1879 Columbia Lions football team

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

1879 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1879 record0–3–2
Head coachNone
CaptainWilliam F. Morgan
1879 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      4 0 1
Yale      3 0 2
Massachusetts      1 0 0
Michigan      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
PA Military      0 1 1
Racine      0 1 0
Columbia      0 3 2
Swarthmore *      0 0 0
  • * – Result of Swarthmore's lone game is unknown

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 25at Stevens
T 0–0
November 1at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–2
November 8at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 0–1
November 223:00 p.m.vs. Yale
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
L 0–2[2]
November 27vs. 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. "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 .
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