1917 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4
Head coach
CaptainD. A. Cochran
Home stadiumSouth Field
Seasons
← 1916
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1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   10 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 3
New Hampshire   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 2 – 3
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1917 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In his third and final season as head coach, T. Nelson Metcalf led the team to a 2–4 record, though the Lions outscored opponents 110 to 38.[1] The team played its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 20 Union (NY)
W 21–0 [1]
October 27 Williams
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–9 [2]
November 3 Amherst
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–14 [1]
November 10 Hobart
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–14 [3]
November 17 Wesleyan
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 18–0 8,000 [4]
November 24 NYU
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–9 [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 211. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Columbia Topples Before Williams". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 28, 1917. p. E6.
  3. ^ "Columbia Rolls Up a Huge Score". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 11, 1917. p. E6.
  4. ^ "Field Goals Prove Columbia's Undoing". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 18, 1917. p. E6.
  5. ^ "Columbia Eleven Beaten by N.Y.U.". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 25, 1917. p. E5.
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