1920 Columbia Lions football team

The 1920 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In his first season, head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill led the team to a 4–4 record, but the Lions were outscored 141 to 75 by opponents.^[1]

The team played most of its games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Trinity (CT)	South Field New York, NY	W 21–0	8,000	^[2]
October 9	NYU	South Field New York, NY	W 14–7	12,000	^[3]
October 16	Amherst	South Field New York, NY	W 20–7	8,000	^[4]
October 23	Wesleyan	South Field New York, NY	L 0–10	9,000	^[5]
October 30	Williams	South Field New York, NY	W 20–14		^[1]
November 6	Swarthmore	South Field New York, NY	L 7–21		^[1]
November 13	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–34		^[1]
November 20	Penn	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–27	28,000	^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 212. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ "Columbia Crushes Trinity in Opener". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 3, 1920. p. 23.
^ "Columbia Trounces N.Y.U. Eleven, 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 24, 1920. p. RE1.
^ "Columbia Eleven Keeps on Winning". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 17, 1920. p. RE2.
^ "Wesleyan Bantams Wallop Columbia". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 24, 1920. p. RE2.
^ "Columbia Soundly Trounced by Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 21, 1920. p. RE1.

v t Columbia Lions football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1880–1883, 1890, 1899, 1901–1903, 1920–1927, 1936) (1889) (1891) (1900) American League Park (1904–1905) (1915–1923) Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (1923–1982, 1984–present) Giants Stadium (1983)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell Liberty Cup (Fordham)
Culture & lore	Roaree the Lion "Roar, Lion, Roar" The Union Club
People	NFL draftees
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885–1888 1889 1890 1891 1892–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1920 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Boston College		–		8	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		8	–	0	–	1
Princeton		–		6	–	0	–	1
Penn State		–		7	–	0	–	2
Pittsburgh		–		6	–	0	–	2
Army		–		7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth		–		7	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	2	–	1
Geneva		–		5	–	2	–	1
New Hampshire		–		5	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		6	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	3	–	0
Lafayette		–		5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross		–		5	–	3	–	0
Williams		–		5	–	3	–	0
Yale		–		5	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		4	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		3	–	2	–	2
Boston University		–		4	–	3	–	1
Columbia		–		4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne		–		3	–	3	–	1
Vermont		–		3	–	5	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State		–		0	–	4	–	4
Tufts		–		2	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	7	–	0
Colgate		–		1	–	5	–	2
Villanova		–		1	–	5	–	1
Drexel		–		0	–	6	–	0