1940 Columbia Lions football team

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1940 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 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
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
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]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Maine
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 15–0
October 12at Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 20–6
October 19Georgia
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 19–13
October 26SyracuseNo. 20
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–3
November 2at No. 1 CornellL 0–27
November 9Wisconsin
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 7–6
November 16Navy
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0
November 23Colgate
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 20–17
November 28at Brown
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–615,000[2]
  • 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. ^ "Columbia Holds Brown To 0-0 Tie". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 29, 1940. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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