1914 NYU Violets football team

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1914 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     9 0 0
Harvard     7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     10 1 0
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Lehigh     8 1 0
Pittsburgh     8 1 0
Cornell     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 1
Princeton     5 2 1
Brown     5 2 2
Fordham     6 3 1
Geneva     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Penn State     5 3 1
Rutgers     5 3 1
Lafayette     5 3 2
Syracuse     5 3 2
Boston College     5 4 0
NYU     5 4 0
Villanova     4 3 1
Bucknell     4 4 1
Carnegie Tech     4 4 0
Penn     4 4 1
Temple     3 3 0
Rhode Island State     2 3 3
Carlisle     5 10 1
Holy Cross     2 5 1
Vermont     2 6 1
Duquesne     1 5 0

The 1914 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In their first year under head coach Thomas T. Reilley, the team compiled a 5–4 record.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3St. Stephen'sW 17–0[1]
October 10at HamiltonClinton, NYW 26–0[2]
October 17Haverford
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–7[3]
October 24RPI
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 17–6[4]
November 3Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 3–19[5]
November 7at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYL 0–9[6]
November 14at Stevens
W 31–0[7]
November 21Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 13–29[8]
November 26Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–33[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Easy victory for N.Y.U." New York Tribune. October 4, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. shy of speed, but beats Hamilton". The Sun. October 11, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "N.Y.U. defeats Haverford eleven". New York Tribune. October 18, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. keeps up its winning stride". New York Tribune. October 25, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. defeated by Blue and Gold". The Hartford Daily Courant. November 4, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Union defeats N.Y.U.; wins seventh game". New York Tribune. November 8, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven swamps Stevens". The Daily Home News. November 16, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Forward passing overwhelms N.Y.U." The New York Times. November 22, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rutgers swamps the N.Y.U. team". The New York Times. November 27, 1914. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.