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1902 Columbia Blue and White football team

1902 Columbia Blue and White football team

American college football season

The 1902 Columbia Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Morley, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 163 to 101, including six shutouts.[1][2]

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Halfback Harold Weekes was the team captain.[2] He also received second-team honors from Caspar Whitney on the 1902 All-America team.[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.[4]

The team played its seven home games at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan.

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References

  1. [1]
    "1902 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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    "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 197 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Caspar Whitney (January 1903). "The Viewpoint" (PDF). Outing. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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    "How Columbia Became the Lions". Columbia Football 2019 Record Book. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 238. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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    "Columbia, 43; Rutgers, 0". The New York Times. October 5, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Collegians At Football: Columbia Scores 45 While Fordham Fails to Count". The New York Times. October 9, 1902. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Columbia Almost Defeated: Wins From Buffalo Through Playing of Weekes and Smith". New York Daily Tribune. October 12, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Columbia, 24; Swarthmore 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 16, 1902. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Columbia, 35; Hamilton, 0". The New York Times. October 19, 1902. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Princeton, 21; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. October 26, 1902. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Pennsylvania Plays a Great Game Against Columbia and Wins by the Score of 17-0 Amid Frantic Cheering". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1902. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Brown, 28; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1902. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Amherst, 29; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. November 16, 1902. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "In The Football World: Columbia Defeats Annapolis by a Score of 5 to 0". The New York Times. November 20, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. [15]
    "Columbia, 6; Syracuse, 6". The New York Times. November 28, 1902. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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