1883 Columbia football team

The 1883 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 1–3 record and was outscored by a total of 147 to 13.[1] The team had no coach. W. N. Eldridge was the team captain.[1]

1883 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainW. N. Eldridge
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1883 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    9 0 0
Gallaudet    2 0 0
Carleton    1 0 0
Johns Hopkins    1 0 0
NYU    1 0 0
Harvard    8 2 0
Princeton    7 1 0
Penn    6 2 1
Stevens    6 4 1
Massachusetts    1 1 0
Minnesota    1 1 0
Wesleyan    3 3 0
Williams    1 1 0
Fordham    4 5 0
Michigan    2 3 0
Lafayette    2 4 0
Johns Hopkins    1 2 0
Columbia    1 3 0
Rutgers    1 6 0
Amherst    0 1 0
Dartmouth    0 1 0
Hamline    0 1 0
Lewisburg    0 1 0
Navy    0 1 0
CCNY    0 2 0
Columbian University    0 2 0
Georgetown    0 2 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 20CCNYW 12–0
October 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–19
November 14at Penn
L 1–35[2]
November 17Yale
L 0–93[3]

References

  1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 196 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Victory for the 'Varsity: Columbia's Eleven Beaten, 35 to 1". The Times (Philadelphia). November 15, 1883. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Yale Easily Defeats Columbia". New York Daily Tribune. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.


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