1904 Columbia Blue and White football team

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The 1904 Columbia Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its third season under head coach Bill Morley, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 120 to 68.[1][2] Robert Stangland was the team captain.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Headcoach
Quick facts Columbia Blue and White football, Conference ...
1904 Columbia Blue and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainRobert Stangland
Home stadiumAmerican League Park
Seasons
 1903
1905 
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1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1200
Western U. of Penn.  1000
Dartmouth  701
Yale  1010
Amherst  910
Colgate  811
Carlisle  1020
Lafayette  820
Princeton  820
Army  720
Fordham  411
Harvard  721
Dickinson  831
Columbia  730
Cornell  730
Villanova  421
Syracuse  630
Swarthmore  630
Washington & Jefferson  531
Penn State  640
Temple  320
Brown  650
Bucknell  330
Springfield Training School  441
NYU  360
Holy Cross  252
Wesleyan  370
Geneva  142
Vermont  152
New Hampshire  250
Rutgers  162
Tufts  291
Lehigh  180
Franklin & Marshall  0100
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The team's roster included W. E. Metzenthin at quarterback and Tom Thorp at tackle. Metzenthin was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York Herald,[3] and Thorp was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp,[4] Caspar Whitney,[5] and the New York Sun.[3]

Columbia's sports teams were commonly called the "Blue and White" in this era, but had no official nickname. The name "Lions" would not be adopted until 1910.[6]

The team played its home games at the American League Park, a baseball park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, and also the home field of the New York Yankees.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Union (NY)W 10–0400[7]
September 28Franklin & Marshall
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
W 28–0[8]
October 1Wesleyan
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
W 16–01,500[9]
October 4Tufts
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
W 31–0[10]
October 8Williams
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
W 11–03,000[11]
October 12Swarthmore
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
W 12–0800[12]
October 15Amherst
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–124,853[13]
October 22at PennL 0–1615,000[14]
October 29Yale
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY
L 0–34[15]
November 12Cornell
  • American League Park
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
W 12–68,000[16]
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