1929 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 2
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Penn   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 1
NYU   –   7 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 2
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Army   –   6 – 4 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   5 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 4 – 2
Princeton   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored opponents 160 to 111.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Middlebury
W 38–6
October 5Union (NY)
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 31–0
October 12Wesleyan
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 52–0
October 19Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–3440,000[2]
October 26Williams
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 33–0
November 2at Cornell
L 6–12[3]
November 9Colgate
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–33[4]
November 16Penn
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–2030,000[5][6]
November 28Syracuse
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–620,000[7]

References

  1. ^ "1929 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 20, 1929). "Columbia Crushed by Dartmouth, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ Jack Farrell (November 3, 1929). "Cornell's Air Attack Beats Columbia". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Jimmy Powers (November 10, 1929). "Colgate Swamps Columbia, 33-0: Maroon Runs Wild Against Crowley Team". New York Daily News. pp. 75, 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Jack Farrell (November 17, 1929). "Penn Twists Lions' Tail, 20 to 0". New York Daily News. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Perry Lewis (November 17, 1929). "Columbia Captures Admiration of Fans With Gallant Stand". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Pat Robinson (November 29, 1929). "Syracuse Beats Columbia, 6 to 0, in Fumbling Tilt". New York Daily News. pp. 57, 59 – via Newspapers.com.
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