1886 NYU Violets football team

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1886 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Seasons
  1883
1889  
1886 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   9 0 1
Princeton   7 0 1
Harvard   12 2 0
Lafayette   10 2 0
Williams   5 1 1
Massachusetts   2 1 0
Penn   9 7 1
Lehigh   4 3 1
Dartmouth   2 2 0
Amherst   3 4 0
Rutgers   1 3 0
Wesleyan   2 6 0
MIT   2 6 1
Vermont   0 1 0
Stevens   0 7 1
Tufts   0 8 0
NYU   0 3 0
Swarthmore     
Trinity (CT)     

The 1886 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The Violets compiled an 0–3 record for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at Olympic Athletic Club
L 0–66 [1]
November 18at Staten Island Cricket Club
L 4–8 [2] [3]
November 20at Crescent Athletic Club L 0–36 [4] [5]

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References

  1. "The young men of the College of New York badly beaten". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Football on Staten Island (1st column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Football on Staten Island (2nd column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "A Victory for the Crescents: They Easily Defeat the New York University Team at Football". The Brooklyn Daily Eagles. November 21, 1886. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Two football games". The New York Times. November 21, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.