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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

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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 YaleW 3–2

References

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  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. September 15, 2016. 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.