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NYU Violets football, 1873–1889

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The NYU Violets football program, 1873–1889 represented New York University (NYU) in American football during the school's first ten seasons of college football. Highlights of these early years include:

  • NYU played its first intercollegiate football game on October 18, 1873. NYU lost the game by a 6–1 score against Stevens Institute.
  • NYU also played one-game seasons with Stevens in 1874, 1875, and 1876. NYU lost each of these contests.
  • NYU did not field a team in 1877 or 1878.
  • Intercollegiate football returned to NYU in 1879 with three games against Stevens. NYU lost two of these games and played to a tie in a third game. NYU's winless streak was extended to seven games dating back to 1873.
  • NYU again ceased competing in intercollegiate football for the 1880 and 1881 seasons.
  • Football returned to NYU in 1882, and the team lost games against Columbia and Stevens. The winless streak was extended to nine games across ten years.
  • On November 29, 1883, NYU won its first football game, defeating a "Paterson" team by a 4–2 score.
  • NYU did not participate in college football in 1884 or 1885.
  • In 1886, NYU played three football games and lost all three.
  • NYU did not field a team in 1887 or 1888.
  • The 1889 NYU team played two games, losing both.

For its first two decades of intercollegiate football, NYU won only one game and compiled an overall record of 1–15–1.

1873

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1873 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
1874 →
1873 college football records
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Princeton – 1–0–0
Harvard – 1–0–1
Washington and Lee – 4–0–0
Stevens – 3–1–0
Yale – 2–1–0
Columbia – 2–1–0
Rutgers – 1–2–0
McGill – 0–1–1
Eton – 0–1–0
CCNY – 0–1–0
New Jersey AC – 0–1–0
NYU – 0–1–0
Princeton Seminary – 0–1–0
VMI – 0–1–0

The 1873 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1873 college football season. It was the first season of NYU football and the Violets became the fifth college football team in the United States.[1][2] It played one game, losing to Stevens Institute of Technology 1–6 on October 18.[3]

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 18StevensL 1–6

1874

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1874 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1873
1875 →
1874 college football records
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Yale – 3–0–0
Princeton – 2–0–0
Harvard – 1–1–0
Tufts – 1–0–0
Stevens – 2–2–0
Rutgers – 2–2–0
Columbia – 1–5–0
NYU – 0–1–0
McGill – 0–1–0

The 1874 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1874 college football season.[4]

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DateOpponentSiteResult
November 10StevensL 0–6

1875

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1875 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
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1876 →
1875 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1875 college football season.[5]

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 17at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–5

1876

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1876 NYU Violets football
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Record0–1
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  • None
Seasons
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1879 →
1876 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University in the 1876 college football season. The team played one game, losing to Stevens Institute of Technology by an 8–0 score.[6]

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 31at Stevens
L 0–8[7]
CCNYL

1879

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1879 NYU Violets football
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Record0–2–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
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1882 →
1879 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton – 4–0–1
Yale – 3–0–2
Massachusetts – 1–0–0
Michigan – 1–0–1
Haverford – 1–0–1
Harvard – 2–1–2
Penn – 2–2–0
Amherst – 1–1–0
Navy – 0–0–1
McGill – 0–0–1
Toronto – 0–0–1
Stevens – 1–2–5
Rutgers – 1–2–3
Pennsylvania Military – 0–1–1
NYU – 0–2–1
Racine – 0–1–0
Swarthmore – 0–1–0
Columbia – 0–3–2

The 1879 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University in the 1879 college football season. The team played three games, losing to Stevens Institute of Technology twice and tying them once.

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DateOpponentSiteResult
Stevens FreshmenL
Stevens FreshmenL
Stevens FreshmenT

1882

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1882 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
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1883 →
1882 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale – 8–0–0
Colorado College – 1–0–0
Navy – 1–0–0
Richmond – 1–0–0
Harvard – 7–1–0
Fordham – 7–1–0
Princeton – 7–2–0
Wesleyan – 3–1–0
Rutgers – 6–4–0
Columbian University – 0–0–1
Dartmouth – 1–1–0
Lake Forest – 1–1–0
Minnesota – 1–1–0
Northwestern – 1–1–0
Stevens – 1–1–1
Amherst – 2–3–0
Penn – 2–4–0
CCNY – 1–2–0
Boston Tech – 1–4–0
Randolph–Macon – 0–1–0
Clifton AC – 0–1–0
Lafayette – 0–2–0
McGill – 0–2–0
NYU – 0–2–0
Massachusetts – 0–3–0
Columbia – 0–5–0

The 1882 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University in the 1882 college football season. The team played two games, losing to Stevens Prep school and Columbia College.[8]

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DateOpponentSiteResult
at ColumbiaL
at Stevens PrepL

1883

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1883 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
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1886 →
1883 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale – 9–0–0
Gallaudet – 2–0–0
Carleton – 1–0–0
Johns Hopkins – 1–0–0
NYU – 1–0–0
Harvard – 8–2–0
Princeton – 7–1–0
Penn – 6–2–1
Stevens – 6–4–1
Massachusetts – 1–1–0
Minnesota – 1–1–0
Wesleyan – 3–3–0
Williams – 1–1–0
Fordham – 4–5–0
Michigan – 2–3–0
Lafayette – 2–4–0
Johns Hopkins – 1–2–0
Columbia – 1–3–0
Rutgers – 1–6–0
Amherst – 0–1–0
Dartmouth – 0–1–0
Hamline – 0–1–0
Lewisburg – 0–1–0
Navy – 0–1–0
CCNY – 0–2–0
Columbian University – 0–2–0
Georgetown – 0–2–0

The 1883 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University in the 1883 college football season. The team played two games, the score for week one is unknown while the score for the game against Paterson was a 4–2 win.[8]

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DateOpponentSiteResult
November 26at Adelphi Academy?
November 29at PatersonW 4–2

1886

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1886 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Seasons
← 1883
1889 →
1886 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
Rutgers – 1–3–0
Wesleyan – 2–6–0
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at Olympic Athletic Club
L 0–66[9]
November 18at Staten Island Cricket Club
L 4–8[10][11]
November 20at Crescent Athletic ClubL 0–36[12][13]

1889

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1889 NYU Violets football
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Record0–2
Seasons
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1890 →
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton – 10–0–0
Massachusetts – 2–0–0
Yale – 15–1–0
Harvard – 9–2–0
Franklin & Marshall – 5–1–1
Dickinson – 4–1–1
Navy – 4–1–1
Tufts – 3–1–0
Lehigh – 8–3–2
Cornell – 8–4–0
Penn – 7–6–0
Brown – 2–2–0
Penn State – 2–2–0
Wesleyan – 5–7–1
Bucknell – 2–3–1
Lafayette – 3–4–2
Columbia – 2–7–2
Fordham – 1–3–0
Rutgers – 1–4–0
NYU – 0–2–0

The 1889 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. The Violets compiled an 0–2 record for the season.

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 23Clinton Athletic Club
L 0–10[14]
November 29vs. CCNY
  • Manhattan Athletic Club Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–22[15]

References

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  1. ↑ Sebastien van Heyningen (April 9, 2023). "NYU Football, what happened?". Washington Square News. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ "N.Y.U. Football Club: A Fun‐Only Hodge‐Podge; Chess Player, Water Skier and Rifleman Make the Team". New York Times. October 27, 1964. p. 48. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1873 Schedule and Results | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
  4. ↑ "1874 Schedule and Results | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
  5. ↑ "1875 Schedule and Results | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
  6. ↑ "1876 College Football Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. 1 2 "New York University Violet All-Time Football Records". www.luckyshow.org. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  9. ↑ "The young men of the College of New York badly beaten". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Football on Staten Island (1st column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Football on Staten Island (2nd column)". The New York Times. November 19, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "A Victory for the Crescents: They Easily Defeat the New York University Team at Football". The Brooklyn Daily Eagles. November 21, 1886. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Two football games". The New York Times. November 21, 1886. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Clinton downs New York University". The Sun. November 24, 1889. Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "College of the City of New York wins". The Sun. November 30, 1889. Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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