Columbia University Historic Football Records

  1870 (0-1-0)
.  L   3-6     Rutgers
  1871 (no games)
  1872 (1-2-1)
.  T   0-0     Rutgers
.  L   5-7     Rutgers
.  L   0-3     Yale
.  W   6-0     Stevens
  1873 (2-1-0)
.  W   2-1     Stevens
.  L   4-5     Rutgers
.  W   4-3     Rutgers
  1874 (1-5-0)
.  L   1-6     Rutgers
.  L   2-4     Stevens
.  W   4-1     Rutgers
.  L   0-6     Princeton
.  L   1-5     Yale
.  L   1-6     Yale
  1875 (4-1-1)
.  T   1-1     Rutgers
.  W   2-1     Stevens
.  W   5-0     C.C.N.Y.
.  L   2-6     Princeton
.  W   6-0     C.C.N.Y.
.  W   3-2     Yale
  1876 (1-3-0)
.  L   3-5     Stevens
.  L   0-3     Princeton
.  W   4-0     Stevens
Dec. 9  L   0-2     Yale  at Hoboken
  1877 (1-2-0)
.  L   0-6g,9t     Harvard
.  W 6t-0     Rutgers
.  L 3t-4g,6t     Princeton
  1878 (0-0-1)
.  T   0-0     Pennsylvania
  1879 (0-3-2)
.  T   0-0     Stevens
.  L 0-2g,3t     Princeton
.  L   0-1t     Pennsylvania
.  L   0-2g,3t     Yale
.  T   0-0     Rutgers
  1880 (1-2-0)
Nov. 6  L   0-3g,1t     Harvard  at the Polo Grounds
.  L   0-13g,3t     Yale
.  W 7g-3t     Rutgers
  1881 (3-3-1)
.  W 2g,2s-1g,1t     Stevens
.  L   0-1g,3t     Harvard
.  T 4s-4s     Rutgers
.  L 3s-1g,2t,2s     Princeton
Nov. 10  L 6s-1g     Yale  at the Polo Grounds
.  W 1g,3t-3s     Rutgers
.  W 2g-0     Pennsylvania
  1882 (0-5-0)
Nov. 7  L   0-8g,3t     Princeton  at the Polo Grounds
.  L 1t-2g,1t     Rutgers
Nov. 11  L   0-2g,4t     Harvard  at Hoboken
Nov. 18  L   0-11g,4t  Away   Yale
Nov. 25  L   0-3g,1t  Away   Princeton
  1883 (1-4-0)
Oct. 8  W 12-0     C.C.N.Y.  at Central Park
Oct. 27  L    0-19  Away   Stevens
Nov. 10  canceled     Princeton  at the Polo Grounds (rain)
Nov. 12  L    0-1 (f.)  Away   Princeton
Nov. 14  L    1-35  Away   Pennsylvania
Nov. 17  L    0-93     Yale  at the Polo Grounds
  1884 (1-1-0)
.  L   5-35     Rutgers
.  W 16-0     C.C.N.Y.
as Knickerbockers Club
Nov. 27  W 22-6     Brooklyn Poly Institute  at Washington Park, Brooklyn
  1885 (1-0-0)
Oct. 31  W   4-0  Away   Stevens Institute
  1886
Unions of Columbia
Oct. 16  W 22-0  Away   Staten Island Cricket Club  at St. George's Cricket Field
  1887-1888   (no games)
  1889 (2-7-2)
Home Field: Berkeley Oval
Oct. 5  L    0-30  Away   Crescent A.C. at Erstina, Staten Island
Oct. 9  T 10-10  Home   Lafayette
Oct. 19  L   4-24  Home   Trinity
Oct. 26  L    0-62  Home   Yale
Nov. 2  L   6-51  Home   Lehigh
Nov. 5  L    0-71  Home   Princeton
Nov. 9  L    0-24  Away   Pennsylvania
Nov. 14  W 12-6  Away   Stevens
Nov. 16  W 22-0     Manhattan A.C.  at Prospect Park
Nov. 21  T    0-0  Home   Amherst
Nov. 23  L    0-20  Home   Cornell
  1890 (1-6-1)
Home Field: Brotherhood Park
Oct. 4  L    0-21  Away   Orange A.C.
Oct. 18  L    0-4  Home   Wesleyan
Oct. 22  L    0-18  Home   Pennsylvania
Oct. 30  W 40-0  Home   Fordham
Nov. 1  L    0-29  Away   Crescent A.C.  at Bay Ridge
Nov. 4  L    0-85     Princeton  at Berkeley Oval 1,000+
Nov. 12 no game  Away   Pennsylvania  [Columbia no show]
Nov. 15  T   6-6  Home   Rutgers
Nov. 27  L    0-36  Away   Cornell
Freshmen
Oct. 31  W   8-4  Home   Dwight School
Nov. 15  L   6-12  Away   St. John's Olympics of Sing Sing
Nov. 22  W 66-0  Home   NYU Freshmen
Nov. 26  L    0-32  Home   Princeton Freshmen
Juniors
Nov. 4  W 18-0  Away   Orange AC
  1891 (1-5-0)
Home Field: Columbia Oval, the Bronx
Oct. 3  W 32-0  Home   Berkeley School
Oct. 14  L    0-28  Home   Manhattan A.C.
Oct. 17  L    0-42  Away   Crescent A.C.  at Eastern Park
Oct.  L    0-52     Stevens
Oct. 24  L    0-54     Trinity
Oct. 28  L    0-14  Away   Rutgers
Oct. 31  canceled  Away   Williams
Seconds
Oct. 10   ?  Away   Sigler's School,  Newburgh
Oct. 14  L    0-34  Away   Orange AC 2nds
Sophomores
Oct. 23  L    4-16   Columbia Grammar, at Van Cortlandt Park
Nov. 3  L    0-10   Spuyten Duyvil
Freshmen
Oct. 17  L    0-34  Away   Olympics of St. John's School, Sing Sing
Oct. 21  not played   Rutgers Freshmen
Oct. 29  L 14-18   Cutler School
.  L   St. John's (Fordham) 3rds
Nov. 14  L    0-22     St. Paul's School
Nov. 18  L   4-18  Home   General Theological Seminary
Nov. 21  W 42-0  Home   Tenakill Outing Club of N.J.
Nov. 25  L   2-28   Princeton Freshmen, at the Polo Grounds
Nov. 27   ?   Princeton Freshmen
Bryant FBC (mostly Columbia players)
Nov. 3  W 21-16  Away   Crescents of Plainfield or Crescent 2nds of Long Island
  1892
Home Field: William's Bridge, the Bronx
Unions of Columbia
Nov. 1  W 10-0     Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, at Eastern Park  att: 200
Nov. 3  W   4-0  Home   General Theological Seminary
Nov. 17  L   6-18  Away   Brooklyn Latin School
Columbia Consolidated
Oct. 21  W 14-0  Home   Fordham Invincibles  11/21?
Nov. 5  L   6-10   Staten Island Cricket Club
Freshmen
Oct. 13  W 28-0  Home   Harvard School
Oct. 17  L    0-22  Home   Cutler School
Oct. 21  W 24-0  Away   Newark Tennis Club
Oct. 29  W   8-4  Home   Suburbans club
Nov. 5  T   6-6  Away   New Jersey Athletic Club
Nov.8  W   St. John's (Fordham) Invincibles  (L ?)
Nov. 12  L (for.)   Brooklyn High School  [forfeit] [Columbians of Long Island]
Nov. 12  W 10-2  Home   Rutgers
Nov. 15  W 10-0   St. Paul's School
Nov. 23  L   4-18  Home   Princeton Freshmen
Dec. 17  W   4-0   CCNY Freshmen  6-0?
Columbia Lightweights/Sophomores
Oct. 28  L 10-14     Berkeley School
Oct. 29  T   4-4  Home   Harvard School
Nov. 5  W 12-0  Home   Harvard School
Nov. 12  L    0-18  Away   St. Paul's School, Garden City
  1893 (0-1-0)
Home Field: William's Bridge, the Bronx
Nov. 22  W   4-0  Away   Montauks of Brooklyn  [Columbians of LI (Pratt)Home?]
Dec. 2  L    0-14   Williams, at Halycon Hall, Millbrook, N.Y.  5,000
Sophomores
Nov. 5  W 11-6   Columbia Law, at the Polo Grounds
Freshmen
Oct. 4  W 12-0     Bryant & Stratton Business College
Oct. 7  W   8-4  Away   New York Athletic Club
Oct. 17  L    0-4  Away   NYAC
Oct. 19  L  Home   St. John's (Fordham) Invincibles
Oct. 19  W  Home   St. John's (Fordham) Rangers
Oct. 21 not played  Home   Cutler School
Oct. 21  W 10-6  Away   Stevens Institute Sophomores
Nov. 4  W  Away   Yonkers YMCA
Nov. 7  L    0-32  Away   Yale Freshmen
Nov. 8    ?   Tuxedo team
Nov. 11  canceled  Away   New York Military Academy
Nov. 15  W 10-0  Away   St. Paul's School
Nov. 18    ?  Home   Brooklyn Latin School
Nov. 22  L   4-8  Home   Princeton Freshmen
Nov. 25  no game  Away   Brooklyn Poly Institute  (not played)
Nov. 25    ?  Away   Peekskill Military Academy
  1894
Home Field: William's Bridge, the Bronx
Nov. 3  W   8-0 Away?   Brooklyn Navy Yard Officers  (Played by Columbia AC of Brooklyn)
Unions of Columbia
.  no game   CCNY  [not played]
.  L    0-38   Brooklyn Latin School 2nds  ?
Freshmen
Nov. 3  W   6-0  Home   Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Nov. 6  L    0-6  Away   Flushing AC
Nov. 10  no game  Away   South Orange FC  [not played]
Nov. 10  L    0-38  Away   Yale Freshmen
Nov. 17  L    0-33  Away   Harvard Freshmen
  1895
Freshmen
Oct. 16  W 18-0  Home   Cutler School
Oct. 26  L    0-6     Berkeley School
Oct. 28  W   6-0     Berkeley School  (10/26 0-6?)
Nov. 2  T    0-0  Away   DeGarmo Institute
Nov. 9  W 28-6  Away   Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie  11/2?
Nov. 16  L    0-40  Away   Yale Freshmen
Nov. 20  L    0-18     Princeton Freshmen
  1896
Freshmen
Nov. 14  L    0-12  Home   Trinity School
Nov. 18    ?  Home   Princeton Freshmen
  1897
Olympics of Columbia College
Nov. 6  T   4-4  Home   York Athletic Association
Nov. 26  L    0-1 (f)  Away   Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie
Freshmen
Nov. 4  W   4-0  Away   Berkeley School, at Berkeley Oval  Cutler School game?
Nov. 17  W   4-0  Away   Stevens Institute Freshmen
Nov. 24  L    0-6   Columbia Sophomores
  1898 (0-1-0)
Nov. 8  L    0-6  Away   Hollywood Inn, Yonkers
Sophomores
Oct. 31  W 15-6  Away   Stevens Institute Sophomores
Freshmen
Nov. 16  L    0-47  Away   Princeton Freshmen
Nov. 21  L    0-32     NYU Freshmen
School of Applied Science
Nov. 2  W 12-0   Columbia Senior School of Law
  1899 (8-3-0)
Home Field: Manhattan Field
Sep. 23  W 30-6     Walton School at Margaretteville
Sep. 30  W 26-0  Away   Rutgers
Oct. 7  W 21-0  Away   Union
Oct. 14  L    0-11  Home   Princeton  4,000
Oct. 18  W 40-0  Home   N.Y.U.
Oct. 21  W 18-0  Home   Amherst
Oct. 28  W   5-0  Home   Yale  20,000
Nov. 1  W 46-0  Away   Stevens
Nov. 7  L    0-29  Home   Cornell  25,000
Nov. 11  W 16-0  Away   Army
Nov. 18  W 22-0  Home   Dartmouth  7,500
Nov. 25  canceled  Away   Navy
Nov. 30  L   0-45  Home   Carlisle  25,000
  1900 (7-3-1)
Home Field: Columbia Field  (Manhattan Field)
Oct. 3  W 11-0  Away   Rutgers
Oct. 6  W 12-0  Home   Wesleyan  8,000
Oct. 10  T    0-0  Home   Williams  1,500
Oct. 13  L    0-24  Away   Harvard  6,000
Oct. 17  W 45-0  Home   Stevens  500
Oct. 20  L    0-30  Away   Pennsylvania  15,000
Oct. 27  L   5-12  Home   Yale
Nov. 6  W   6-5  Home   Princeton
Nov. 10  W 17-0  Away   Buffalo
Nov. 17  W 11-0  Home   Navy  1,000
Nov. 21  canceled  Home   Manhattan College
Nov. 29  W 17-6  Home   Carlisle  36,000
  1901 (8-5-0)
Home Field: the Polo Grounds
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
  1902 ()
Home Field: the Polo Grounds
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
  1903 ()
Home Field: the Polo Grounds
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
  1904 ()
Home Field: Hilltop Park
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
  1905 ()
Home Field: Hilltop Park
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
  1906-1914 (Football banned at Columbia)
  1907
Interfraternity Football
Nov. 13  Beta Theta Phi 10 - Horace Mann School 0  at South Field
Nov. 15  Beta Pheta Phi 11 - Delta Tau Delta 5  at South Field
Nov. 19  Sigma Chi v. Horace Mann School  at South Field  not played (President Butler requests no games on campus)
Nov. 20  Beta Theta Phi (Phi Kappa Psi) 5 - Sigma Chi 0  at Old Fort Lee, N.J.
Championship Game
Nov. 23  Phi Kappa Psi 6 - Sigma Chi 0  at Van Cortlandt Park
  1913
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Oct. 11  T   6-6  Away   Ridgewood High School