1936 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Captains
  • Joseph Coviello
  • George Furey
Home stadiumBaker Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   6 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 2
Saint Vincent   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 4 – 0
Northeastern   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Westminster (PA)   –   2 – 4 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 7 – 0
Syracuse   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In his seventh season, head coach Lou Little led the team to a 5–3 record, and the Lions outscored opponents 145 to 73.[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Maine
W 34–0 7,000 [2]
October 10 vs. Army
L 16–27 38,000 [3]
October 17 VMI
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 38–0 5,000 [4]
October 24 at Michigan
L 0–13 25,000 [5]
October 31 Cornell
W 20–13 28,000 [6]
November 7 at No. 18 Dartmouth
L 13–20 10,000 [7]
November 14 Syracuse
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 17–0 20,000 [8]
November 28 Stanford
W 7–0 28,000 [9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 213. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (October 4, 1936). "Columbia Crushes Maine Eleven, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (October 11, 1936). "Passes Win for Cadets". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (October 4, 1936). "Schulze, Columbia Kicking Star, Injures Ankle as Lions Conquer V.M.I.". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (October 25, 1936). "Aroused Michigan Eleven Conquers Columbia, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (November 1, 1936). "Columbia Eleven Conquers Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 8, 1936). "Indians Triumph, 20-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (November 15, 1936). "Columbia Victor by 17-0 over Syracuse's Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (November 29, 1936). "Columbia Tops Stanford, 7-0, on Furey's Long Dash". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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