1927 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons
← 1926
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1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Springfield   –   7 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. 6 Army   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   7 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 3
CCNY   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 1
Lehigh   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents 135 to 54, with five shutouts.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Vermont
W 32–0[2]
October 1Union (NY)
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 28–0
October 8Wesleyan
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 28–0
October 15Colgate
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–13
October 22Williams
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 19–0
October 29at Cornell
T 0–0
November 5Johns Hopkins
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 7–7
November 12at Penn
L 0–27
November 242:00 p.m.Syracuse
W 14–735,000[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "1927 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Columbia beats Vermont gridders". Times Union. September 25, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Syracuse Battles Lions". Daily News. New York, New York. November 24, 1927. p. 144. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Cross, Harry (November 25, 1927). "Columbia Snaps Out Of The Ruck". The Post-Star. Glens Falls, New York. p. 9. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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