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1916 Columbia Lions football team

1916 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–2
Head coach
CaptainJ. A. Healy
Home stadiumSouth Field
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
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
Geneva     2 5 2
Carlisle     1 3 1
Lafayette     2 6 1
Bucknell     3 9 0
Columbia     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

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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

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  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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