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NYU began play in 1873, making it one of the first football teams established in the United States (following Princeton, Rutgers, Columbia, Yale, and Stevens). [2] [3] [4] Additionally, the current governing body for collegiate sports, the NCAA, was formed as the direct result of a meeting convened in New York City by NYU Chancellor Henry MacCracken in December 1905 to improve the safety of ...
The 1891 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University (NYU) as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The Violets compiled a record of 1–4.
1986 - In 1986, the University Athletic Association (UAA) was founded. Charter members included Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, The University of Chicago, the University of Rochester, and Washington University in St. Louis, effective beginning the 1986-87 academic year.
View of a night-time baseball game at Yankee Stadium between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. This is a list of professional and semi-professional sports teams based in the New York metropolitan area, including from New York City, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley, Northern and Central New Jersey, and parts of Western Connecticut.
The first intercollegiate lacrosse game in the United States was played on November 22, 1877 between New York University and Manhattan College. On May 7, 1924, NYU overwhelmed and shutout Harvard at Soldier's Field by a score of 7-0. Men's lacrosse at NYU was discontinued sometime after 1931 but was revived nearly 60 years later in 1990.
John A. Hartwell was the first head coach at NYU and played on the 1891 national championship team at Yale. The NYU Violets football program was a college football team that represented New York University. The team was independent of any conference but was a part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team had 24 head coaches ...
The 1920 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their first year under head coach Frank Gargan , the team compiled a 2–5–1 record.
The 1931 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. The team was led by head coach Chick Meehan in his seventh season and finished with a 6–3–1 record .