1889 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJ. M. Hewlett
Home stadiumBerkeley Oval
1889 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    10 0 0
Massachusetts    2 0 0
Yale    15 1 0
Harvard    9 2 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 1 1
Dickinson    4 1 1
Navy    4 1 1
Tufts    3 1 0
Lehigh    8 3 2
Cornell    8 4 0
Penn    7 6 0
Brown    2 2 0
Penn State    2 2 0
Delaware    1 1 1
Wesleyan    5 7 1
Bucknell    2 3 1
Lafayette    3 4 2
Columbia    2 7 2
Fordham    1 3 0
Rutgers    1 4 0
NYU    0 2 0

The 1889 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a 2–7–2 record and was outscored by a total of 298 to 54.[1] The team had no coach. J. M. Hewlett was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5vs. Crescent Athletic ClubL 0–30[2]
October 9Lafayette
T 10–10
October 12Trinity (CT)L 4–24
October 26Yale
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–62[3]
November 2at LehighBethlehem, PAL 6–51
November 53:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–71[4][5]
November 9Penn
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–24
November 14at StevensHoboken, NJW 12–6
November 20Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
W 22–0
November 21Amherst
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
T 0–0[6]
November 23Cornell
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
L 0–20[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Columbia College Beaten: The Brooklyn Crescents Defeat the Students at Staten Island". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1889. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too". The New York Times. October 27, 1889. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "A Goose Egg for Columbia: The Princeton Team Has some Fun with the New Yorkers". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1889. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Advertisement for Election Day Football". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1889. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "A Game of Football". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Columbia Beaten By Cornell". The Sun. New York, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 8. Retrieved May 21, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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