1883 Columbia football team

The 1883 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 1–3 record and was outscored by a total of 147 to 13.[1] The team had no coach. W. N. Eldridge was the team captain.[1]

1883 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
1883 record1–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainW. N. Eldridge
1883 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      9 0 0
Gallaudet      2 0 0
Carleton      1 0 0
Johns Hopkins      1 0 0
Harvard      8 2 0
Princeton      7 1 0
Penn      6 2 1
Stevens      6 4 1
Massachusetts      1 1 0
Minnesota      1 1 0
Wesleyan      3 3 0
Williams      1 1 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Michigan      2 3 0
Lafayette      2 4 0
Johns Hopkins      1 2 0
Columbia      1 3 0
Rutgers      1 6 0
Amherst      0 1 0
Dartmouth      0 1 0
Hamline      0 1 0
Lewisburg      0 1 0
Navy      0 1 0
CCNY      0 2 0
Georgetown      0 2 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 20CCNYW 12–0
October 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–19
November 14at Penn
L 1–35[2]
November 17Yale
L 0–93[3]

References

  1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 196 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Victory for the 'Varsity: Columbia's Eleven Beaten, 35 to 1". The Times (Philadelphia). November 15, 1883. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Yale Easily Defeats Columbia". New York Daily Tribune. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
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