1879 Stevens football team

American college football season

1879 Stevens football

Conference| Independent
Record| 1–2–5
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Home stadium| St. George's Cricket Club grounds

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1879 college football records

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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.[1] The team played its home games at the St. George's Cricket Club grounds in Hoboken, New Jersey.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 9| Stevens alumni|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ

| T 0–0|
October 25| Columbia|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ

| T 0–0|
November 8| at Princeton|

* Princeton Athletic Grounds
* Princeton, NJ

| L 0–7| [2]
November 11| Rutgers|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ

| 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|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ

| T 0–0|
December 13| Rutgers|

* St. George's Cricket Club grounds
* Hoboken, NJ

| T 0–0|

## References

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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 .

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