1879 Columbia football team

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1879 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
1879 record0–3–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam F. Morgan
Seasons
  1878
1880  
1879 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Racine   0 1 0
Swarthmore   0 1 0
Columbia   0 3 2

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 25at Stevens
T 0–0
November 1at Princeton Princeton, NJ L 0–2
November 153:15 p.m.at Penn
L 0–1 [2] [3] [4]
November 223:00 p.m.vs. Yale
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
L 0–2 [5]
November 27vs. Rutgers
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
T 0–0

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References

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