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1919 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–3
Head coach
CaptainJohn D. Kennedy
Home stadiumSouth Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 0 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 0 – 0
Army   –   1 – 0 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 1 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 2 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   1 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   0 – 1 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1918 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In his second and final season, head coach Fred Dawson led the team to a 2–4–3 record, outscored 107 to 48 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 4 USS Arizona
T 0–0 [1]
October 11 Vermont
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 7–0 [2]
October 18 Williams
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–25 12,000 [3]
October 25 Amherst
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 9–7 7,000 [4]
November 1 Union (NY)
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0 5,000 [5]
November 8 Stevens
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–13 6,000 [6]
November 15 Wesleyan
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 13–28 7,500 [7]
November 22 NYU
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 12–27 14,000 [8]
November 27 Brown
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
T 7–7 8,000 [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 212. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Quigley's Long Run Wins for Columbia". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 12, 1919. p. S1.
  3. ^ "Columbia Beaten by Williams, 25-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 19, 1919. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Columbia Winner over Amherst, 9-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 26, 1919. p. S2.
  5. ^ "Columbia Eleven Gets Big Surprise". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 2, 1919. p. S2.
  6. ^ "Engineers Thrash Columbia Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 9, 1919. p. S2.
  7. ^ "Columbia Beaten by Wesleyan, 28-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 16, 1919. p. S3.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. Vanquishes Columbia, 27 to 12". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 23, 1919. p. S3.
  9. ^ "Columbia in Tie Game with Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 28, 1919. p. 17.
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