1942 Columbia Lions football
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Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. Home games were played in New York City at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Under thirteenth-year head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 193 to 169. The team captains were Felix Demartini and Paul Governali.[1]

Ken Germann led the team in scoring, with 60 points (six touchdowns).[2] Governali, the Heisman Trophy runner-up,[3] led in total offense, with 1,610 yards (1,442 passing, 168 rushing).[4]

Columbia was ranked at No. 91 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Fort Monmouth
W 39–0 [1]
October 3 Maine
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 34–2 12,000 [6]
October 10 Brown
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 21–28 17,000 [7]
October 17 No. 18 Army
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–34 30,000 [8]
October 24 at No. 17 Penn
L 12–42 45,000 [9]
October 31 Cornell
W 14–13 21,000 [10]
November 7 Colgate
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 21–35 15,000 [11]
November 14 at Navy
L 9–13 25,000 [12]
November 21 Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 13–26 10,000 [13]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 213. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 64. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sinkwich lauds mates in receiving award". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 9, 1942. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 61. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  5. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 4, 1942). "Columbia Aerials Sink Maine, 34 to 2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 11, 1942). "28 Points in 2d Quarter Mark Baker Field Battle". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 18, 1942). "Cadets Rout Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 25, 1942). "Penn Routs Columbia, 42-12; Quakers Hit Hard". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Daley, Arthur (November 1, 1942). "Columbia Defeats Cornell, 14-13; Lions Stage Rally". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 8, 1942). "Colgate Defeats Columbia by 35-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ^ Daley, Arthur (November 15, 1942). "Navy Rally Downs Columbia, 13-9; Pass Sinks Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  13. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 22, 1942). "Dartmouth Defeats Columbia, 26-13; Indians Trip Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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