1891 Columbia football team

The 1891 Columbia football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 1–5 record and was outscored by a total of 220 to 32.^[1] The team had no coach. T. Ludlow Chrystie was the team captain.^[1]

1891 Columbia football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5
Head coach	None
Captain	T. Ludlow Chrystie
Home stadium	Columbia Grounds
Seasons ← 1890 1899 →

1891 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 10		Berkeley Athletic Club	Columbia Grounds Bronx, NY	W 32–0
October 14	4:30 p.m.	Manhattan Athletic Club	Columbia Grounds Bronx, NY	L 0–28	^[2]
October 17		at Crescent Athletic Club	Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY	L 0–42	^[3]
October 21		at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	L 0–52
October 24		Trinity (CT)	Columbia Grounds Bronx, NY	L 0–54	^[4]
October 28		at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	L 0–44	^[5]

References

1. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 197 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "A Bad Defeat for Columbia". The Sun. October 15, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Crescent, 42; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. October 18, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Trinity Beats Columbia". The New York Times. October 25, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Rutgers, 44; Columbia, 0". The Sun. October 29, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.