1902 Columbia Blue and White football team

The 1902 Columbia Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Morley, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 163 to 101, including six shutouts.[1][2]

1902 Columbia Blue and White football
ConferenceIndependent
1902 record6–4–1
Head coachBill Morley (1st season)
CaptainHarold Weekes
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      11 0 1
Geneva      7 0 0
Harvard      11 1 0
Princeton      8 1 0
Army      6 1 1
Frankin & Marshall      7 2 0
Dartmouth      6 2 1
Holy Cross      6 2 1
Syracuse      6 2 1
Carlisle      8 3 0
Cornell      8 3 0
Lafayette      8 3 0
NYU      8 3 0
Amherst      7 3 0
Penn State      7 3 0
Penn      9 4 0
Lehigh      7 3 1
Colgate      5 3 1
Columbia      6 4 1
Villanova      4 3 0
Brown      5 4 1
Western U. of Penn.      5 6 1
New Hampshire      2 3 1
Tufts      4 6 1
Fordham      2 4 1
Wesleyan      3 6 1
Rutgers      3 7 0
Navy      2 7 1
Temple      1 4 1
Pittsburgh College      1 6 0
Boston College      0 8 0

Halfback Harold Weekes was the team captain.[2] He also received second-team honors from Caspar Whitney on the 1902 All-America team.[3]

Columbia's sports teams were commonly called the "Blue and White" in this era, but had no official nickname. The name "Lions" would not be adopted until 1910.[4]

The team played its seven home games at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Rutgers
W 43–0[5]
October 8FordhamW 45–0[6]
October 11Buffalo
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 5–0[7]
October 15Swarthmore
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 24–0[8]
October 18Hamilton
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 35–0[9]
October 25at PrincetonL 0–216,000[10]
November 1at PennL 0–1715,000[11]
November 8Brown
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–28[12]
November 15Amherst
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–29[13]
November 19at NavyW 5–0[14]
November 27Syracuse
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
T 6–6[15]
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References

  1. "1902 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 197 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Caspar Whitney (January 1903). "The Viewpoint" (PDF). Outing.
  4. "How Columbia Became the Lions". Columbia Football 2019 Record Book. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 238. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. "Columbia, 43; Rutgers, 0". The New York Times. October 5, 1902. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Collegians At Football: Columbia Scores 45 While Fordham Fails to Count". The New York Times. October 9, 1902. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Columbia Almost Defeated: Wins From Buffalo Through Playing of Weekes and Smith". New York Daily Tribune. October 12, 1902. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Columbia, 24; Swarthmore 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 16, 1902. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Columbia, 35; Hamilton, 0". The New York Times. October 19, 1902. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Princeton, 21; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. October 26, 1902. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Pennsylvania Plays a Great Game Against Columbia and Wins by the Score of 17-0 Amid Frantic Cheering". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1902. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Brown, 28; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1902. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Amherst, 29; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. November 16, 1902. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "In The Football World: Columbia Defeats Annapolis by a Score of 5 to 0". The New York Times. November 20, 1902. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Columbia, 6; Syracuse, 6". The New York Times. November 28, 1902. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
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