1919 NYU Violets football team

1919 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	John B. Longwell (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field
Seasons ←  1918 1920  →

1919 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	1
New Hampshire			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	0
Williams			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	2
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	3
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	4	–	2
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	8	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1919 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1919 college football season. In their only year under head coach John B. Longwell, the team compiled a 4–4 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 0–2		[1]
October 11	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	L 0–9		[2]
October 18	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–10		[3]
October 25	RPI	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 9–0		[4]
November 4	Trinity (CT)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 39–0		[5]
November 8	at Union (NY)	Alexander Field Schenectady, NY	W 17–6		[6]
November 15	Stevens	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 3–24		[7]
November 22	at Columbia	South Field New York, NY	W 27–12	10,000	[8]

References

1. "Amherst county only on N.Y.U.'s safety". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "N.Y.U. eleven goes down to defeat by a 9 to 0 score". New York Tribune. October 12, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Forward passing overwhelms N.Y.U." The Hartford Daily Courant. October 19, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "N.Y.U. scores first victory of season". The New York Times. October 26, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "N.Y.U. eleven routs Trinity by 39 to 0 score". The Sun. New York. November 5, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "N.Y. University trounces Union". The Sun. New York. November 9, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Stevens beating N.Y.U., wins Metropolitan title". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 16, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. "N.Y.U. sweeps way to victory over Columbia". The Sun. New York. November 23, 1919. Retrieved February 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.