1890 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainA. C. Gildersleeve
Home stadiumBrotherhood Park
1890 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard    11 0 0
Yale    13 1 0
Princeton    11 1 1
Franklin & Marshall    8 2 0
Navy    5 1 1
Penn    11 3 0
Washington & Jefferson    2 1 0
Cornell    7 4 0
Syracuse    7 4 0
Springfield YMCA    5 3 0
Lehigh    6 4 0
Delaware    3 2 0
Rutgers    5 5 1
Penn State    2 2 0
Colgate    1 1 0
Wesleyan    5 6 0
Tufts    2 3 0
Western Univ. Penn    1 2 0
Lafayette    2 5 1
Brown    2 5 0
Bucknell    1 4 1
Fordham    1 3 1
Massachusetts    1 4 0
Columbia    1 5 1
Army    0 1 0
Geneva    0 1 0

The 1890 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 1–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 199 to 46.[1] The team had no coach. A.C. Gildersleeve was the team captain.[1]

The team played its home games at Brotherhood Park in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Orange Athletic ClubL 0–21[2]
October 18WesleyanL 0–4[3]
October 22Penn
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–18[4]
October 30Fordham
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
W 40–0
November 1vs. Crescent Athletic ClubBrooklyn, NYL 0–29
November 4Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–851,000[5]
November 15Rutgers
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
T 6–6
November 22at Cornell
L 0–36

References

  1. 1 2 "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Columbia Wins". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wesleyan Defeats Columbia". The New York Times. October 19, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "The Columbias Beaten: A Great Victory for the Wearers of the Red and Blue". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1890. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "The "Black and Orange" to the Front: Princeton Outkicks the Columbia Boys by a Score of 85 to 0". The Sun (New York). November 5, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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