1879 Stevens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–5
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumSt. George's Cricket Club grounds
1879 college football records
ConfOverall
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 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.[1] The team played its home games at the St. George's Cricket Club grounds in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 9Stevens alumni
T 0–0
October 25Columbia
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
T 0–0
November 8at Princeton
L 0–7[2]
November 11Rutgers
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
L 0–1
November 23at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJT 3–3
November 25at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 3–1
December 6Stevens alumni
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
T 0–0
December 13Rutgers
  • St. George's Cricket Club grounds
  • Hoboken, NJ
T 0–0

References

  1. ↑ "1879 Stevens Ducks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Battle Of The Ball". The Sun. New York, New York. November 9, 1879. p. 6. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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