1889 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJ. M. Hewlett
Home stadiumBerkeley Oval
Seasons
← 1884
1890 →
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   15 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   9 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   4 – 1 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   8 – 3 – 2
Cornell   –   8 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 1 – 1
Wesleyan   –   5 – 7 – 1
Bucknell   –   2 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 2
Fordham   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1889 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The team compiled a 2–7–2 record and was outscored by a total of 298 to 54.[1] The team had no coach. J. M. Hewlett was the team captain.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5vs. Crescent Athletic Club
L 0–30[2]
October 9Lafayette
T 10–10
October 12Trinity (CT)L 4–24
October 26Yale
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–62[3]
November 2at LehighBethlehem, PAL 6–51
November 53:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–71[4][5]
November 9Penn
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
L 0–24
November 14at StevensHoboken, NJW 12–6
November 20Manhattan Athletic Club
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
W 22–0
November 21Amherst
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
T 0–0[6]
November 23Cornell
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
L 0–20[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. pp. 196–197 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Columbia College Beaten: The Brooklyn Crescents Defeat the Students at Staten Island". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too". The New York Times. October 27, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "A Goose Egg for Columbia: The Princeton Team Has some Fun with the New Yorkers". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Advertisement for Election Day Football". The Sun. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "A Game of Football". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Columbia Beaten By Cornell". The Sun. New York, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 8. Retrieved May 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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