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1890 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainA. C. Gildersleeve
Home stadiumBrotherhood Park
Seasons← 18891891 →
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     11 0 0
Yale     13 1 0
Princeton     11 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     8 2 0
Navy     5 1 1
Penn     11 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     2 1 0
Cornell     7 4 0
Syracuse     7 4 0
Springfield YMCA     5 3 0
Lehigh     6 4 0
Rutgers     5 5 1
Penn State     2 2 0
Colgate     1 1 0
Wesleyan     5 6 0
Tufts     2 3 0
NYU     2 4 0
Western Univ. Penn     1 2 0
Lafayette     2 5 1
Brown     2 5 0
Bucknell     1 4 1
Fordham     1 3 1
Massachusetts     1 4 0
Columbia     1 5 1
Army     0 1 0
Geneva     0 1 0

The 1890 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 1–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 199 to 46. The team had no coach. A.C. Gildersleeve was the team captain.

The team played its home games at Brotherhood Park in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Orange Athletic ClubL 0–21
October 18WesleyanL 0–4
October 22Penn
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–18
October 30Fordham
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
W 40–0
November 1vs. Crescent Athletic ClubBrooklyn, NYL 0–29
November 4Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–851,000
November 15Rutgers
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
T 6–6
November 22at CornellL 0–36

References

  1. ^ "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197.
  2. "Columbia Wins". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wesleyan Defeats Columbia". The New York Times. October 19, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "The Columbias Beaten: A Great Victory for the Wearers of the Red and Blue". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "The "Black and Orange" to the Front: Princeton Outkicks the Columbia Boys by a Score of 85 to 0". The Sun (New York). November 5, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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