1883 Columbia football team

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1883
Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainW. N. Eldridge
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
1883 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Gallaudet     2 0 0
Carleton
    1 0 0
Johns Hopkins     1 0 0
NYU     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
Columbian University     0 2 0
Georgetown
    0 2 0

The 1883 Columbia 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]

Schedule

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

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