New York University All-Time Football Records
The ”Violet•
1873 (0-1-0)
L 1g-6g Stevens
1874 (0-1-0)
L 0-6g Stevens
1875 (0-1-0)
L 0-5g Stevens
1876 (0-2-0)
L 0-8g Stevens
L City College(CCNY)
1877 Frosh team-no records
1878 No team
1879 (0-1-0)
11/15 L 0-2g,1t Stevens Freshmen
1880 (1-0-0)
11/22 W NYU Juniors
1881 No records
1882 (~0-2-0)
10/16 L 1t-3g,1t at Columbia
11/9 L 0-1g,5t at Stevens Prep
1883 (~0-1-0)
11/26 ? at Adelphi Academy
11/29 W 4-2 at Paterson
1886 (~0-2-1)
11/2 L 0-66 Olympic AC, at Brooklyn Athletic Field 11/12?
11/18 T 4-4 Staten Island Cricket Club
11/20 L 0-36 at Crescents of NY
1889 (~0-4-0)
L 6-34 St.John's (Fordham)
L 0-10 Clinton Field Club
11/23 L 0-10 Newark A.C., at Governors Island
11/29 L 0-22 CCNY, at Manhattan AC Field [0-10?][0-20?]
Frosh:
11/13 W 55-0 CCNY Sophomores, at Prospect Park
1890 (2-4-0)
10/4 L 0-12 at Montclair AC
10/15 W 34-6 at Berkeley School (Berkeley Oval)
10/23 no scoring NYAC, at Durland Riding Academy (Indoors),59th & 8th Ave.; no scoring
10/25 W 16-0 CCNY (at Berkeley Oval)
11/1 L 4-14 at Montclair AC
11/4 L 0-1 (F) Fordham [forfeit] 11/8?
11/14 L 0-62 at Rutgers
1891 (1-4-0?)
10/14 L 0-38 Stevens
10/17 L 0-20 at Berkeley AC, at Berkeley Oval
10/24 W 6-0 Berkeley AC Berkeley claims 6-6 tie, NYU list 0-6 loss
10/28 L by forf. NYAC, at the Polo Grounds(#3)
11/7 L 4-70 at Rutgers
Frosh:
11/20 L 0-10 CCNY Frosh, at Central Park North Meadow
1892 (~0-1-0)
10/12 L 0-26 Swarthmore
10/19 canceled at Rutgers
1893
1894 (~0-3-0)
10/27 L 0-12 CCNY, at The Polo Grounds
11/6 L 0-26 at Montclair AC
L 0-22 Berkeley School
11/17 ? Garfield Lg. of Newark, at Berkeley Oval
1895 (0-5-0)
L 6-12 CCNY
10/26 L 0-16 at Rutgers
10/16 L 6-46 at Wesleyan 10/19?
11/2 L 0-30 at Trinity (CT) 10/30? 11/2 0-20?
11/28 L 0-12 at NJAC, Bergen Point
1896 (7-2-0)
10/10 at St.Stephen's ??
10/24 W 40-0 Stevens (H)
10/ W 16-0 Montclair AC
10/17 W 22-0 NJAC (H)
10/31 L 14-22 at NJAC, Bergen Point 4-22?
W 14-0 St.Francis Xavier
11/7 L 0-40 at Trinity
11/14 W 24-0 Fanwood AC (H) 22-0?
W 38-0 Bridgeport HS
11/21 W 6-0 at Hamilton
other scheduled-11/3 at Union; 11/14 at Rutgers; 11/26 Wesleyan
1897 (~5-3-0)
10/9 W 24-0 Stevens (H) att: 200
10/16 W 18-0 St.Stephens (H)
10/21 W 14-0 Berkeley School (H) [practice game]
10/24 L 0-32 at Trinity 0-34?
10/27 W 4-0 at Stevens att: 300
10/30 cancelled NJAC (H)
11/2 cancelled at Montclair AC
11/6 cancelled Oritani FC of Hackensack
11/10 cancelled at Rutgers
11/10 W 16-4 Berkeley School (H) [practice game]
11/13 L 0-42 at Lehigh
11/17 L 0-12 at Hamilton
11/20 cancelled Rutgers (H)
Frosh
11/10 postponed at Yonkers HS [pp to 11/17; played?]
11/11 T 0-0 Berkeley School
1898 (~1-3-0)
10/8 W 10-0 Lehigh (H) (Ohio Field) att: 200
10/15 L 5-11 Rutgers (H) (Ohio Field) 0-11?
10/20 L 0-40 at Stevens
10/26 cancelled at Rutgers
10/29 ? Swarthmore (H)
11/5 L 0-17 Syracuse (H) (Ohio Field) 9-17?
other scheduled: 11/8 at NJAC,Bayonne; 11/12 at Trinity; 11/19 Colgate (H)
Frosh
11/1 W 37-0 at Berkeley School (Berkeley Oval)
11/21 W 32-0 Columbia Frosh
1899 (2-6-0)
10/14 L 5-10 at Syracuse
10/18 L 0-40 Columbia, at Manhattan Field
10/21 L 0-35 at Hamilton (Genessee Park)
10/28 L 0-50 at Lehigh
11/4 L 0-12 at Trinity 0-28?
11/11 W 6-5 at Rutgers
11/18 W 18-6 Stevens (H), at Berkeley Oval
11/25 L 0-11 Hamilton (H), at Berkeley Oval 0-17?
1900 (3-6-1)
10/6 T 0-0 Alumni (H) (Ohio Field)
10/9 W 11-0 at Stevens, St. George Cricket Grounds
10/13 L 0-12 at Syracuse (H?)
10/20 W 17-0 St.Stephen's (Annandale) (H) [at?]
10/24 W 55-0 Brooklyn Poly (H) (Ohio Field)
10/31 L 0-6 at Army 2nd team
11/3 L 2-16 at RPI
11/10 L 0-22 at Trinity (CT) 0-20?
11/16 L 0-11 Rutgers (H) (Berkeley Oval) rescheduled from 11/17
11/24 L 0-39 Hamilton (H) (Berkeley Oval)
11/29 cancelled at Oritani Field Club, Hackensack
Frosh
11/12 Barnard School (H)
1901(~4-3-1)
10/5 no game at Brooklyn Poly
10/5 W 16-0 at St.Paul's Cathedral School, Garden City [6-0?]
10/9 L 0-23 at Princeton
10/19 W 40-0 St.Stephen's [Bard] (H) (Berkeley Oval)
10/26 W 16-0 at Rutgers
11/2 cancelled? Seton Hall (H) ?
11/5 L 0-11 Univ. & Bellevue Medical College (H) (Berkeley Oval)
11/9 L 5-16 at Trinity (CT)
11/10 ? Herkimer AC, at Dexter Park ?
11/16 W 46-5 RPI (H) (Ohio Field)
11/23 T 11-11 Union (H) (Berkeley Oval)
11/28 not played Rochester
T 6-6 Fordham ???
1902(~9-2-0)
10/1 W 6-0 Webb Academy (H) [practice game]
10/4 W 27-0 Stevens (H) (Ohio Field)
10/8 cancelled at Princeton
10/11 L 0-16 Ursinus (OF)
10/14 W 15-0 Pratt Institute (OF) [practice game]
10/18 W 6-0 at Trinity (CT)
10/25 L 0-46 at Lehigh
11/1 L 0-11 at Swarthmore
11/4 cancelled Brooklyn Poly, at Washington Park
11/8 W 22-0 Rutgers (OF)
11/15 W 18-5 at RPI
11/22 W 18-0 Union (OF)
W 5-0 St.Francis Xavier
?? W 6-0 Webster Academy ???
Scrubs:
11/1 L 0-16 Webb Academy (H)
1903(2-5-0)
10/10 W 35-5 Trinity (H) (Ohio Field)
10/17 W 41-0 Stevens (OF)
10/24 L 0-6 at Wesleyan
10/31 L 6-8 Lafayette (OF)
11/7 L 0-6 at Haverford
11/14 L 15-18 at Rutgers
11/21 L 0-11 Union (OF)
Scrubs?:
L 6-20 Fordham
1904(3-6-0)
10/5 L 0-23 at Amherst
10/8 L 0-21 Fordham (OF)
10/15 L 5-6 at Rochester
10/22 W 6-0 Trinity (OF)
10/29 W 53-0 RPI (OF)
11/5 L 0-34 Haverford (OF) 1,000
11/8 W 35-6 Rutgers (OF) 2,000
11/12 L 0-41 at Army
11/19 L 0-21 Union (OF)
11/24 canceled at Lafayette
1905(3-3-1)
10/7 L 2-11 at Lehigh
10/14 T 0-0 at Trinity (CT)
10/21 L 0-31 Wesleyan (OF)
10/28 L 0-23 Stevens (OF)
11/7 W 10-7 Rutgers (OF)
11/11 W 17-2 RPI (OF)
11/17 cancelled at Syracuse
11/25 W 11-0 Union (OF)
Scrubs
11/8 W 28-0 Dwight School (OF) [26-0?]
L 6-16 Fordham Reserves?
1906(0-4-0)
10/12 W 15-0 De LaSalle Academy [practice game]
10/27 L 0-6 Stevens (OF)
11/6 L 0-15 Rutgers (OF) att: 3,500 [0-14?,0-10?]
11/10 L 11-27 at Lehigh
11/24 L 0-68 at Haverford
Scrubs:
L 0-12 Fordham Reserves?
Law School
11/29 L 0-23 CCNY, at Ontario Field 2,000
1907(5-2-0)
10/5 W 24-0 St.Stephen's [Bard] (OF)
10/12 W 18-6 at Stevens, Castle Point, Hoboken
10/19 L 0-22 Haverford (OF)
10/26 W 4-0 at RPI
11/5 W 11-0 Rutgers (OF) att: 8,000
11/9 L 0-34 at Lehigh
11/19 W Webb Institute (OF) [scrimmage] [2 FGs-0?]
11/23 W 12-7 Union (OF)
Sophs:
11/26 W 4-0 NYU Frosh (OF)
Scrubs:
L 5-16 Fordham Reserves?
1908(2-3-2)
10/3 W 5-0 St.Stephen's (H) (Ohio Field)
10/7 T 0-0 Webb Academy [practice game]
10/10 L 5-6 Stevens (OF)
10/15 T 0-0 NYU scrubs [scrimmage]
10/17 L 4-18 at Trinity (CT)
10/24 ? Delaware prob. no game
11/3 T 0-0 Wesleyan (OF)
11/7 L 0-11 at RPI
11/14 T 5-5 Union (OF)
11/18 W NYU Sophs (OF) [practice game]
11/21 W 8-5 at Haverford
Scrubs:
T 0-0 Fordham Reserves?
L 0-17 Fordham Reserves?
L 0-12 Fordham Reserves?
Sophs:
11/9 W 10-0 De LaSalle School (OF)
11/24 W 6-0 NYU Frosh (OF)
1909(6-1-1)
10/9 W 7-0 Rhode Island State (OF)
10/16 W 29-0 Haverford (OF)
10/23 W 28-0 at Stevens
11/2 W 13-12 Wesleyan (OF)
11/6 W 11-0 Rutgers (OF)
11/13 T 6-6 at Lehigh
11/20 W 47-0 Union (OF)
11/25 L 0-1 (F) Trinity [forfeit] (rain out)
Junior Varsity:
L 0-16 Fordham Reserves?
1910(~2-4-1)
10/8 L 0-12 at Princeton
10/15 T 3-3 Williams (OF)
10/22 W 17-6 Stevens (OF)
10/29 W 15-8 Rutgers (OF)
11/5 L 6-12 Trinity [date?/site?]
11/12 L 6-9 at Wesleyan
11/19 L 0-9 at Navy
L 1t- USS Connecticut ?
1911(1-3-3)
10/7 W 5-0 Muhlenberg (H) (Ohio Field)
10/21 T 0-0 Rhode Island State (OF)
10/28 L 6-8 at Williams
11/4 L 3-28 at Yale
11/7 T 0-0 Trinity (OF)
11/11 T 0-0 Rutgers (OF)
11/18 L 2-6 Wesleyan (OF)
11/25 cancelled Navy
Sophs
11/11 W 10-0 De LaSalle Academy
1912(2-6-0)
10/5 W 6-2 Muhlenberg (OF)
10/12 L 6-14 at Cornell
10/18 L 0-26 Wesleyan (OF)
10/26 L 6-16 Williams (OF)
11/5 L 0-16 Trinity (OF)
11/9 L 0-54 at Princeton
11/16 W 14-7 Rhode Island State (OF)
11/23 L 0-39 at Navy
Scrubs:
L 0-16 Fordham Reserves?
L 12-26 Fordham Reserves?
1913(0-8-0)
10/4 L 0-54 Muhlenberg (OF)
10/11 L 0-13 Hamilton (OF)
10/18 L 0-26 Springfield YMCA (OF)
10/25 L 0-23 at Williams
11/4 L 0-9 Trinity (OF)
11/8 L 0-48 at Syracuse
11/15 L 0-20 Wesleyan (OF)
11/22 L 0-48 at Navy
Scrubs:
L Fordham Reserves?
1914(5-4-0)
10/3 W 27-0 St.Stephen's (OF)
10/10 W 26-0 at Hamilton
10/17 W 13-7 Haverford (OF)
10/22 W 4TD-0 NYU Scrubs (OF) [scrimmage]
10/24 W 17-6 RPI (H)
11/3 L 3-19 at Trinity (CT)
11/7 L 0-9 at Union (NY)
11/14 W 31-0 at Stevens
11/21 L 13-29 Wesleyan (OF)
11/26 L 0-33 Rutgers (OF) [Possibly the earliest football game where both teams wore numbered jerseys.]
2nds
L 6-18 Fordham Reserves?
11/7 postponed at Cullum Hall, West Point (pp to 11/20)
11/20 cancelled at Cullum Hall, West Point (cancelled-snow)
1915(4-4-1)
10/2 W 23-0 at RPI
10/9 W 31-13 Hamilton (H) (Ohio Field)
10/16 W 10-0 Union (OF)
10/23 L 0-21 at Haverford, at Walton Field
11/2 cancelled Trinity
11/2 T 3-3 Bucknell (OF) att: 3,000 [rescheduled from 11/20]
11/6 W 7-0 Stevens (OF)
11/13 L 0-34 Wesleyan (OF)
11/20 L 16-19 at Columbia (at South Field) 7,000
11/25 L 0-70 Rutgers (OF)
2nds
L 0-20 Fordham Reserves?
10/16 W 6-0 Morris HS (OF)
10/23 L 0-40 Mt.Vernon HS (OF)
10/30 W 21-14 at Pawling School
11/12 L 0-19 at Cullum Hall, West Point
L 6-18 Fordham Reserves?
Stamford HS
1916(4-3-1)
10/7 W 22-0 RPI (OF)
10/14 T 7-7 Haverford (OF)
10/21 L 0-14 Wesleyan (OF)
10/28 W 13-0 at Union
11/7 W 13-0 Bucknell (OF)
11/11 L 0-3 Colby (OF)
11/18 L 7-10 Maryland State (OF)
11/25 W 9-0 at Columbia (South Field) 5,000
2nds
10/13 L 0-14 at Pawling School
L Fordham Reserves?
11/1 W 2TD-1TD NYU Varsity (OF)
11/2 L 0-3TD NYU Varsity (OF)
11/11 De Witt Clinton HS (OF)
11/18
L 0-12 Fordham Reserves?
1917(2-3-2)
10/6 L 3-6 at RPI
10/13 cancelled Rochester (OF)
10/18 W 26-0 NYU Freshmen (H)
10/20 L 6-7 Wesleyan (OF)
10/27 T 0-0 Union (OF)
11/6 T 0-0 Trinity (OF)
11/10 W 9-6 Rhode Island State (OF)
11/17 T 6-6 at Stevens
11/24 W 9-7 at Columbia (South Field)
Scrubs:
L 0-10 Fordham Reserves?
Frosh
10/18 L 0-26 NYU Varsity (H)
10/20 L 6-30 Erasmus Hall HS (OF)
10/27 W 6-0 HS of Commerce (OF)
11/3 at Kent School (CT)
11/6 at Rutherford HS (NJ)
11/17 L 0-27 at Cullum Hall, West Point (maybe 11/16)
11/23 T 0-0 at Columbia Freshmen, South Field
1918 SATC(0-4-0)
10/18 NYU SATC Naval Unit 6 - NYU SATC 0
10/13 W 26-0 NYU Freshmen (OF)
11/2 canceled Stevens (OF) [Stevens cancels season due to influenza epidemic]
11/2 L 0-13 Camp Merritt (OF) 0-11?
11/9 L 0-7 at Fordham
11/16 L 2-6 at Maryland State (orig. scheduled at AL Park, Washington,DC)
11/23 L 0-12 at Columbia (South Field)
Note: SATC-Strategic Army Training Center.
Scrubs:
L 0-7 Fordham Reserves?
Frosh
11/9 De Witt Clinton (OF)
1919(4-4-0)
10/4 L 0-2 at Amherst
10/11 L 0-9 at Hamilton
10/18 L 0-10 Wesleyan (OF)
10/25 W 9-0 RPI (OF)
11/4 W 39-0 Trinity (OF)
11/8 W 17-6 at Union
11/15 L 3-24 Stevens (OF)
11/22 W 27-12 at Columbia (South Field) 14,000
Frosh
10/8 W 13-7 Webb Academy (OF)
10/18 L 10-22 at Flushing HS 0-22?
11/8 W 27-4 De Witt Clinton HS (OF)
11/21 L 0-21 Columbia Frosh (OF) [0-21?]
The 10/18 Wesleyan game was reported by wireless telephone to Middletown, Connecticut.
Read more about this early broadcast here. [Note: They have the wrong date.]
1920(2-5-1)
10/2 W 46-0 USS Pennsylvania (H) (Ohio Field)
10/6 US Navy Receiving Ship [scrimmage]
10/9 L 7-14 at Columbia (South Field) 12,000/15,000
10/16 T 13-13 at Wesleyan
10/23 L 13-14 at Hamilton
11/2 W 31-20 Trinity (OF)
11/6 L 7-9 Union (OF)
11/13 L 18-21 Bates College (OF)
11/20 L 14-21 at Stevens 8,000+
Frosh
10/6 W 6-0 Webb Academy (OF)
10/22 T 0-0 Columbia Frosh (OF)
1921(2-3-3)
10/1 W 26-0 Hobart (OF)
10/8 L 0-13 at Brown
10/15 L 0-19 at Columbia (South Field) 12,000
10/22 T 7-7 Wesleyan (OF)
10/29 T 7-7 (at)Colgate, at Johnson Field, Johnson City,NY 10.000
11/8 W 28-0 Trinity (CT) (Ohio Field) 10,000
11/12 L 7-21 Rutgers (OF)
11/19 T 7-7 Trinity (NC) (Ohio Field) 5,000
Frosh
10/22 W 51-0 St.Francis Prep (OF)
10/29 T 0-0 at CCNY Frosh (Lewisohn Stadium)
11/5 W 6-0 Bridgeport HS (OF)
11/12 W 26-0 Upsala College (H)
11/19 W 14-0 Columbia Frosh
1922(4-5-0 *)
9/25 T 0-0 at Fort Slocum [practice game]
9/30 W 33-0 NY Aggies (OF)
10/7 L 0-32 at Syracuse
10/14 L 0-20 Hobart (OF)
10/21 L * 2-6 at Columbia (South Field) [NYU claim 7-6 win, see footnote * ]
10/28 W 23-7 Rhode Island State (OF)
11/4 W 13-0 Trinity (OF)
11/7 L 6-14 Fordham (OF) 6,000
11/11 W 7-0 CCNY (OF)
11/18 L 0-37 Rutgers, at Ashland Stadium, East Orange,NJ 7,000
*-The day after, the referee reversed a bad call at end of game, reversing the score.
Referee upheld by football authorities. Columbia punt
blocked, bounced in and out of stands, and back into the end zone.
NYU landed on ball and was given a TD; reversed to a safety two days later;
score 2-6. NYU always claimed this as a 7-6 win.
Frosh
10/28 canceled Stamford HS
11/1 W 9-0 at Fordham Frosh ["practice game"]
11/4 canceled at Bridgeport HS (pos. 11/11)
11/6 W 7-3 CCNY Frosh (OF) 11/7?
11/11 L 6-21 Lafayette Frosh, at Ashland Stadium, East Orange,NJ
11/17 L 0-33 Columbia Frosh (OF)
11/28 at Stamford HS
1923(6-2-1)
. scrim. Fort Slocum (more than one scrimmage)
9/29 W 14-6 St.Stephens (H) (Ohio Field)
10/6 W 7-0 Rochester (OF)
10/13 T 0-0 RPI (OF)
10/20 L 3-7 at Rutgers
10/27 W 21-0 Rhode Island State (OF)
11/6 W 20-0 Fordham, at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx 10,000
11/10 W 26-0 at CCNY, at Lewisohn Stadium
11/17 L 0-21 at Columbia, at Bakers Field 20,000
11/24 W 7-0 Boston University, at Yankee Stadium
Frosh
10/26 W 6-0 Fordham Frosh (OF)
12/ ? at Flushing HS, Flushing Memorial Field [prob. no game]
1924(~3-3-1)
9/24 W 13-6 USS Wright [PRACTICE GAME]
10/4 W 19-0 St.Stephens (OF)
10/8 practice g. 7th Regiment, NYNG (H)
10/11 T 6-6 Union (OF)
10/18 W 7-0 CCNY (OF) 10,000+
10/25 W 12-0 Trinity (OF)
11/1 L 0-27 Fordham, at Yankee Stadium 15,000
11/8 L 0-40 at Columbia, at Bakers Field 12,000
11/15 L 3-41 Rutgers (OF)
11/24 U.S. Navy Yard
Frosh
10/25 W 13-6 at Irving School
11/1 at Rutgers Frosh
11/14 L 7-21 Fordham Frosh
11/22 L _-6 NY Military Academy
1925(6-2-1)
9/26 W 14-0 Niagara (OF) 10,000
10/3 W 23-0 Connecticut A & T (Aggies) [UConn] (OF) 10,000
10/10 W 12-3 Union (OF) 10,000
10/17 W 41-0 CCNY (OF) 11,000
10/24 W 33-0 Middlebury (H) 6-8,000
10/30 L 6-26 Fordham, at Yankee Stadium 15,000
11/7 T 6-6 at Columbia (Bakers Field) 10,000
11/14 W 27-3 Trinity (OF)
11/21 L 6-7 at Rutgers (Nielson Field) 12,000
Frosh
10/23 L 0-41 Bellefonte Academy (OF) 1,000
. W 10-7 Army Plebes
11/2 W114-6 Irving School (OF) 1,500 [Ken Strong's last drop=kick in career]
11/14 W 55-0 at NY Military Academy
11/20 W 19-0 Cushing Academy (OF?) 1,000
11/26 W 13-0 Dean Academy (OF)
1926(8-1-0)
9/25 W 34-0 Niagara (H) (Ohio Field) 10,000
10/2 W 13-0 Allegheny (OF) 12,000
10/9 W 24-7 West Virginia Wesleyan (OF) 10,000
10/16 W 21-0 Tulane (Yankee Stadium) 25,000
10/23 W 30-0 Rutgers (YS) 20,000 [moved from OF]
10/30 W 27-3 Fordham (YS) 35,000
11/6 W 6-0 Carnegie Tech (YS) 35,000
11/13 W 10-0 Davis & Elkins (OF)
11/20 L 7-15 at Nebraska 17,000
Frosh
10/15 L 0-7 Bellefonte Academy (OF)
10/27 W 21-0 at Army Plebes
11/2 cancelled Manhattan Prep (OF)
11/11 postponed Massee School (OF) [pp to 11/13]
11/13 W 33-0 at Massee School (Stamford,Conn.)
11/20 W 39-0 Cushing Academy (OF) 7,000
11/25 W 21-0 Dean Academy (OF)
1927(7-1-2)
9/24 W 27-0 Niagara (OF) 12,000
10/1 W 29-13 West Virginia Wesleyan (OF) 13,000
10/8 W 65-0 Alfred (OF) 9,000
10/15 W 32-0 Fordham (Yankee Stadium) 45,000
10/22 W 60-6 Rutgers (YS) 20,000
10/29 T 0-0 Colgate (YS) 45,000
11/5 W 20-6 Carnegie Tech (YS) 30,000
11/12 T 13-13 at Penn State 16,000
11/19 W 81-0 Allegheny (YS) 25,000
11/24 L 18-27 at Nebraska 30,000
Frosh
11/19 W 6-0 Dean Academy, at Yankee Stadium 4,000
1928(8-2-0)
9/29 W 21-0 Niagara (Ohio Field) 13,000
10/6 W 26-7 West Virginia Wesleyan (OF)
10/13 W 34-7 Fordham, at The Polo Grounds 50,000
10/20 W 48-0 Rutgers (Yankee Stadium) 25,000
10/27 W 47-6 Colgate (YS) 52,000
11/3 L 2-7 Georgetown (YS) 50,000
11/10 W 71-0 Alfred (OF) 10,000
11/17 W 27-6 Missouri (YS) 45,000
11/24 W 27-13 Carnegie Tech, at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 40,000
11/29 L 13-25 Oregon State, at Yankee Stadium 40,000
Plans for post-season game 12/1 at Dallas v SMU if SMU won conference, they didn't.
Frosh
10/12 W 33-0 NY Fire Department of Governor's Island (OF)
10/26 W 6-0 Colgate Frosh (H)
11/2 W 13-0 Bellafonte (H)
11/16 W 34-7 Manhattan Frosh (H) 1,100
11/24 W 6-0 Dean Academy (H)
1929(7-3-0)
9/28 W 77-0 Vermont (Ohio Field) 20,000
10/5 W 26-0 West Virginia Wesleyan, at The Polo Grounds 30,000
10/12 L 0-26 Fordham, at The Polo Grounds 60,000
10/19 W 7-0 Penn State (Yankee Stadium) 30,000
10/26 W 13-6 Butler (YS) 25,000
11/2 L 0-14 Georgetown (YS) 50,000
11/9 W 27-19 Georgia (YS) 42,000
11/16 W 14-0 Missouri (YS) 30,000
11/23 W 20-7 Rutgers (YS) 20,000
11/28 L 0-20 Carnegie Tech (YS) 55,000
Pittsburgh turns down post-season game v NYU 12/7 at Yankee Stadium.
Frosh (4-2-0)
10/5 L at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.
10/26 W 20-0 Dean Academy, at Yankee Stadium
11/1 W 20-0 Georgetown Frosh (H) 2,000+
11/5 W Samuel Johnson Academy (H)
11/15 L 0-7 Bellefonte Academy (H)
11/23 W 12-0 Rutgers Frosh, at Yankee Stadium
•Read about Dave Myers, N.Y.U.'s Black quarterback in 1929.
1930(7-3-0)
9/27 W 35-0 Hobart (H) 12,000
10/4 W 41-6 West Virginia Wesleyan (YS) 20,000
10/11 W 20-6 Villanova (YS) 40,000
10/18 W 38-0 Missouri (YS) 27,000
10/25 L 0-7 Fordham (YS) 78,500
11/1 W 20-7 at Carnegie Tech 20,000
11/8 L 6-7 Georgia, at The Polo Grounds 42,000
11/15 W 2-0 Georgetown (YS) 20,000
11/22 W 33-0 Rutgers (YS) 25,000
12/6 L 6-7 Colgate (YS) 20,000 [post-season game] [Navy had rejected invitation]
Frosh (6-2-0)
10/10 W 19-9 St. John's (Danvers, Mass.) (H)
10/17 L 0-6 Dean Academy
11/15 W 19-0 MacKenzie School (H) [4-1 after game]
11/21 W 6-0 Vermont Academy (H) ["3 wins in 7 days"] 11/22?
11/29 L 0-27 Fordham Freshmen, at Yankee Stadium 5-6,000 [charity game]
1931(6-3-1)
9/26 W 65-0 Hobart, at The Polo Grounds 12,000
10/3 W 54-0 West Virginia Wesleyan (Yankee Stadium) 16,000
10/10 W 34-0 Georgetown (YS) 35,000
10/17 W 27-7 Rutgers (YS) 15,000
10/24 W 13-0 Colgate (YS) 45,000
10/31 L 6-14 Oregon (YS) 20,000
11/7 L 6-7 Georgia (YS) 63-65,000
11/14 T 0-0 Fordham (YS) 75,000
11/21 W 7-6 Carnegie Tech (YS) 25,000
12/6 L 0-13 Tennesee (YS) 40,684 [post-season game]
Frosh:
10/16 W 7-6 Dean Academy (H) [1st loss after 28 straight wins since 1928]
10/23 L 0-3 Colgate Freshmen (H) 1,000
11/13 T 6-6 Bellefonte Academy (H)
1932(5-3-0)
10/1 W 33-0 Hobart (Ohio Field) 10,000
10/8 W 21-0 Rutgers (Yankee Stadium) 12,000
10/15 W 39-0 Georgetown (YS) 30,000
10/22 L 0-14 Colgate (YS) 35,000
10/29 L 9-34 Purdue (YS)
11/5 W 13-7 Georgia (YS) 15,000
11/12 L 0-7 Fordham (YS) 40,000
11/24 W 13-6 Carnegie Tech (YS) 18,000
Frosh (2-1-1):
10/21 L 7-12 Colgate Freshmen (H)
10/28 W 26-0 C.C.N.Y. J.V. (H)
11/4 W 7-0 McKenzie School (H)
11/11 T 6-6 Rutgers Freshmen (H)
1933(2-4-1)
10/7 L 0-3 West Virginia Wesleyan (Yankee Stadium)
10/14 W 13-12 Lafayette (YS) 12,000
10/21 L 0-7 Colgate (YS) 22-25,000
10/28 L 0-25 at Georgia 25,000
11/11 L 12-20 Fordham (YS) 30,000
11/18 T 6-6 Rutgers (YS) 12,000
11/25 W 7-0 Carnegie Tech (YS) 15,000
Frosh:
10/27 T 6-6 Mackenzie School (H)
11/4 W 45-0 at Governor's Island
11/10 W 37-0 C.C.N.Y. JV (H)
11/17 L 0-20 at Rutgers Freshmen
1934(3-4-1)
10/6 W 32-0 John Hopkins (Ohio Field)
10/13 L 3-21 West Virginia Wesleyan (OF)
10/20 W 12-7 Lafayette (Yankee Stadium) 10,000
10/27 T 0-0 Georgetown (YS) 15,000
11/3 L 0-6 Carnegie Tech (YS) 15,000
11/10 W 38-13 CCNY (OF) 15,000
11/17 L 7-22 at Rutgers (Neilson Field) 10,500
11/29 L 13-39 Fordham (YS) 25,000
Frosh (4-0-1):
11/3 W 31-6 Stony Brook School (H)
11/9 W 31-0 McKenzie School
11/13 W 13-0 at Fort Jay
11/16 W 25-0 Rutgers Frosh (H)
11/24 T 0-0 Nassau Collegiate Center (H) att: 500
1935(7-1-0)
5/2 scrimmage at Yale [Spring practice scrimmage]
9/21 scrimmage at Army [no scoring- scrimmage]
10/5 W 34-7 Bates (Yankee Stadium) 10,000
10/12 W 25-6 Carnegie Tech (YS) 20,000
10/19 W 33-7 Pennsylvania Military Academy (YS) 10,000
10/26 W 7-6 Georgetown (YS) 20,000
11/2 W 14-0 Bucknell (YS) 12-15,000
11/9 W 45-0 CCNY (YS) 6,000
11/16 W 48-0 Rutgers (Ohio Field) 15,000
11/28 L 0-21 Fordham (YS) 75,000
Junior Varsity:
10/18 W 13-7 at Yale JV
Frosh:
10/25 W 20-6 Milford School (H)
11/5 L 6-18 Fordham Freshmen (H) 7,000
11/15 W 32-0 at Rutgers Frosh
11/23 W 39-7 Bergen JC (H)
1936(5-3-1)
9/19 scrimmage at Army
10/3 L 0-60 at Ohio State 72,848
10/10 W 26-0 Pennsylvania Military Academy (H) (Ohio Field) 8,000
10/17 L 13-14 North Carolina (Yankee Stadium) 8,000
10/20 W 46-0 U.S.S. Pennsylvania [not in total above]
10/24 T 7-7 Georgetown (YS) 16-18,000
10/31 W 46-0 Lafayette (YS) 8-10,000
11/7 L 6-14 Carnegie Tech (YS) 9,000
11/14 W 46-0 Rutgers, at The Polo Grounds 6,000
11/21 W 25-7 CCNY (YS) 7,000
11/26 W 7-6 Fordham (YS) 50,000
Frosh:
10/21 L 7-13 at Army Plebes (Michie Stadium)
10/30 W 6-0 at Yale Freshmen
11/3 L 0-3 Fordham Freshmen (H) 4,000
11/21 W 12-7 at Rutgers Freshmen
1937(5-4-0)
9/18 scrimmage at Army
9/25 W 37-6 PMA (OF) 10,000
10/2 W 18-14 at Carnegie Tech 25,000 [Pitt Stadium]
10/9 L 6-19 North Carolina (OF) 15,000 [moved from Yankee Stadium due to World Series.]
10/16 W 59-0 St.John's (Md.) (Ohio Field) 7,000
10/23 L 0-13 Lafayette (YS) 7,500
10/30 W 14-7 Colgate (YS) 25,000
11/6 W 13-0 Lehigh (YS) 11,000
11/13 L 0-6 Georgetown (Polo Grounds) 8,000
11/27 L 7-20 Fordham (YS) 65,000
Frosh:
10/5 Hofstra (H) [scrimmage]
10/18 L 0-6 at Lafayette Freshmen
10/27 L 0-7 at Army Plebes [Mitchie Stadium]
11/2 L 6-19 Fordham Freshmen (H) 7,000
11/6 W 13-0 at Rutgers Freshmen
C team:
9/17 scrimmage at Army 3rds & 4ths [NYU 3rd & 4ths]
9/23 scrimmage CCNY (H)
10/5 scrimmage Hofstra College of NYU
1938(4-4-0)
9/16 W 13-7 NYU scrubs (H- training camp) at Lake Sebago [SCRIMMAGE]
9/29 scrimmage West Virginia Blackhawks [also 9/30]
10/1 W 19-0 Maine (OF) 8,000
10/8 W 25-6 at Rutgers 10,000
10/15 L 0-7 North Carolina (YS) 15,000
10/22 L 6-7 at Lafayette 10,000
10/29 L 0-32 Ohio State (Polo Grounds) 20,000
11/5 W 45-0 Lehigh (OF) 8,000
11/11 W 13-7 Colgate (YS) 25,000
11/26 L 0-25 Fordham (YS) 50,000
Frosh:
10/21 L 6-19 Lafayette Freshmen (H)
10/29 W 13-7 Rutgers Freshmen (H)
11/2 L 14-20 at Army Plebes
11/8 L 0-19 Fordham Freshmen (H) 4,000
1939(5-4-0)
9/16 practice at Army [practice game]
9/23 scrimmage at Army
9/30 W 7-6 at Colgate 8,000
10/7 W 43-0 PMA (OF) 8,000
10/14 L 7-14 at North Carolina 20,000
10/21 W 6-0 Carnegie Tech (YS) 25,000
10/28 W 14-13 Georgia (YS) 15,000
11/4 W 14-0 Lafayette (OF) 14,000 televised (NBC)
11/11 L 7-20 Missouri (YS) 30,000
11/18 L 0-14 Georgetown (YS) 17,000
12/2 L 7-18 Fordham (YS) 57,000 [orig. sched. 11/30]
Frosh:
10/19 L 6-27 at Villanova Freshmen
10/25 L 0-28 at Army Plebes
11/7 L 6-27 Fordham Freshmen (H) 6,500
11/17 L 6-13 Manhattan Freshmen (H)
1940(2-7-0)
9/21 scrimmage at Rutgers
9/28 W 32-6 Pennsylvania Military College (OF) 8,000
10/5 L 7-9 Lafayette (OF) 1,000
10/12 L 13-47 Syracuse (YS) 8,000
10/19 L 7-13 Holy Cross (YS) 12,000
10/26 L 0-26 Georgetown (YS) 11,000
11/2 L 0-33 at Missouri 22,000
11/9 W 12-0 Franklin & Marshall (OF) 1,000
11/16 L 0-25 at Penn State 10,000
11/30 L 0-26 Fordham (YS) 35,000
Frosh:
10/19 W 13-0 at Rutgers Freshmen
10/30 L 0-13 at Army Plebes
11/5 L 6-33 Fordham Freshmen (H) 6,500
11/15 L 0-12 Villanova Freshmen (H)
1941(2-7-0)
9/22 scrimmage Temple
9/27 W 25-7 PMC (OF) 6,000
10/4 W 6-0 at Lafayette 7,000
10/11 L 7-49 Texas A&M (YS) 18,000
10/18 L 0-31 Syracuse (YS) 10,000
10/25 L 0-13 at Holy Cross 10,000
10/31 L 0-42 Penn State (Polo Grounds) (n) 10,691
11/8 L 0-26 Missouri (YS) 6,700
11/15 L 0-45 Tulane (YS) 8,100
11/29 L 9-30 Fordham (YS) 31,000
Frosh:
10/29 L 0-14 at Army Plebes
11/4 W 14-0 Fordham Freshmen (H) 5,500
11/11 T 6-6 Manhattan Freshmen (H)
NYU discontinued football 1942-1943.
1944(2-5-0)
10/7 L 0-39 Lafayette (OF) 5,000
10/14 L 0-25 Temple (OF) 3,000
10/20 L 13-42 at Boston College, at Fenway Park (night)
10/28 W 45-0 CCNY (OF)
11/4 L 0-26 at Bucknell
11/11 L 0-21 Swarthmore (OF)
11/18 W 13-7 Brooklyn College (OF) 4,000
1945(3-4-0)
10/5 L 0-59 at Temple (night) 15,000
10/12 L 0-28 at Boston College, at Fenway Park
10/20 W 47-0 CCNY (H) 7,000
10/27 W 13-6 Brooklyn College (H) 5,000
11/3 L 3-19 Rochester (H) 4,000
11/10 W 19-0 Lehigh (H) 4,000
11/17 L 7-13 at Rutgers 10,000
1946(5-3-0)
10/5 W 19-8 at Brooklyn College, at Ebbets Field (Night) 20,000
10/12 L 0-26 Rutgers (Polo Grounds) 10,000
10/19 W 6-0 at Rochester 8,000
10/26 W 12-7 Gettysburg (H) 5,000
11/2 L 6-72 Boston College (Polo Grounds) 8,000
11/9 W 13-3 at Lehigh
11/16 W 33-28 Fordham (Yankee Stadium) 28,000
11/23 L 12-19 Georgetown (Yankee Stadium) 10,000
1947(2-5-1)
9/27 L 7-32 at Temple 18,000
10/4 W 19-0 Brooklyn College (Polo Grounds) (night) 15,000 [orig. for Ebbets Field, moved due to Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series]
10/11 L 7-38 at Boston Univ., at Fenway Park (night) 5-6,000 [orig. sched. 10/10]
10/18 L 0-40 West Virginia (Yankee Stadium) 8,000
10/24 L 0-25 at Georgetown, Griffith Stadium (night) 9,564
11/8 postponed Bucknell (Yankee Stadium) [Rain storm]
11/11 W 19-6 Bucknell (Yankee Stadium) 5,000
11/15 L 0-40 at Rutgers 15,000
11/29 T 13-13 Fordham (Polo Grounds) 27,000
Frosh:
10/25 W 39-0 at CCNY JV
11/7 W 24-0 at Columbia JV
11/ L Rutgers Freshmen
11/28 L 0-33 at Fordham Freshmen
1948(3-6-0)
9/17 T 0-0 Bergen Junior College [Scrimmage]
9/25 L 6-47 at Cornell 14,000
10/2 L 0-3 at Springfield, Pratt Field 4,000
10/9 W 21-7 at Brooklyn College (Ebbets Field) (night) 14,128
10/22 L 7-28 at Boston Univ. (Fenway Park) (night) 8,280
10/30 W 21-20 at Lehigh 8,000
11/6 L 6-13 at Georgetown (Griffith Stadium) (night) 5,892
11/13 L 0-40 Rutgers (Yankee Stadium) 4,000
11/20 W 35-6 at King's Point Merchant Marine Acad. 5,000
11/27 L 0-26 Fordham (Polo Grounds) 26,000
Frosh:
11/2 T 6-6 at Fordham Frosh 4,000
11/12 L 6-25 Rutgers Frosh (H)
11/20 W 33-7 Brooklyn Col. Freshmen
1949(3-6-0)
10/1 L 0-14 at Bucknell (night) 6,500
10/8 W 39-13 Brooklyn Col., (Polo Grounds) 7,136 [orig. sched. at Ebbets Field, moved due to World Series]
10/14 L 6-21 at Georgetown , (Griffith Stadium) (night) 5,031
10/22 L 0-38 at Boston Univ., (Fenway Park) 5,408
10/29 L 6-21 at Lehigh 8,000
11/5 W 39-0 at King's Point 4,000
11/12 L 9-33 at Rutgers 7,000
11/19 W 41-7 at CCNY 4,000
11/26 L 6-34 Fordham (Polo Grounds)
Frosh:
11/8 L 6-27 at Fordham Frosh 3,500
1950(1-5-1)
10/7 T 6-6 at King's Point 4,000
10/14 W 55-0 Brooklyn College (Ebbets Field) (night) 13,000
10/21 L 0-42 at Rutgers 10,000
10/28 L 7-14 at Connecticut 1,000
11/4 L 7-41 at Bucknell 3,000
11/11 L 13-41 at Boston Univ. (Fenway Park) 3,700
11/25 L 0-13 Fordham (Polo Grounds) 1,500
Frosh:
11/7 L 6-20 at Fordham Frosh
1951(1-7-0)
9/22 scrimmage at Connecticut
9/29 L 20-54 at Princeton 12,000
10/2 scrimmage at Columbia
10/6 W 21-13 at King's Point (night) 7,000
10/13 L 0-55 Rutgers (H)(Triboro Stadium)
10/20 L 6-53 at Holy Cross 8,000
10/27 L 20-25 at Lehigh
11/3 L 6-52 at Boston Univ. (Fenway Park) 1,000
11/10 L 6-34 at Temple 5,000
11/24 L 0-41 at Fordham (Triboro Sta.) [both teams' H] 12,500
1952(2-5-1)
9/27 W 10-7 Lehigh (H) (Triboro Stadium) 5,000
10/4 T 20-20 at King's Point
10/11 L 0-35 Holy Cross (H) (Triboro Stadium) 5,000
10/25 L 7-34 at Temple 5,000
11/1 W 14-7 at Lafayette 6,000
11/15 L 7-14 at Boston Univ.(Fenway Park) 5,063
11/22 L 14-27 at Rutgers 6,500
11/29 L 0-45 Fordham (Triboro Stadium) [both teams' H] 10,000
NYU discontinued football.
Students began a Club Football team in 1964.
1964(0-2-0)
11/7 L 14-20 at Fordham
11/21 L 6-28 at Georgetown
1965(0-3-0)
10/16 L 14-20 at Manhattan College
11/6 L 0-48 Fordham (Ohio Field)
11/13 L 14-50 at Georgetown 8,000+
1966(2-2-0)
10/22 W 7-0 at Fordham 11,162
10/29 L 10-26 Manhattan Col. (Ohio Field) 4,000
11/12 L 7-12 at Georgetown 6,970
11/19 W 19-14 at St.John's (NY) 3,000
NYU discontinued club football.
seasons ( - - )
| Notes: | |
| ° Team colors: Violet & white, for “the violets that grew in the shade under the trees in Washington Square Park.” |
| • Earliest intercollegiate football game where both teams wore numbered uniforms:
Nov. 26, 1914, Rutgers 33 - NYU 0, at Ohio Field. |
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| Home Fields: |
| *Berkeley Oval, The Bronx (1899-1901) |
| *Ohio Field, University Heights, The Bronx (OF) 1890's-1966 |
| *Yankee Stadium (YS) 1926-1948 |
| *Triboro Stadium (Downing Stadium), Randall's Island 1951-52 |
| *Polo Grounds #3 (PG), as home field: 1929-1931, 1936-1936, 1941, 1946 |