1881 Columbia football team

The 1881 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1881 college football season.[1][2]

1881 Columbia football
Conference	Independent
1881 record	3–3–1
Head coach	None
Captain	B. P. Clark

1881 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Richmond			–					2	–	0	–	0
Georgetown			–					1	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Penn State			–					1	–	0	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts			–					2	–	1	–	1
Kentucky University			–					2	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					2	–	4	–	1
Stevens			–					1	–	2	–	1
Kentucky State College			–					1	–	2	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	1	–	1
Amherst			–					0	–	3	–	2
Lewisburg			–					0	–	1	–	0
MIT			–					0	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	1	–	0
Randolph–Macon			–					0	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					0	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 31		at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	W 3–1
November 5		at Harvard	South End Grounds Boston, MA	L 0–1
November 8		at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	T 0–0
November 12		Princeton	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–1
November 17		Yale	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–1	[3]
November 23		Rutgers	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 1–0
November 26	2:40 p.m.	Penn	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 2–0	[4]

References

1. 1881 Columbia University football scores and results Archived August 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on September 26, 2013.
2. "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
3. "Pretty Lively Football: Yale Defeats Columbia After a Long and Hot Battle". The Sun. November 17, 1881. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Columbia Wins By Rushing". The New York Times. New York, NY. November 27, 1881. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .