1907 NYU Violets football team

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1907 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1906
1908 →
1907 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Dartmouth     8 0 1
Penn     11 1 0
Carlisle     10 1 0
Temple     4 0 2
Fordham     6 1 1
Cornell     8 2 0
Western U. of Penn.     8 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Lehigh     7 2 1
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
NYU     5 2 0
Vermont     4 1 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Brown     7 3 0
Penn State     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 1
Drexel     3 2 2
Colgate     4 4 1
Geneva     4 5 2
Amherst     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Rutgers     3 5 1
Springfield Training School     2 4 2
Bucknell     4 7 0
New Hampshire     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Holy Cross     1 7 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Carnegie Tech     1 8 0

The 1907 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In their first year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 5–2 record.

Schedule[edit]

Regular season[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5St. Stephen'sW 24–0[1]
October 11at StevensHoboken, NJW 18–6[2]
October 19Haverford
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–22[3]
October 26at RPITroy, NYW 4–0[4]
November 5Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 11–07,000[5]
November 9at LehighL 0–34[6]
November 23Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 12–7[7]

Scrimmage games[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 19Webb Academy
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 10–0[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "N.Y.U. wins first game". New York Tribune. October 6, 1907. p. 10. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Stevens is beaten". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 11, 1907. p. 61. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "New Yorkers outplayed". The New York Times. October 20, 1907. p. 30. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "College football on many gridirons". New York Tribune. October 27, 1907. p. 10. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. crush Rutgers eleven". New Brunswick Home News. November 6, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lehigh wallops N.Y. University". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 10, 1907. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "New York beats Union". New York Tribune. November 24, 1907. p. 10. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "New York University eleven played practice game". The New York Times. November 20, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.