1876 Stevens football team

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1876 Stevens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumgrounds at foot of Ninth Street, St. George's Cricket Club
Seasons
← 1875
1877 →
1876 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     3 0 0
Rutgers     1 0 0
Harvard     3 1 0
Princeton     3 2 0
Stevens     2 2 0
CCNY     1 1 0
Penn     1 2 0
Columbia     1 3 0
Canada All-Stars     0 1 0
McGill     0 1 0
Northwestern     0 1 0
Philadelphia All-Stars     0 1 0
NYU     0 2 0

The 1876 Stevens football team was an American football team that represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1876 college football season. The team compiled a 2–2 record in games against Rutgers, Columbia, and NYU.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 31NYU
W 8–0[2]
November 1at RutgersL 2–3
November 11Columbia
  • grounds at foot of Ninth Street
  • Hoboken, NJ
W 5–3[3]
November 29Columbia
  • St. George's Cricket Club
  • Hoboken, NJ
L 0–4200–300[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1876 Stevens Ducks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Foot-ball Match". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 1, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Football.—New York College In The Field". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 12, 1876. p. 12. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Football.—Columbia College Vs. Stevens Institute—An Interesting Game—Columbia The Winner". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 30, 1876. p. 13. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.