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1889 Columbia football team

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1889 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJ. M. Hewlett
Home stadiumBerkeley Oval
Seasons
← 1884
1890 →
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     10 0 0
Massachusetts     2 0 0
Yale     15 1 0
Harvard     9 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 1 1
Dickinson     4 1 1
Navy     4 1 1
Tufts     3 1 0
Lehigh     8 3 2
Cornell     8 4 0
Penn     7 6 0
Brown     2 2 0
Penn State     2 2 0
Delaware     1 1 1
Wesleyan     5 7 1
Bucknell     2 3 1
Lafayette     3 4 2
Columbia     2 7 2
Fordham     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 4 0
NYU     0 2 0

The 1889 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a 2–7–2 record and was outscored by a total of 298 to 54.[1] The team had no coach. J. M. Hewlett was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5vs. Crescent Athletic ClubL 0–30[2]
October 9Lafayette
T 10–10[3]
October 12Trinity (CT)L 4–24
October 26Yale
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–62600[4]
November 2Lehigh
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 6–511,500[5][6]
November 53:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–71[7][8]
November 9Penn
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–24
November 14at StevensHoboken, NJW 12–6
November 20Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
W 22–0
November 21Amherst
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
T 0–0[9]
November 23Cornell
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
L 0–20[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197.
  2. ^ "Columbia College Beaten: The Brooklyn Crescents Defeat the Students at Staten Island". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football On The Oval". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 10, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too". The New York Times. October 27, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Columbia Defeated by Lehigh". The Sun. New York, New York. November 3, 1889. p. 17. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Defeats Columbia". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "A Goose Egg for Columbia: The Princeton Team Has some Fun with the New Yorkers". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Advertisement for Election Day Football". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "A Game of Football". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Columbia Beaten By Cornell". The Sun. New York, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 8. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.