Historic Football Records of

Columbia University

1870 (0-1-0)
.      L 3g-6g        Rutgers

1871  No games played.


1872 (1-2-1)
.      T  0-0         Rutgers
.      L 5g-7g        Rutgers
.      L  0-3g        Yale
.      W 6g-0         Stevens Institute of Technology

1873 (2-1-0)
.      W 2g-1g        Stevens
.      L 4g-5g        Rutgers
.      W 4g-3g        Rutgers

1874 (1-5-0)
.      L 1g-6g        Rutgers
.      L 2g-4g        Stevens
.      W 4g-1g        Rutgers
.      L  0-6g        Princeton
.      L 1g-5g        Yale
.      L 1g-6g        Yale

1875 (4-1-1)
.      T 1g-1g        Rutgers
.      W 2g-1g        Stevens
.      W 5g-0         College of the City of New York (C.C.N.Y.)
.      L 2g-6g        Princeton
.      W 6g-0         C.C.N.Y.
.      W 3g-2g        Yale

1876 (1-3-0)
.      L 3g-5g        Stevens
.      L  0-3g        Princeton
.      W 4g-0         Stevens
12/9   L  0-2g        Yale, at Hoboken, N.J.

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        Penn
.      L  0-2g,3t     Yale
.      T  0-0         Rutgers

1880 (1-2-0)
11/6   L  0-3g,1t     Harvard, at the Polo Grounds
.      L  0-13g,3t    Yale
.      W 2g-3t        Rutgers

1881 (3-3-1)
.      W 2g,2s-1g,1t  Stevens
.      L  0-1g,3t     Harvard
.      T 1s-4s        Rutgers
.      L 3s-1g,2t,2s  Princeton
11/10  L 6s-1g        Yale, at the Polo Grounds
.      W 1g-3s        Rutgers
.      W 2g-0         Penn
             Note: Safeties, while noted, did not count in scoring at this time.

1882 (0-4-1)
11/7   L  0-8g,3t     Princeton, at Polo Grounds
.      T 1t-2g,1t     Rutgers
11/11  L  0-2g,4t     Harvard, at Hoboken
11/18  L  0-11g,4t at Yale
11/25  L  0-3g,1t  at Princeton

1883 (1-4-0 w/forfeit loss)
10/8   W 12-0         C.C.N.Y., at Central Park
10/27  L  0-19     at Stevens
11/10  canceled       Princeton, at Polo Grounds [rain out]
11/12  L  0-1 (f.) at Princeton [FORFEIT]
11/14  L  1-35     at Penn
11/17  L  0-3         Yale, at Polo Grounds

1884 (1-1-0, 2-1-0 w/ Knickerbocker game)
.      L  5-35        Rutgers
.      W 16-0         C.C.N.Y.
            as Knickerbocker Club
11/27  W 22-6         Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, at Washington Park, Brooklyn

1885 (1-0-0)
10/31  W  4-0      at Stevens

1886
            Unions of Columbia College (1-0-0)
10/16  W 22-0      at Staten Island (Cricket) Club

1887



1888


1889 (2-7-2)
     Home Field: Berkeley Oval, the Bronx
10/5   L  0-30        Crescent Athletic Club, at Eristina, Staten Island
10/9   T 10-10        Lafayette (H)
10/19  L  4-24        Trinity (H)
10/26  L  0-62        Yale (H)
11/2   L  6-51        Lehigh (H)
11/5   L  0-71        Princeton (H)
11/9   L  0-24     at Penn
11/14  W 12-6      at Stevens
11/16  W 22-0         Manhattan Athletic Club, at Prospect Park Parade Grounds
11/21  T  0-0         Amherst (H)
11/23  L  0-20        Cornell (H)

1890 (1-6-1)
     Home Field: Brotherhood Park, Coogan's Bluff
10/4   L  0-21     at Orange Athletic Club, at Orange Oval
10/18  L  0-4         Wesleyan College (H)
10/22  L  0-18        Penn (H)
10/30  W 40-0         Fordham (H)
11/1   L  0-29     at Crescent A.C., Bay Ridge
11/4   L  0-85        Princeton, at Berkeley Oval  att: 1,000+
11/15  T  6-6         Rutgers (H)
11/27  L  0-36     at Cornell
            Freshmen team (2-2-0)
10/31  W  8-4         Dwight School (H)
11/15  L  6-12     at St. John's Olympics of Sing Sing, Ossining
11/22  W 66-0         N.Y.U. Freshmen (H)
11/26  L  0-32        Princeton Freshmen (H)
            Juniors
11/4   W 16-0      at Orange A.C., at Orange Oval

1891 (1-5-0)
     Home Field: Columbia Oval, the Bronx
10/10  W 32-0         Berkeley School (H)
10/14  L  0-28        Manhattan A.C. (H)
10/17  L  0-42     at Crescent A.C., at Eastern Park, Brooklyn
.      L  0-52        Stevens
10/24  L  0-54        Trinity College
10/28  L  0-44     at Rutgers
10/31  canceled    at Williams College
            Bryant F.B.C. (mostly Columbia players)
11/3   W 21-16     at Crescents of Plainfield or Crescent 2nds of Long Island
            Second team
10/10   ?          at Sigler's School, Newburgh
10/14  L  0-34     at Orange A.C. 2nds
            Freshmen
10/17  L  0-34     at Olympics of St. John's School, Sing Sing
10/21  not played     Rutgers Freshmen
10/29  L 14-18        Cutler School
.      L              St. John's College (Fordham) 3rds
11/14  L  0-22        St. Paul's School
11/18  L  4-18        General Theological Seminary (H)
11/21  W 42-0         Tenakill Outing Club of N.J.
11/25  L  2-28        Princeton Freshmen, at the Polo Grounds
11/27   ?             Princeton Frosh
            Sophomores team
10/23  L  4-16        Columbia Grammar, at Van Cortlandt Park
11/3   L  0-10        Spuyten Duyvil

1892
     Home Field: William's Bridge, the Bronx
            Unions of Columbia (~2-1-0)
11/1   W 10-0         Brooklyn Poly Inst., at Eastern Park  att: 200
11/3   W  4-0         General Theological Seminary (H)
11/17  L  6-18     at Brooklyn Latin School
            Columbia Consolidated (~1-1-0)
10/21  W 14-0         Fordham Invincibles (H) 11/21?
11/5   L  6-10        Staten Island Cricket Club
            Freshmen
10/13  W 28-0         Harvard School (H)
10/17  L  0-22        Cutler School (H)
10/21  W 24-0      at Newark Tennis Club  Norwalk?
10/29  W  8-4         Suburbans club (H)
11/5   T  6-6      at New Jersey Athletic Clyb
11/8   W              St. John's (Fordham) Invincibles  L?
11/9   L  2-10        Rutgers College frosh (H)  3-10?
11/12  W 10-2         Rutgers (H)
11/14  L  0-1 (f.)    Brooklyn Boys High
11/15  W 10-0         St. Paul's School
11/23  L  4-18        Princeton Frosh (H)
12/17  W  4-0         C.C.N.Y. Frosh (6-0?
            Columbia Lightweights/Sophomores
10/28  L 10-14        Nerkeley School
10/29  T  4-4         Harvard School (H)
11/5   W 12-0         Harvard School (H)
11/12  L  0-18     at St. Paul's School, Garden City

1893 (0-1-0)
12/2   L  0-14        Williams, at Halcon Hall, Mill Brook, N.Y.  5,000
            Freshmen
10/4   W 12-0         Bryant & Stratton Business College
10/7   W  8-4      at New York Athletic Club  (N.Y.A.C.)
10/17  L  0-4      at N.Y.A.C.
10/19  L              St. John's (Fordham) Invincibles (H)
10/19  W              St. John's (Fordham) Rangers
10/21  not played     Cutler School (H)
10/21  W 10-6      at Stevens Institute Sophomores
11/4   W           at Yonkers Y.M.C.A. 
11/7   L  0-32     at Yale Frosh
11/8    ?             Tuxedo
11/11  canceled    at New York Military Academy (N.Y.M.A.)
11/15  W 10-0      at St. Paul's School
11/18   ?             Brooklyn Latin School (H)
11/22  L  4-8         Princeton Frosh (H)
11/25  not played  at Brooklyn Poly Institute
11/25   ?          at Peekskill Military Academy
            Sophomores
11/5   W 11-6         Columbia Law School, at the Polo Grounds

1894 (1-0-0)
11/3   W  8-0         Brooklyn Navy Yard Officers
            Seniors
11/3   W  6-0         Naval Reserve scrubs
11/9   W 24-6         Columbia Juniors
11/17  W 14-4         Columbia Sophomores
						Juniors
11/9   L  6-24        Columbia Seniors
            Sophomores
11/17  L  4-14        Columbia Seniors					
            Freshmen
10/18  W 12-0         St. Paul's School
10/20  W  6-0         Flushing A.C.
11/3   W  6-2         Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
11/6   L  0-6         Flushing A.C.
11/17  L  0-33     at Harvard Freshmen
11/18  L  0-36     at Yale Freshmen
11/    L  0-4      at Princeton Freshmen [13 minute game due to darkness]

1895
            Columbia Seniors
11/22  L  0-24        Columbia Juniors
            Juniors
11/22  W 24-0         Columbia Seniors
11/25  L  6-10        Columbia Sophomores
            Sophomores
11/18  W (forfeit)    Columbia Freshmen
11/25  W 10-6         Columbia Juniors
            Freshmen
10/6   L  0-6         Berkeley School
10/29  T  0-0      at De Garmo Institute, Fishkill
11/2   W 14-6         Flushing A.C.
11/9   W 34-6      at Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie
11/14  W 14-0      at Westminster School, Irvington, N.J.
11/16  L  0-40     at Yale Freshmen
11/18  L (forfeit)    Columbia Sophomores
11/20  L  0-18        Princeton Freshmen   
11/27   ?          at Berkeley School, Berkeley Oval

1896
            Columbia Seniors
11/22  W  8-0         Columbia Juniors
            Juniors
11/23  T  0-0         Columbia Freshmen
            Sophomores
11/9   W 20-0         Cutler School
11/18  W 26-0         Columbia Freshmen

            Freshmen
11/10  W 18-0         Cutler School
11/18  L  0-26        Columbia Sophomores
11/23  T  0-0         Columbia Juniors

1897
            Columbia Freshmen
11/16  W  6-0         Columbia Sophomores
11/17  no game        Princeton Freshmen
11/17  W  4-0      at Stevens Institute Freshmen
11/23  W  6-0         Columbia Freshmen
.      W (forfeit)    Columbia Seniors
            Columbia Seniors
11/19  no game        Barnard School
.      L (forfeit)    Columbia Freshmen
    

1898 (0-1-0)
11/8   L  0-6         Hollywood Inn, Yonkers
            Columbia Seniors
11/22  W  5-0         Columbia Juniors
            Columbia Juniors
11/22  L  0-5         Columbia Seniors
            Columbia Sophomores
10/20  W 21-5         Berkeley School
11/2   W 12-9         Columbia Law School ('99)
11/14  T  0-0         Columbia Freshmen
11/17  W 15-0         Packard Business College
11/23  W 11-0         Columbia Freshmen
            Columbia Freshmen
10/28  W 47-6         Berkeley School
11/8  canceled        N.Y.U. Freshmen
11/14  T  0-0         Columbia Sophomores
11/16  L  0-47     at Princeton Freshmen
11/21  L  0-32        M.Y.U. Freshmen
11/23  L  0-11        Columbia Sophomores

1899 (9-3-0)
     Home Field: Columbia Field a.k.a. Manhattan Field
9/23   W 30-6      at Walton (H)
10/3   W 26-0      at Rutgers  (Neilson Field)
10/7   W 21-0      at Union (N.Y.)
10/14  L  0-11        Princeton (H)  4,000
10/18  W 40-0         N.Y.U. (H)
10/21  W 18-0         Amherst (H)
10/28  W  5-0         Yale (H)  20,000
11/2   W 46-0      at Stevens Institute  (St. George Cricket Club, Hoboken)
11/7   L  0-29        Cornell (H)  25,000
11/11  W 16-0      at Army
11/18  W 22-0         Dartmouth (H)  7,500
11/30  L  0-45        Carlisl (H)  25,000

1900 (7-3-1)
     Home Field: Columbia Field a.k.a. Manhattan Field
10/3   W 11-0      at Rutgers (Neilson Field)
10/6   W 12-0         Wesleyan (H)  8,000
10/10  T  0-0         Williams (H)  1,500
10/13  L  0-24     at Harvard
10/17  W 45-0         Stevens Institute (H)  500
10/20  L  0-30     at Penn (Franklin Field)
10/27  L  5-12        Yale (H)
11/6   W  6-5         Princeton (H)
11/10  W 17-0      at Buffalo
11/17  W 11-0         Navy  1,000
11/29  W 17-6         Carlisle (H)  36,000
.      no game        Williams [Williams rejects proposed rematch]

1901 (8-5-0)
     Home Field: Polo Grounds (#3) a.k.a. Columbia Field
9/28   L  0-5      at Buffalo
10/2   W 27-0      at Rutgers  (Neilson Field)
10/5   W  5-0         Williams (H)  1,200
10/12  L  0-18     at Harvard
10/19  W 12-0         Hamilton (H)
10/26  L  5-10     at Yale  (Yale Bowl)
10/30  W 29-6         Haverford (H)
11/2   W 10-0         Penn (H)  10,000
11/5  cancelled       Trinity (H)
11/5   W 18-0         Georgetown  (H)
11/9   L  5-11        Syracuse (H)  3,000
11/16  L  0-24        Cornell (H)  7,000
11/22  W  6-5      at Navy
11/28  W 40-12        Carlisle  (H)  5,000
            Columbia Freshmen
11/2    ?          at Yale Freshmen
11/8   L  0-6         Horace Mann School  (H)
11/13  L  0-33        Hotchkiss School  (H)
11/23  L  5-21     at Penn Freshmen  (at Franklin Field)

1902 (6-4-1)
     Home Field: Polo Grounds (#3) a.k.a. Columbia Field
10/4   W 43-0      at Rutgers  (Neilson Field)
10/8   W 45-0         Fordham (H)
10/11  W  5-0         Buffalo (H)
10/15  W 24-0         Swarthmore (H)
10/18  W 35-0         Hamilton (H)
10/22  W 26-0         Columbia College  [practice game]
10/25  L  0-21     at Princeton
11/1   L  0-17     at Penn (Franklin Field)
11/8   L  0-28        Brown (H)
11/15  L  0-29        Amherst (H)  4,000
11/19  W  5-0      at Navy
11/27  T  6-6         Syracuse (H)  4,000
            Columbia Sophomores
11/21  W 16-0         Columbia Freshmen
            Columbia Freshmen  
10/29  W  5-0         Irvington School of West 85th Street (H) (South Field or Van Cortland Park)
11/1    ?          Barnard School  [practice game]
11/4   L  0-10        Audubon Park  (H-South Field)
11/5  cancelled       Columbia Grammar School  [Grammar School cancels]]
11/8   W 22-0         Hamilton Institute (H-South Field)
11/13  W 32-0         St. Francis Xavier Freshmen (H-South Field)
11/19  L  0-27        Horace Mann School
11/21  L  0-16        Columbia Sophomores

1903 (9-1-0)
     Home Field: Polo Grounds (#3) a.k.a. Columbia Field
9/26   W 10-0         Wesleyan (H)
9/30   W 16-0         Columbia Alumni & Scrubs (H)
10/3   W 36-0         Union (N.Y.) (H)
10/7   W 29-0         Hamilton College (H)
10/10  W  5-0         Williams (H)  2,000
10/14  W  5-0         Swarthmore (H)
10/17  W 12-0         Amherst (H)  4,000
10/24  W 18-6         Penn (H)
10/31  L  0-25        Yale (H)  32,000
11/7  cancelled       Fordham
11/14  W 17-12     at Cornell  (Percy Field)
            Columbia Sophomores
11/5   W 11-6         Columbia Law School (H-Polo Grounds #3)
11/11  W 21-0         Horace Mann School
11/15  W 16-0         Morris High (H-Columbia Oval)
11/19 postponed       Columbia Law School
11/21   ?          at Alis Field, Plainfield, N.J.
11/25  T  6-6         Columbia Freshmen (H-South Field)
            Columbia Freshmen 
10/13 cancelled       Webb Academy
10/20  T  0-0         De La Salle (H-South Field)
10/22  L  0-10        Columbia Law School (H-South Field)
10/23  L 10-11        Xavier Intermediate
10/29  W 13-11        Horace Mann School
11/3   T  5-5         Penn Freshmen (H-Polo Grounds #3)
11/13  W 24-0         Irving School (H-South Field)
11/21  no game        Cornell Freshmen
11/25  T  6-6         Columbia Sophomores (H-South Field)

1904  (8-3-0)
     Home Field: Hilltop Park a.k.a. American League Park
9/22   W 22-0         DeWitt Clinton HS
9/24   W 10-0         Union (N.Y.) (H)
9/28   W 28-0         Franklin & Marshall (H)
10/1   W 16-0         Wesleyan (H)
10/4   W 31-0         Tufts (H)
10/8   W 11-0         Williams (H)  3,000
10/12  W 12-0         Swarthmore (H)  800
10/15  L  0-12        Amherst (H)  4,853
10/22  L  0-16     at Penn (Franklin Field)
10/29  L  0-34        Yale (H)  10,000
11/8   W  8-0         Columbia Scrubs (H)
11/12  W 12-6         Cornell (H)
            Columbia 2nds
11/4   W              Columbia Freshmen
11/5   W 10-0         Stevens Institute (H-Hilltop Park)
            Columbia Sophomores
11/23  W  6-0         Columbia Freshmen (H-Hilltop Park)
            Columbia Freshmen
10/12 cancelled       Irving School  [no show]
10/19  W 56-0         Dwight Schoo (H-South Field)
10/26  W 26-5         De La Salle Academy (H-South Field)
11/2   W 15-0         Horace Mann School (H-Hilltop Park)
11/4   L              Columbia 2nds
11/8  canceled        Cornell Freshmen
11/12  L  0-49     at St. Paul's School
11/19  L  0-35     at Penn (Franklin Field)
11/23  L  0-6         Columbia Sophomores (H-Hilltop Park)

1905 (4-3-2)
     Home Field: Hilltop Park a.k.a. American League Park
9/30   W 23-0         Union (N.Y.) (H)
10/4   W 21-0         Seton Hall (H)
10/7   T  0-0         Wesleyan (H)  8,000
10/10  W 4TD-0        U.S.S. Alabama (H) [practice game]
10/14  W 11-5         Williams (H)
10/21  T 10-10        Amherst (H)
10/28  L  0-12        Princeton (H)  10,000
11/4   L  0-53        Yale (H)
11/10  W 27-6         Columbia Scrubs
11/18  W 12-6      at Cornell (Percy Field)
11/25  L  0-23        Penn (H)
            Columbia Sophomores
11/29   ?             Columbia Freshmen  (H-HP)
12/4   W  5-0         Columbia Freshmen
            Columbia Freshmen
10/10 cancelled       High School of Commerce  [practice game]
10/12  no game        Commercial HS
10/12  L  0-5         De La Salle Academy [one 15 minute half]
10/17  L  5-12     at Newark HS (N.J.)
10/19  T  0-0         St. Francis Xavier School [incomplete game] (H-HP)
10/24  W 4TD-0        College of Pharmacy  (H-HP)
10/28   ?             De Witt Clinton HS (Olympic Field, 135th & Lenox)
10/28  L  2-5         HS of Commerce (H-HP0
11/1   T  5-5         Stevens Institute Freshmen (H-HP)
11/9   W 35-0         St. Francis Xavier Freshmen (H-HP)
11/18  L  5-6         Penn Freshmen  (H-HP)
11/29   ?             Columbia Sophomores  (H-HP)
12/4   L  0-5         Columbia Sophomores

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