1879 Columbia football team

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1879 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam F. Morgan
Seasons
← 1878
1880 →
1879 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     4 0 1
Yale     3 0 2
Massachusetts     1 0 0
Michigan     1 0 1
Haverford     1 0 1
Harvard     2 1 2
Penn     2 2 0
Amherst     1 1 0
Navy     0 0 1
McGill     0 0 1
Toronto     0 0 1
Stevens     1 2 5
Rutgers     1 2 3
Pennsylvania Military     0 1 1
NYU     0 2 1
Racine     0 1 0
Swarthmore     0 1 0
Columbia     0 3 2

The 1879 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 1879 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 25at Stevens
T 0–0
November 1at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–2
November 8at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–1
November 223:00 p.m.vs. Yale
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
L 0–2[2]
November 27vs. Rutgers
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
T 0–0

References

  1. ^ "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Desperate Struggle Between Yale and Columbia At Hoboken—The New Haven Boys Victorious". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 23, 1879. p. 13. Retrieved April 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.