1890 Columbia football team

The 1890 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 1–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 199 to 46.[1] The team had no coach. A.C. Gildersleeve was the team captain.[1]

1890 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record1–6–1
Head coachNone
CaptainA. C. Gildersleeve
Home stadiumBrotherhood Park
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard      11 0 0
Yale      13 1 0
Princeton      11 1 1
Franklin & Marshall      8 2 0
Navy      5 1 1
Penn      11 3 0
Cornell      8 4 0
Washington & Jefferson      2 1 0
Syracuse      7 4 0
Lehigh      6 4 0
Delaware      3 2 0
Amherst      6 5 1
Rutgers      5 5 1
Dartmouth      4 4 0
Penn State      2 2 0
Colgate      1 1 0
Wesleyan      5 6 0
Tufts      2 3 0
Brown      2 4 1
Western Univ. Penn      1 2 0
Lafayette      2 5 1
Fordham      1 3 1
Massachusetts      1 4 0
Columbia      1 5 1
Army      0 1 0
Geneva      0 1 0

The team played its home games at Brotherhood Park in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Orange Athletic Club
L 0–21[2]
October 18WesleyanL 0–4[3]
October 22Penn
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–18[4]
October 30Fordham
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
W 40–0
November 1vs. Crescent Athletic ClubBrooklyn, NYL 0–29
November 4Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–851,000[5]
November 15Rutgers
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
T 6–6
November 22at Cornell
L 0–36

References

  1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Columbia Wins". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wesleyan Defeats Columbia". The New York Times. October 19, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "The Columbias Beaten: A Great Victory for the Wearers of the Red and Blue". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1890. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "The "Black and Orange" to the Front: Princeton Outkicks the Columbia Boys by a Score of 85 to 0". The Sun (New York). November 5, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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