1883 Columbia football team

The 1883 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 1–3 record and was outscored by a total of 147 to 13.[1] The team had no coach. W. N. Eldridge was the team captain.[1]

1883 Columbia football
Conference	Independent
1883 record	1–3
Head coach	None
Captain	W. N. Eldridge

1883 college football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		–		9	–	0	–	0
Gallaudet		–		2	–	0	–	0
Carleton		–		1	–	0	–	0
Johns Hopkins		–		1	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		8	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		7	–	1	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	2	–	1
Stevens		–		6	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts		–		1	–	1	–	0
Minnesota		–		1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan		–		3	–	3	–	0
Williams		–		1	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		4	–	5	–	0
Michigan		–		2	–	3	–	0
Lafayette		–		2	–	4	–	0
Johns Hopkins		–		1	–	2	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		1	–	6	–	0
Amherst		–		0	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth		–		0	–	1	–	0
Hamline		–		0	–	1	–	0
Lewisburg		–		0	–	1	–	0
Navy		–		0	–	1	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	2	–	0
Georgetown		–		0	–	2	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 20	CCNY	Central Park New York, NY	W 12–0
October 27	at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	L 0–19
November 14	at Penn	Recreation Park Philadelphia, PA	L 1–35	[2]
November 17	Yale	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–93	[3]

References

"Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 196 – via Newspapers.com.
"Victory for the 'Varsity: Columbia's Eleven Beaten, 35 to 1". The Times (Philadelphia). November 15, 1883. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Yale Easily Defeats Columbia". New York Daily Tribune. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

Columbia Lions football
Venues	Manhattan Field (1899) Brotherhood Park (1890) Columbia Grounds (1891) Columbia Field (1900) Polo Grounds (1901–1903) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (1915–1923) Baker Field (1923–1982) Giants Stadium (1983) Wien Stadium (1984–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell The Liberty Cup (Fordham)
Culture & lore	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
National championship seasons in bold

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