1886 NYU Violets football team

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1886 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1886 record0–3
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1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Princeton     7 0 1
Harvard     12 2 0
Lafayette     10 2 0
Williams     5 1 1
Massachusetts     2 1 0
Penn     9 7 1
Lehigh     4 3 1
Dartmouth     2 2 0
Amherst     3 4 0
Rutgers     1 3 0
Wesleyan     2 6 0
MIT     2 6 1
Vermont     0 1 0
Stevens     0 7 1
Tufts     0 8 0
NYU     0 3 0
Swarthmore        
Trinity (CT)        

The 1886 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1886 college football season. The Violets compiled an 0–3 record for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at Olympic Athletic Club
L 0–66[1]
November 18at Staten Island Cricket Club
L 4–8[2][3]
November 20at Crescent Football ClubL 0–36[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "The young men of the College of New York badly beaten". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football on Staten Island (1st column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football on Staten Island (2nd column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Two football games". The New York Times. November 21, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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