1890 Columbia football team

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.[1] The team had no coach. A.C. Gildersleeve was the team captain.[1]

1890 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record1–6–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainA. C. Gildersleeve
Home stadiumBrotherhood Park
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Cornell   –    8 –4 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –    2 –1 –0
Syracuse   –    7 –4 –0
Lehigh   –    6 –4 –0
Delaware   –    3 –2 –0
Amherst   –    6 –5 –1
Rutgers   –    5 –5 –1
Dartmouth   –    4 –4 –0
Penn State   –    2 –2 –0
Colgate   –    1 –1 –0
Wesleyan   –    5 –6 –0
Tufts   –    2 –3 –0
Brown   –    2 –4 –1
Western Univ. Penn   –    1 –2 –0
Lafayette   –    2 –5 –1
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 team played its home games at Brotherhood Park in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Orange Athletic Club
L 0–21[2]
October 18WesleyanL 0–4[3]
October 22Penn
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–18[4]
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[5]
November 15Rutgers
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
T 6–6
November 22at Cornell
L 0–36

References

  1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197 – via Newspapers.com.
  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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