1887 Tufts Jumbos football team

The 1887 Tufts Jumbos football team represented Tufts University in the 1887 college football season.[1] The Jumbos finished the season with a record of 4–6.

1887 Tufts Jumbos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
CaptainFrank W. Durkee
1887 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   –  9 –0 –0
Penn State   –  2 –0 –0
Harvard   –  10 –1 –0
Lafayette   –  7 –2 –0
Princeton   –  7 –2 –0
Lehigh   –  4 –3 –0
Williams   –  3 –3 –0
Penn   –  6 –7 –0
Wesleyan   –  4 –5 –0
Tufts   –  4 –6 –0
Massachusetts   –  2 –3 –0
Rutgers   –  2 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  0 –2 –0
Cornell   –  0 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  0 –2 –0
Vermont   –  0 –2 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1HarvardMedford, MAL 0–86[2]
October 8Boston UniversityW 5–0[3]
October 15DartmouthL 0–52[4]
October 22at MaineL 6–12[5]
October 29at Harvard
L 0–68[6]
November 3Vermont
  • College Hill
  • Medford, MA
W 32–6[7][8]
November 5at ExeterL 8–29[9]
November 12Harvard BW 22–0[10]
November 19AndoverW 32–6[11]
November 24MITL 0–36[12]

References
  1. "1887 Tufts Jumbos Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. "Harvard at Tufts Box Score, October 1, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. "Boston University at Tufts Box Score, October 8, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. "Dartmouth at Tufts Box Score, October 15, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. "Tufts at Maine Box Score, October 22, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  6. "Tufts at Harvard Box Score, October 29, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  7. "University unifications". Argus and Patriot. November 9, 1887. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "College and school games". Boston Evening Transcript. November 4, 1887. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Tufts at Exeter Box Score, November 5, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  10. "Harvard B at Tufts Box Score, November 12, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  11. "Andover at Tufts Box Score, November 19, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  12. "MIT at Tufts Box Score, November 24, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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