1890 Columbia Lions football team

The 1890 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 1–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 199 to 46.[1] The team had no coach. A.C. Gildersleeve was the team captain.[1]

1890 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record1–6–1
Head coachNone
CaptainA. C. Gildersleeve
Home stadiumBrotherhood Park
1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard      11 0 0
Yale      13 1 0
Princeton      11 1 1
Franklin & Marshall      8 2 0
Navy      5 1 1
Penn      11 3 0
Cornell      8 4 0
Washington & Jefferson      2 1 0
Syracuse      7 4 0
Lehigh      6 4 0
Delaware      3 2 0
Amherst      6 5 1
Rutgers      5 5 1
Dartmouth      4 4 0
Penn State      2 2 0
Colgate      1 1 0
Wesleyan      5 6 0
Tufts      2 3 0
Brown      2 4 1
Western Univ. Penn      1 2 0
Lafayette      2 5 1
Fordham      1 3 1
Massachusetts      1 4 0
Columbia      1 5 1
Army      0 1 0
Geneva      0 1 0

The team played its home games at Brotherhood Park in Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Orange Athletic Club
L 0–21[2]
October 18WesleyanL 0–4[3]
October 22Penn
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–18[4]
October 30Fordham
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
W 40–0
November 1vs. Crescent Athletic ClubBrooklyn, NYL 0–29
November 4Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–851,000[5]
November 15Rutgers
  • Brotherhood Park
  • New York, NY
T 6–6
November 22at Cornell
L 0–36

References

  1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Columbia Wins". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1890. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wesleyan Defeats Columbia". The New York Times. October 19, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "The Columbias Beaten: A Great Victory for the Wearers of the Red and Blue". The Times (Philadelphia). October 23, 1890. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "The "Black and Orange" to the Front: Princeton Outkicks the Columbia Boys by a Score of 85 to 0". The Sun (New York). November 5, 1890. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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