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1890 Columbia football team

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1890 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainA. C. Gildersleeve
Home stadiumBrotherhood Park
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
Washington & Jefferson     2 1 0
Cornell     7 4 0
Syracuse     7 4 0
Springfield YMCA     5 3 0
Lehigh     6 4 0
Delaware     3 2 0
Rutgers     5 5 1
Penn State     2 2 0
Colgate     1 1 0
Wesleyan     5 6 0
Tufts     2 3 0
Western Univ. Penn     1 2 0
Lafayette     2 5 1
Brown     2 5 0
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 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]

The team played its home games at Brotherhood Park in Manhattan.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Orange Athletic ClubL 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

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  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197.
  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.