1891 NYU Violets football team

1891 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–4

1891 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1891 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University (NYU) as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The Violets compiled a record of 1–4.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 14		at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	L 0–38
October 17	3:45 p.m.	at Berkeley Athletic Club	Berkeley Oval Bronx, NY	L 0–20
October 24		at Berkely Athletic Club	Berkeley Oval Bronx, NY	W 6–0	1,500
October 28		vs. New York Athletic Club	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L (forfeit)
November 7		at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	L 4–70