1887 Tufts Jumbos football team

American college football season

1887 Tufts Jumbos football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	Frank W. Durkee (1st season)
Captain	Frank W. Durkee
Seasons ← 1886 1888 →

1887 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		–		9	–	0	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette		–		7	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		4	–	3	–	0
Williams		–		3	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan		–		4	–	5	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts		–		2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell		–		0	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		0	–	2	–	0
Vermont		–		0	–	2	–	0

The 1887 Tufts Jumbos football team represented Tufts University in the 1887 college football season.^[1] The Jumbos finished the season with a record of 4–6.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	Harvard	Medford, MA	L 0–86	^[2]
October 8	Boston University		W 5–0	^[3]
October 15	Dartmouth		L 0–52	^[4]
October 22	at Maine		L 6–12	^[5]
October 29	at Harvard	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–68	^[6]
November 3	Vermont	College Hill Medford, MA	W 32–6	^[7]^[8]
November 5	at Exeter		L 8–29	^[9]
November 12	Harvard B		W 22–0	^[10]
November 19	Andover		W 32–6	^[11]
November 24	MIT		L 0–36	^[12]

References

^ "1887 Tufts Jumbos Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Harvard at Tufts Box Score, October 1, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Boston University at Tufts Box Score, October 8, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Dartmouth at Tufts Box Score, October 15, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Tufts at Maine Box Score, October 22, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Tufts at Harvard Box Score, October 29, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "University unifications". Argus and Patriot. November 9, 1887. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "College and school games". Boston Evening Transcript. November 4, 1887. Retrieved June 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tufts at Exeter Box Score, November 5, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Harvard B at Tufts Box Score, November 12, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Andover at Tufts Box Score, November 19, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "MIT at Tufts Box Score, November 24, 1887". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.

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People	Head coaches
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