1887 Tufts Jumbos football team

1887 Tufts Jumbos football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	Frank W. Durkee (1st season)
Captain	Frank W. Durkee

1887 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					3	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					0	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1887 Tufts Jumbos football team represented Tufts University in the 1887 college football season.^[1] The Jumbos finished the season with a record of 4–6.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	Harvard	Medford, MA	L 0–86	[2]
October 8	Boston University		W 5–0	[3]
October 15	Dartmouth		L 0–52	[4]
October 22	at Maine		L 6–12	[5]
October 29	at Harvard	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–68	[6]
November 3	Vermont	College Hill Medford, MA	W 32–6	[7][8]
November 5	at Exeter		L 8–29	[9]
November 12	Harvard B		W 22–0	[10]
November 19	Andover		W 32–6	[11]
November 24	MIT		L 0–36	[12]

References

1. "1887 Tufts Jumbos Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
2. "Harvard at Tufts Box Score, October 1, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
3. "Boston University at Tufts Box Score, October 8, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
4. "Dartmouth at Tufts Box Score, October 15, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
5. "Tufts at Maine Box Score, October 22, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
6. "Tufts at Harvard Box Score, October 29, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
7. "University unifications". Argus and Patriot. November 9, 1887. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "College and school games". Boston Evening Transcript. November 4, 1887. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Tufts at Exeter Box Score, November 5, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
10. "Harvard B at Tufts Box Score, November 12, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
11. "Andover at Tufts Box Score, November 19, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
12. "MIT at Tufts Box Score, November 24, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.