1889 Columbia Lions football team

The 1889 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a 2–7–2 record and was outscored by a total of 298 to 54.[1] The team had no coach. J. M. Hewlett was the team captain.[1]

1889 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1889 record2–7–2
Head coachNone
CaptainJ. M. Hewlett
Home stadiumBerkeley Oval
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      10 0 0
Yale      15 1 0
Dartmouth      7 1 0
Harvard      9 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 1 1
Navy      4 1 1
Tufts      3 1 0
Lehigh      8 3 2
Cornell      8 4 0
Penn      7 6 0
Brown      2 2 0
Penn State      2 2 0
Delaware      1 1 1
Wesleyan      5 7 1
Amherst      3 5 2
Lafayette      3 4 2
Columbia      2 7 2
Fordham      1 3 0
Rutgers      1 4 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5vs. Crescent Athletic ClubL 0–30[2]
October 9Lafayette
T 10–10
October 12Trinity (CT)L 4–24
October 26Yale
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–62[3]
November 2at LehighBethlehem, PAL 6–51
November 5Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–71
November 9Penn
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–24
November 14at StevensHoboken, NJW 12–6
November 20Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
W 22–0
November 21Amherst
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
T 0–0[4]
November 23Cornell
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
L 0–20[5]

References

  1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Columbia College Beaten: The Brooklyn Crescents Defeat the Students at Staten Island". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1889. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too". The New York Times. October 27, 1889. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "A Game of Football". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2020 via Newspapers.com .
  5. "Columbia Beaten By Cornell". The Sun. New York, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 8. Retrieved May 21, 2020 via Newspapers.com .
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