1877 Columbia football team

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1877 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
1877 record2–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainChas. DeH. Bower
Seasons
  1876
1878  
1877 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale   3 0 1
Princeton   2 0 1
Amherst   1 0 0
Harvard   3 1 0
Columbia   2 2 0
Rutgers   1 2 0
Stevens   1 3 0
Tufts   0 3 0

The 1877 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1877 college football season. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 53:00 p.m.vs. Harvard
L 0–6400–500 [2] [3] [4]
November 6vs. Rutgers
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
W 6T–0 [5]
November 13at Stevens
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
W 1T–0
November 172:40 p.m.at Princeton Princeton, NJ L 3T–4G [6]

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References

  1. 1877 Columbia University football scores and results
  2. "Harvard vs. Columbia". New York Herald. November 6, 1877. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Foot Ball". Brooklyn Eagle . Brooklyn, New York. November 6, 1877. p. 3. Retrieved April 29, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Harvard's Great Victory". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1877. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "State and County Items". Matawan Journal. Matawan, New Jersey. November 10, 1877. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. "Princeton Boys Ahead". The Sun . New York, New York. November 18, 1877. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .