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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