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1884 Columbia football team

1884 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainCharles A. Stevens
Seasons
← 1883
1889 →
1884 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     9 0 1
Yale     8 0 1
Michigan     2 0 0
Williams     2 0 0
Navy     1 0 0
Wabash     1 0 0
Penn     5 1 1
Fordham     5 1 0
Harvard     7 4 0
Wesleyan     3 2 0
Butler     1 1 0
Columbia     1 1 0
Rutgers     3 4 0
Stevens     4 5 0
Dartmouth     1 2 1
Tufts     2 4 1
Massachusetts     1 2 0
Lafayette     2 5 0
Johns Hopkins     1 3 0
Albion     0 1 0
CCNY     0 1 0
DePauw     0 1 0
Olivet     0 2 0
Amherst     0 3 0
Lehigh     0 4 0

The 1884 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1884 college football season. The team compiled a 1–1 record and was outscored by a total of 35 to 21.[1] The team had no coach. Charles A. Stevens was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 15RutgersL 5–35
October 16CCNYW 16–0[2]
November 27Polytechnic InstituteW 22–6[3]
  • The win over the Polytechnic Institute is not officially recognized in Columbia's record book.

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 196.
  2. ^ "Hissing Opponents At Football". New York Daily Tribune. October 17, 1884. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "College Sports". Dunkirk Evening Observer. November 28, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2020.


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