1879 Columbia football team

1879 Columbia football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–3–2
Head coach	None
Captain	William F. Morgan
Seasons ←  1878 1880  →

1879 college football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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
NYU			–					0	–	2	–	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 25		at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	T 0–0
November 1		at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–2
November 15	3:15 p.m.	at Penn	Young American Cricket Club grounds Philadelphia, PA	L 0–1	[2] [3] [4]
November 22	3:00 p.m.	vs. Yale	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	L 0–2	[5]
November 27		vs. Rutgers	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	T 0–0

References

1. "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
2. "Return Match Between Columbia College And University of Pennsylvania—Nine Safety Touchdowns For The University". The New York Times . New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
3. "College Men At Football". The New York Times . New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
4. "College Football". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 17, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Desperate Struggle Between Yale and Columbia At Hoboken—The New Haven Boys Victorious". New York Herald . New York, New York. November 23, 1879. p. 13. Retrieved April 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com .