1881 Columbia football team

1881 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainB. P. Clark
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1881 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
MIT   –   3 – 0 – 0
Richmond   –   2 – 0 – 0
Georgetown   –   1 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Penn State   –   1 – 0 – 0
Columbian University   –   1 – 0 – 1
Dartmouth   –   1 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts   –   2 – 1 – 1
Kentucky University   –   2 – 1 – 0
  –   3 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   2 – 4 – 1
Stevens   –   1 – 2 – 1
Kentucky State College   –   1 – 2 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 1 – 1
Amherst   –   0 – 3 – 2
Lewisburg   –   0 – 1 – 0
MIT   –   3 – 0 – 0
Wesleyan   –   0 – 1 – 0
Randolph–Macon   –   0 – 2 – 0
Michigan   –   0 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1881 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1881 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 31at StevensHoboken, NJW 3–1
November 52:30 p.m.at Harvard
L 0–12,000[2]
November 8at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJT 0–0
November 122:38 p.m.Princeton
L 0–1[3]
November 16Yale
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–1[4]
November 232:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 1–0[5][6]
November 262:40 p.m.Penn
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 2–0[7]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Harvard Foot Ball Eleven Defeat Columbia". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1881. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "College Men At Football". New-York Tribune. New York, NY. November 13, 1881. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Pretty Lively Football: Yale Defeats Columbia After a Long and Hot Battle". The Sun. November 17, 1881. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "City And Suburban News—New-York". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 23, 1881. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Columbia Scores One". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 24, 1881. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Columbia Wins By Rushing". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 27, 1881. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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