1921 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
CaptainFrancis Kessler Scovil
Home stadiumSouth Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons
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1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 0 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 2
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
New Hampshire   –   8 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   6 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 1
Fordham   –   4 – 3 – 2
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   4 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   4 – 5 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 3
Buffalo   –   2 – 3 – 2
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 5 – 2
Duquesne   –   0 – 4 – 1

The 1921 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In his second season, head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill led the team to a 2–6 record, with the Lions outscored 148 to 82 by opponents.[1]

The team played most of its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 Amherst
L 7–9 5,000 [2]
October 8 Wesleyan
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 14–3 [1]
October 15 NYU
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 19–0 12,000 [3]
October 22 at Dartmouth Hanover, NH L 7–31 6,000 [4]
October 29 Williams
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–20 [1]
November 5 Cornell
L 7–41 20,000 [5]
November 12 Ohio
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 21–23 [1]
November 24 Colgate
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 14–21 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 212. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Amherst Defeats Columbia, 9 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 2, 1921. p. S4.
  3. ^ "Columbia Soundly Thrashes Violet". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 16, 1921. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Dartmouth Downs Columbia, 31 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 23, 1921. p. S1.
  5. ^ "Columbia Yields to Cornell Power". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1921. p. S1.
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