1875 Columbia football
Co-national champion (Parke H. Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEdward W. Price
Seasons
← 1874
1876 →
1875 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   4 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   1 – 1 – 1
Yale   –   2 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   3 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   0 – 1 – 0
Bates   –   0 – 1 – 0
Canada All-Stars   –   0 – 2 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1875 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 4–1–1 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 13–10 (scoring used then differed from today's system).[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJT 1–1[4]
November 4at StevensHoboken, NJW 2–1
unknownCCNYunknownW 5–0
November 13at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 2–6[5]
November 27CCNYNew York, NYW 6–0
December 4at Yale
W 3–2

References

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ 1875 Columbia University football scores and results Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on September 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Football". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 2, 1875. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Football At Princeton". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 14, 1875. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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