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1883 Columbia football team

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1883 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainW. N. Eldridge
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
← 1882
1884 →
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
NYU     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
Columbian University     0 2 0
Georgetown     0 2 0

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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 20CCNYW 12–0
October 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–19
November 14at PennL 1–35[2]
November 17Yale
L 0–93[3]

References

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