1889 Columbia football team

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1889 Columbia football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7–2
Head coach	None
Captain	J. M. Hewlett
Home stadium	Berkeley Oval
Seasons← 1884 1890 →

1889 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Princeton		–		10	–	0	–	0
Massachusetts		–		2	–	0	–	0
Yale		–		15	–	1	–	0
Harvard		–		9	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	1	–	1
Dickinson		–		4	–	1	–	1
Navy		–		4	–	1	–	1
Tufts		–		3	–	1	–	0
Lehigh		–		8	–	3	–	2
Cornell		–		8	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		7	–	6	–	0
Brown		–		2	–	2	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan		–		5	–	7	–	1
Bucknell		–		2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette		–		3	–	4	–	2
Columbia		–		2	–	7	–	2
Fordham		–		1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		1	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		0	–	2	–	0

The 1889 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a 2–7–2 record and was outscored by a total of 298 to 54. The team had no coach. J. M. Hewlett was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 5		vs. Crescent Athletic Club	Erastina grounds Staten Island, NY	L 0–30
October 9		Lafayette	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	T 10–10
October 12		Trinity (CT)		L 4–24
October 26		Yale	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	L 0–62	600
November 2		Lehigh	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	L 6–51	1,500
November 5	3:00 p.m.	Princeton	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	L 0–71
November 9		Penn	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	L 0–24
November 14		at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	W 12–6
November 20		Manhattan Athletic Club	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	W 22–0
November 21		Amherst	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	T 0–0
November 23		Cornell	Berkeley Oval New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–20

References

^ "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197.
"Columbia College Beaten: The Brooklyn Crescents Defeat the Students at Staten Island". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
"Football On The Oval". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 10, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too". The New York Times. October 27, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
"Columbia Defeated by Lehigh". The Sun. New York, New York. November 3, 1889. p. 17. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"Lehigh Defeats Columbia". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"A Goose Egg for Columbia: The Princeton Team Has some Fun with the New Yorkers". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
"Advertisement for Election Day Football". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
"A Game of Football". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
"Columbia Beaten By Cornell". The Sun. New York, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 8. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e Columbia Lions football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1880–1883, 1890, 1899, 1901–1903, 1920–1927, 1936) Berkeley Oval (1889) Columbia Grounds (1891) Columbia Field (1900) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (1915–1923) Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (1923–1982, 1984–present) Giants Stadium (1983) Hofstra Stadium (1983)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell Fordham: Liberty Cup
Culture & lore	Columbia University Marching Band Roaree the Lion "Roar, Lion, Roar" The Union Club
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885–1888 1889 1890 1891 1892–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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