1940 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   11 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Penn   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   3 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Army   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1945 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 81 to 72.[1]

Columbia was ranked at No. 61 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Maine
W 15–0[3]
October 12at Dartmouth
W 20–610,000[4]
October 19Georgia
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 19–1325,000[5]
October 26SyracuseNo. 20
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–322,000[6]
November 2at No. 1 Cornell
L 0–2713,500[7]
November 9Wisconsin
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 7–620,000[8]
November 16Navy
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–030,000[9]
November 23Colgate
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 20–1724,000[10]
November 28at Brown
L 0–615,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1940 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Harry Forbes (October 6, 1940). "Lions Take Maine, 15-0". The New York Daily News. p. 37C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Jack Mahon (October 13, 1940). "Lions Conquer Green, 20 to 6". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Jack Mahon (October 20, 1940). "Lions Win". New York Daily News. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Gene Ward (October 27, 1940). "Lions Lose, 3-0, In Last Seconds". New York Daily News. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Jack Smith (November 3, 1940). "Cornell Slashes Columbia, 27-0". New York Daily News. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Gene Ward (November 10, 1940). "Columbia Rally Nips Badgers, 7-6". New York Daily News. p. 95 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Jack Mahoa (November 17, 1940). "Lions Hold Navy To 0-0 Tie". New York Daily News. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Gene Ward (November 24, 1940). "Columbia Trims Colgate, 20-17". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Columbia Holds Brown To 0-0 Tie". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 29, 1940. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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