0
NYU    0 1 0
Wesleyan    0 1 0
Bates    0 1 0
Canada All-Stars    0 2 0
CCNY    0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJT 1–1[4]
November 4at StevensHoboken, NJW 2–1
unknownCCNYunknownW 5–0
November 13at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 2–6[5]
November 27CCNYNew York, NYW 6–0
December 4at YaleW 3–2

References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. 1875 Columbia University football scores and results Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on September 26, 2013.
  3. "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  4. "Football". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 2, 1875. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Football At Princeton". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 14, 1875. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.


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