1881 Columbia football team

The 1881 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1881 college football season.[1][2]

1881 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainB. P. Clark
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
1881 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
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
Columbia    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    0 1 0
Wesleyan    0 1 0
Randolph–Macon    0 2 0
Michigan    0 3 0
Penn    0 5 0

Schedule

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

References

  1. 1881 Columbia University football scores and results Archived August 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on September 26, 2013.
  2. "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "College Men At Football". New-York Tribune. New York, NY. November 13, 1881. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Pretty Lively Football: Yale Defeats Columbia After a Long and Hot Battle". The Sun. November 17, 1881. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "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.
  7. "Columbia Scores One". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 24, 1881. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "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.


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