Historic Football Records of
Columbia University
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
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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
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?
11/12 W 10-2 Rutgers (H)
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
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11/8 L 0-6 Hollywod Inn, Yonkers
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