1876 Columbia football team

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1876 Columbia football
ConferenceIndependent
1876 record1–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEdward W. Price
Seasons
  1875
1877  
1876 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale     300
Rutgers     100
Harvard     310
Princeton     320
Stevens     220
CCNY     110
Penn     120
Columbia     130
Canada All-Stars    010
McGill     010
Northwestern     010
Philadelphia All-Stars    010
NYU     020

The 1876 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1876 college football season. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 4at Stevens Hoboken, NJ L 3–5
November 11 Princeton New York, NY L 0–3
November 18StevensNew York, NYW 4–0
December 9vs. Yale Hoboken, NJL 0–2

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References

  1. 1876 Columbia University football scores and results
  2. "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.