1916 Columbia Lions football team

1916 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–2
Head coach
CaptainJ. A. Healy
Home stadiumSouth Field
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire   –   3 – 5 – 2
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
  –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their second year after a ten-year hiatus and second year with head coach T. Nelson Metcalf, the Lions followed their undefeated 1915 season with a 1–5–2 campaign, and were outscored 13 to 81 by opponents.[1] The team played its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 Hamilton
L 7–14 [1]
October 14 Vermont
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 6–0 [2]
October 21 Union (NY)
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–3 [1]
October 28 Williams
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0 6,000 [3]
November 7 Stevens
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0 6,000 [4]
November 11 Swarthmore
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–18 [1]
November 18 Wesleyan
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–40 [1]
November 28 NYU
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–6 5,000 [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 211. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Columbia Downs Vermont on Pass". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1916. p. S2.
  3. ^ "Columbia Manages to Stand Off Foe". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 29, 1916. p. S2.
  4. ^ "Columbia Is Held to Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 8, 1916. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Touchdown Gives Victory to N.Y.U.". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 26, 1916. p. S3.
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