1883 Columbia Lions football team

The 1883 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 1–3 record and was outscored by a total of 147 to 13.[1] The team had no coach. W. N. Eldridge was the team captain.[1]

1883 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1883 record1–3
Head coachNone
CaptainW. N. Eldridge
1883 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      9 0 0
Gallaudet      2 0 0
Carleton      1 0 0
Johns Hopkins      1 0 0
Harvard      8 2 0
Princeton      7 1 0
Penn      6 2 1
Stevens      6 4 1
Massachusetts      1 1 0
Minnesota      1 1 0
Wesleyan      3 3 0
Williams      1 1 0
Fordham      4 5 0
Michigan      2 3 0
Lafayette      2 4 0
Johns Hopkins      1 2 0
Columbia      1 3 0
Rutgers      1 6 0
Amherst      0 1 0
Dartmouth      0 1 0
Hamline      0 1 0
Lewisburg      0 1 0
Navy      0 1 0
CCNY      0 2 0
Georgetown      0 2 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 20CCNYW 12–0
October 27at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–19
November 14at Penn
L 1–35[2]
November 17Yale
L 0–93[3]

References

  1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 196 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Victory for the 'Varsity: Columbia's Eleven Beaten, 35 to 1". The Times (Philadelphia). November 15, 1883. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Yale Easily Defeats Columbia". New York Daily Tribune. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
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