1902 Columbia Blue and White football team

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1902
Columbia Blue and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4–1
Head coach
CaptainHarold Weekes
Home stadiumPolo Grounds
Seasons
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ursinus   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 0 – 1
Geneva   –   7 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   11 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   6 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   8 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 3 – 0
Amherst
   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell
   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   6 – 4 – 1
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 6 – 0
Western U. of Penn.
   –   5 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 6 – 1
Fordham   –   2 – 4 – 1
Wesleyan
   –   3 – 6 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 7 – 1
Drexel   –   1 – 4 – 1
Temple
   –   1 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1902 Columbia Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Morley, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 163 to 101, including six shutouts.[1][2]

Halfback Harold Weekes was the team captain.[2] He also received second-team honors from Caspar Whitney on the 1902 All-America team.[3]

Columbia's sports teams were commonly called the "Blue and White" in this era, but had no official nickname. The name "Lions" would not be adopted until 1910.[4]

The team played its seven home games at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Rutgers
W 43–0[5]
October 8
Fordham
W 45–0[6]
October 11Buffalo
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 5–0[7]
October 15Swarthmore
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 24–0[8]
October 18
Hamilton
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
W 35–0[9]
October 25at Princeton
L 0–216,000[10]
November 1at Penn
L 0–1715,000[11]
November 8Brown
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–28[12]
November 15
Amherst
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–294,000[13]
November 19at Navy
W 5–0[14]
November 27Syracuse
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
T 6–64,000[15]

References

  1. ^ "1902 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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  3. ^ Caspar Whitney (January 1903). "The Viewpoint" (PDF). Outing. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "How Columbia Became the Lions". Columbia Football 2019 Record Book. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 238. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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