1937 Columbia Lions football team

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1937 Columbia Lions football team - Wikipedia

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1937 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–2
Head coach	Lou Little (8th season)
Captains	John Bateman Oscar Bonom
Home stadium	Baker Field
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh		–		9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova		–		8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham		–		7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth		–		7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross		–		8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)		–		6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale		–		6	–	1	–	1
Army		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston University		–		6	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		5	–	2	–	1
Harvard		–		5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	2	–	1
CCNY		–		5	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Manhattan		–		6	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne		–		6	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		5	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		5	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	2	–	4
Boston College		–		4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	0
Princeton		–		4	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		3	–	4	–	1
Colgate		–		3	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra		–		2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		2	–	5	–	1
Penn		–		2	–	5	–	1
Providence		–		2	–	6	–	0
Vermont		–		2	–	6	–	0
La Salle		–		2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		1	–	7	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In his eighth season, head coach Lou Little led the team to a 2–5–2 record, though the Lions were only outscored 102 to 100 by opponents.^[1]

The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Williams	Baker Field New York, NY	W 40–6	14,000	^[2]
October 9	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 18–21	20,000	^[3]
October 16	Penn	Baker Field New York, NY	W 26–6	28,000	^[4]
October 23	Brown	Baker Field New York, NY	L 6–7	8,000	^[5]
October 30	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–14	12,000	^[6]
November 6	at Navy	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 6–13	20,000	^[7]
November 13	Syracuse	Baker Field New York, NY	T 6–6	12,000	^[8]
November 20	No. 9 Dartmouth	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–27	22,000	^[9]
November 27	Stanford	Baker Field New York, NY	T 0–0	20,000	^[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 213. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ Kelley, Robert F. (October 3, 1937). "Columbia Eleven Defeats Williams". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 10, 1937). "Army Triumphs over Columbia; Halts Lions, 21-18". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 17, 1937). "Luckman in Stellar Role as Columbia Scores, 26-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Richardson, William D. (October 24, 1937). "Brown Drive for 93 Yards Nips Columbia Eleven, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Richardson, William D. (October 31, 1937). "Cornell Conquers Columbia by 14-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 7, 1937). "Navy Eleven Tops Columbia by 13-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Effrat, Louis (November 14, 1937). "Brilliant Syracuse Lateral Ties Columbia Eleven, 6-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 21, 1937). "M'Leod Leads Way as Green's Eleven Stops Lions, 27-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Effrat, Louis (November 28, 1937). "Thrilling Scoreless Draw Played by Columbia Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

v t e Columbia Lions football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1880–1883, 1890, 1899, 1901–1903, 1920–1927, 1936) Berkeley Oval (1889) Columbia Grounds (1891) Columbia Field (1900) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (1915–1923) Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (1923–1982, 1984–present) Giants Stadium (1983) Hofstra Stadium (1983)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell Fordham: Liberty Cup
Culture & lore	Columbia University Marching Band Roaree the Lion "Roar, Lion, Roar" The Union Club
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885–1888 1889 1890 1891 1892–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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