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1877 Tufts Jumbos football team

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1877 Tufts Jumbos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–3
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1876
1884 →
1877 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     3 0 1
Princeton     2 0 1
Amherst     1 0 0
Harvard     3 1 0
Columbia     2 2 0
Rutgers     1 2 0
Stevens     1 3 0
Tufts     0 3 0

The 1877 Tufts Jumbos football team represented Tufts College—now known as Tufts University in the 1877 college football season. The team compiled a record of 0–3.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 233:25 p.m.at HarvardL 0–3500[2][3]
November 3at YaleL 0–1[4]
November 14at Amherst
L 4–8[5]

References

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  1. ^ "1877 Tufts Jumbos Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "General Notes". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 23, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "A Foot-Ball Game". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "The Tufts Football Team Defeated By Yale". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Other Sports.—The Amherst College Eleven Defeat the Tufts Eleven at Foot-Ball—Other Contests in Prospect—Captain Borgardus's Glass Ball Shooting". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1877. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.