1926_Columbia_Lions_football_team References

1926 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Lafayette		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Brown		–		9	–	0	–	1
NYU		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army		–		7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		7	–	1	–	1
Boston College		–		6	–	0	–	2
No. 10 Penn		–		7	–	1	–	1
Cornell		–		6	–	1	–	1
Princeton		–		5	–	1	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	2	–	0
Springfield		–		6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		7	–	2	–	1
Villanova		–		6	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	2	–	2
Columbia		–		6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	2	–	2
CCNY		–		5	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	4	–	0
Yale		–		4	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		4	–	5	–	1
Fordham		–		3	–	4	–	1
Harvard		–		3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		3	–	6	–	0
Vermont		–		3	–	6	–	0
Drexel		–		2	–	5	–	0
Boston University		–		2	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		1	–	8	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		0	–	8	–	1

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 144 to 73, with four shutouts.^[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25		Vermont	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–0		^[2]
October 2		Union (NY)	Baker Field New York, NY	W 26–0
October 9		Wesleyan	Baker Field New York, NY	W 41–0
October 16		Ohio State	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–32
October 23		Duke	Baker Field New York, NY	W 24–0
October 30	2:30 p.m.	Cornell	Polo Grounds New York, NY ( rivalry)	W 17–9	40,000	^[3]^[4]
November 6		William & Mary	Baker Field New York, NY	W 13–10
November 13		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–3
November 25	2:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 2–19	40,000	^[5]^[6]

^ "1926 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
^ "Lions register first roar of new season when break paves way to 14 to 0 win". Times Union. September 26, 1926. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Football Columbia vs. Cornell". Daily News. New York, New York. October 30, 1926. p. 122. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Lovett, C. A. (October 31, 1926). "Dobie Was Right—Lions By 17 To 9!". Daily News. New York, New York. p. 43. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pick Orange To Claw Lions!". Daily News. New York, New York. November 25, 1926. p. 200. Retrieved June 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Syracuse Wins Easy Victory". Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. Associated Press. November 26, 1926. p. 25. Retrieved June 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e Columbia Lions football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1880–1883, 1890, 1899, 1901–1903, 1920–1927, 1936) Berkeley Oval (1889) Columbia Grounds (1891) Columbia Field (1900) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (1915–1923) Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (1923–1982, 1984–present) Giants Stadium (1983) Hofstra Stadium (1983)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell Fordham: Liberty Cup
Culture & lore	Roaree the Lion " Roar, Lion, Roar" The Union Club
People	Head coaches 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 2022 2023
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