1934 NYU Violets football team

The 1934 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its first year under head coach Mal Stevens, it compiled a 3–4–1 record.[1]

1934 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
La Salle     7 0 1
Washington College     5 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     8 1 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
No. 8 Colgate     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 0
No. 5 Princeton     7 1 0
Duquesne     8 2 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
No. 15 Temple     7 1 2
No. 10 Syracuse     6 2 0
Bucknell     7 2 2
No. 14 Army     7 3 0
Northeastern     6 1 1
Rochester     5 2 0
Dartmouth     6 3 0
Saint Anselm     6 3 0
Amherst     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Massachusetts State     5 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Providence     4 3 0
Drexel     4 3 1
Boston College     5 4 0
Bates     3 3 1
Middlebury     3 3 1
Penn     4 4 0
Penn State     4 4 0
Williams     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 5 0
Villanova     3 4 2
NYU     3 4 1
Boston University     3 4 0
Colby     3 4 0
Springfield     2 3 3
Manhattan     3 5 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Vermont     2 4 2
Wesleyan     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 0
Geneva     2 5 2
Saint Joseph's     2 5 1
Cornell     2 5 0
Lafayette     2 6 0
Norwich     2 6 0
Bowdoin     0 6 1
Lowell Textile     0 7 1
Rankings from Associated Press

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6Johns HopkinsW 32–02,500[2]
October 13West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 3–2115,000[3]
October 20LafayetteW 12–76,500[4]
October 27Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–015,000[5]
November 3Carnegie Tech
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–6[6]
November 10CCNY
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 38–1314,000[7]
November 17at Rutgers
L 7–2210,000[8]
November 29vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 13–3925,000[9]

References

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  1. ^ "1934 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. crushes Hopkins". The Baltimore Sun. October 7, 1934. p. 2S. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "West Va. Wesleyan upsets N.Y.U., 21–3". Daily News. October 14, 1934. p. 40C. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. stumbles to 12–7 win at expense of Lafayette Leopards". Allentown Morning Call. October 21, 1934. p. 19. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. surprises Georgetown, 0–0". Daily News. October 28, 1934. p. 90. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Carnegie Tech displays power in 6–0 victory over N.Y.U." Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 4, 1934. p. 23. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Goals in all 4 periods beat City, 38 to 13". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1934. p. A17. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Scarlet outsmarts N.Y.U. 22 to 7 in late scoring". The Sunday Times. November 18, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rugged Rams butt frail Violet, 39–13". Daily News. November 30, 1934. p. 64. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.