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
Conference	Independent
1902 record	6–4–1
Head coach	Bill Morley (1st season)
Captain	Harold Weekes
Home stadium	Polo Grounds

1902 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 43–0		[5]
October 8	Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 45–0		[6]
October 11	Buffalo	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 5–0		[7]
October 15	Swarthmore	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 24–0		[8]
October 18	Hamilton	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 35–0		[9]
October 25	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–21	6,000	[10]
November 1	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–17	15,000	[11]
November 8	Brown	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–28		[12]
November 15	Amherst	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–29		[13]
November 19	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 5–0		[14]
November 27	Syracuse	Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 6–6		[15]

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.