Stevens Institute football, 1872–1879
Early American football team of Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ, USA)
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The Stevens Institute football program, 1872–1879 represented Stevens Institute of Technology of Hoboken, New Jersey in American football during the school's first decade of college football. Highlights of these early years include:
- On November 23, 1872, Stevens played its first intercollegiate football game, losing to Columbia by a 6–0 score.
- On October 18, 1873, Stevens won its first intercollegiate game, defeating by a 6–1 score. The 1873 team went on to win three of four games with additional victories over the City College of New York and the New Jersey Athletic Club.
- The 1874 team also compiled a 3–1 record with victories over Columbia, Rutgers, and NYU. The team's only loss was to national champion Yale.
- The 1879 team was the first Stevens team to play more than four games. It played eight games and compiled a 1–2–5 record, including four scoreless ties.
1872
| 1872 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 0–1 |
| Head coach |
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The 1872 Stevens football team represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1872 college football season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 23 | at Columbia | New York, NY | L 0–6 |
1873
| 1873 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 3–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Elysian Fields |
The 1873 Stevens football team represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1873 college football season.
Schedule
1874
| 1874 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 2–2 |
| Head coach |
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The 1874 Stevens football team represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1874 college football season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 31 | Columbia | Hoboken, NJ | W 4–2 |
| November 1 | at Rutgers | New Brunswick, NJ | L 0–6 |
| November 10 | NYU | Hoboken, NJ | W 6–0 |
| November 18 | at Yale | New Haven, CT | L 0–6 |
1875
| 1875 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 3–3 |
| Head coach |
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The 1875 Stevens football team represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1875 college football season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 17 | NYU | Hoboken, NJ | W 5–0 |
| October 24 | at Rutgers | New Brunswick, NJ | L 0–6 |
| October 31 | CCNY | Hoboken, NJ | W 6–0 |
| November 4 | Columbia | Hoboken, NJ | L 1–2 |
| November 11 | CCNY | Hoboken, NJ | W 6–0 |
| November 20 | at Princeton | Princeton, NJ | L 0–6 |
1876
| 1876 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 2–2 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | grounds at foot of Ninth Street, St. George's Cricket Club |
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.
Schedule
1877
| 1877 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1–3 |
| Head coach |
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The 1877 Stevens football team was an American football team that represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1877 college football season. The team compiled a 1–3 record.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 27 | Rutgers |
| W 4–1 | [11] |
| November 13 | Columbia |
| L 0–1 | |
| November 14 | at Rutgers | New Brunswick, NJ | L 0–5 | |
| November 24 | at Yale | New Haven, CT | L 0–13 | [12] |
1878
| 1878 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1–1–2 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | St. George's Cricket Club grounds |
The 1878 Stevens football team was an American football team that represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1878 college football season. The team compiled a 1–1–2 record and was outscored by a total of four goals to one. The team played home games at the St. George's Cricket Club grounds in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 26 | 2:34 p.m. | at Princeton |
| L 0–4 | [14] |
| October 29 | at Rutgers | New Brunswick, NJ | T 0–0 | [15] | |
| November 5 | Columbia |
| T 0–0 | [16] | |
| November 9 | Rutgers |
| W 1–0 | [17][18] |
Game summaries
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Princeton
On October 26, at 2:30 p.m., the Princeton football team played a football match against Stevens Institute of Technology and (with some participation from members of the St. George's Cricket Club). The game was played between teams of 15 players per side on the Princeton University grounds before a large crowd, including many carriages parked in the space outside the ropes. Princeton scored four goals and six touchdowns. Stevens did not score.[14]
The lineup for Stevens Institute was as follows: Spofford, Rosenbury, Dilworth, Clarke, Leib, Rosenberger, Denton, Dashill and Suydam as forwards; Merritt, Connover, and Herrick as halfbacks; and Hysop, Pracay, and Moore as backs. Merritt was the Stevens team captain.[14]
Rutgers
On October 30, the team from Stevens Institute played a match against the Rutgers College team in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The game ended in a scoreless tie with neither side scoring a goal or touchdown.[15]
Columbia
On November 5, Stevens was scheduled to play a match against the team from the College of the City of New York (CCNY) at St. George's Cricket Club grounds in Hoboken, New Jersey. The CCNY club did not show up, but a group of nine students from Columbia arrived and agreed to a "scratch game". Sides were chosen among the available players by Herrick of Stevens and Burton of Columbia. Burton's team scored three touchdowns, but neither team scored a goal.[16]
Rutgers
On November 9, at 3:00 p.m., Stevens hosted Rutgers for a return match on the St. George's Cricket Club grounds. Neither team scored a touchdown or goal in the first or second halves. The sides agreed to an additional 10 minutes. Reisenberger recovered the ball beyond Rutgers' goal line for a touchdown, and Suydam kicked the goal giving Stevens the victory by one goal to none.[17]
The lineup for Stevens included Muller, Gowen, Ruh, Macauley, and Hasbrouck at the forward positions, Howe, See and Randolph at the halfback positions, and Voorhees and Norris as backs. Randolph was the team captain.[17]
1879
| 1879 Stevens football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1–2–5 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | St. George's Cricket Club grounds |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | 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 Stevens Ducks football team was an American football team that represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1879 college football season. The team compiled a 1–2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 12 to 6. The team played home games at the St. George's Cricket Club grounds in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 9 | Stevens alumni |
| T 0–0 | |
| October 25 | Columbia |
| T 0–0 | |
| November 8 | at Princeton |
| L 0–7 | [20] |
| November 11 | Rutgers |
| L 0–1 | |
| November 23 | at Rutgers | New Brunswick, NJ | T 3–3 | |
| November 25 | at Rutgers | New Brunswick, NJ | W 3–1 | |
| December 6 | Stevens alumni |
| T 0–0 | |
| December 13 | Rutgers |
| T 0–0 |
