1878 Columbia football team

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1878 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
1878 record0–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainAugustus I. Burton
Seasons
  1877
1879  
1878 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton   6 0 0
Yale   4 1 1
Columbia   0 0 1
CCNY   1 1 0
Stevens   1 1 2
Harvard   1 2 0
Penn   1 2 1
Rutgers   1 2 1
Amherst   1 3 0
Brown   0 1 0
Swarthmore   0 1 0

The 1878 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1878 college football season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 16vs. Penn
T 0–0 [2] [3]

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References

  1. "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. "The Teams Of Columbia College and University of Pennsylvania Meet At Hoboken—Neither Side SCores A Point". New York Herald . New York, New York. November 17, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "Sports And Pastimes.—Foot Ball". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, New York. November 17, 1878. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .