1911 NYU Violets football team

The 1911 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 1–3–3 record.

1911 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–3–3
Head coach	Herman Olcott (5th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field
Seasons ← 1910 1912 →

1911 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	1
Carlisle			–					11	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	0	–	2
Trinity (CT)			–					6	–	0	–	2
Temple			–					6	–	1	–	0
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	3	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	4	–	0
St. Bonaventure			–					2	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	3
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	6	–	1
Villanova			–					0	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					0	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Muhlenberg	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 5–0		[1]
October 21	Rhode Island State	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 0–0		[2]
October 28	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 6–8		[3]
November 4	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 3–28		[4]
November 7	Trinity (CT)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 0–0	5,000	[5]
November 11	Rutgers	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 0–0		[6]
November 18	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 2–6		[7]

References

1. "N.Y.U. eleven wins". The New York Times. October 8, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "N.Y.U.-Rhode Island, 0–0". The New York Times. October 22, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Williams grabs victory". The Boston Globe. October 29, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "New Yorkers play hard". New York Tribune. November 5, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Trinity fails to score on N.Y.U." The Hartford Daily Courant. November 8, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "New York University and Rutgers play a scoreless game". The Daily Home News. November 13, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "N.Y.U. loses final game to Wesleyan". The New York Times. November 19, 1911. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.