1891 Columbia football team

The 1891 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 1–5 record and was outscored by a total of 220 to 32.[1] The team had no coach. T. Ludlow Chrystie was the team captain.[1]

1891 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainT. Ludlow Chrystie
Home stadiumColumbia Grounds
Seasons
← 1890
1899 →
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Harvard     13 1 0
Princeton     12 1 0
Tufts     7 1 0
Penn     11 2 0
Colgate     4 1 0
Army     4 1 1
Navy     5 2 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Geneva     4 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 2 0
Lehigh     7 4 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Rutgers     8 6 0
Brown     4 6 0
Springfield YMCA     5 8 1
Fordham     1 2 1
Syracuse     4 7 0
Massachusetts     2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     2 6 0
Lafayette     2 9 1
NYU     1 4 0
Columbia     1 5 0
Wesleyan     1 6 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10Berkeley Athletic Club
W 32–0
October 144:30 p.m.Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Columbia Grounds
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–28[2]
October 17at Crescent Athletic ClubL 0–42[3]
October 21at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–52
October 24Trinity (CT)
  • Columbia Grounds
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–54[4]
October 28at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–44[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 197.
  2. ^ "A Bad Defeat for Columbia". The Sun. October 15, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Crescent, 42; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Trinity Beats Columbia". The New York Times. October 25, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers, 44; Columbia, 0". The Sun. October 29, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.