Columbia at Union (NY)

Saturday, October 7, 1899

Columbia beat Union (NY) 21–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Columbia led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayColumbia9–⁠3 in 1899
21
HomeUnion (NY)0–⁠3 in 1899
0

FinalAttendance 600

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: LOCAL FOOTBALL NOTES.

    The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 8, 1899, page 10

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    LOCAL FOOTBALL NOTES. The st. Paul Cadets foot ball team defeated the Van Buren, Rivals team in a game of foot ball by the score of Is to O.. The Cadets line up was as follows: p Schneider, center: G. Schneider, left tackle; H. Graham. right guard; 4. Hull. left guard; w. Cumby, right end; D. Fish, left end; w Sinks, right half back; G.. stilwell, left back; A. Peterson, left half rens, right tackle. The St. Paul Cadets challenge any team under the average of 105 pounds. The Drew school foot ball team has or ganized for the season and would like to get game with any team averaging from ninety to one hundred pounds, for any Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Address Eddie Bouman, sol st. Adams street. The employees of the firm Of Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk 6, Co. have organized a foot ball team for the present season They hereby extend challenge to any team in the Twin Cities who are employed by a wholesale or retail house. OTHER GAMES. Cleveland, O.-Western Reserve uni versity on its home grounds, defeated Baldwin university by q score of II to O.. Galesburg, Ill.-University of Illinois defeated Knox college in football here today by a score of to 0. New York-Columbia. 21: Union. 0.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Columbia 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Columbia leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1944Columbia 21, Union (NY) 0
1931Columbia 51, Union (NY) 0
1930Columbia 25, Union (NY) 0
1929Columbia 31, Union (NY) 0
1928Columbia 27, Union (NY) 0
1927Columbia 28, Union (NY) 0

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