1914 NYU Violets football team

1914 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Thomas T. Reilley (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

1914 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
New Hampshire			–					1	–	6	–	2
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	St. Stephen's	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 17–0	[1]
October 10	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	W 26–0	[2]
October 17	Haverford	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 13–7	[3]
October 24	RPI	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 17–6	[4]
November 3	Trinity (CT)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 3–19	[5]
November 7	at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	L 0–9	[6]
November 14	at Stevens	Castle Field Hoboken, NJ	W 31–0	[7]
November 21	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 13–29	[8]
November 26	Rutgers	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–33	[9]

References

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.