1931 Columbia Lions football team

1931 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 3
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Harvard   –   7 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   8 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   7 – 1 – 1
Syracuse   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 8 Yale   –   5 – 1 – 2
Army   –   8 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 2 – 2
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 5 – 3
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 1
St. John's   –   3 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   2 – 7 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 8 – 0
Princeton   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its second season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents 223 to 26, with six shutouts.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Middlebury
W 61–0
October 3Union (NY)
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 51–0
October 10at WesleyanMiddletown, CTW 37–0
October 17Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 19–6[2]
October 24Williams
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 19–0
October 31at Cornell
L 0–13[3]
November 7Virginia
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 27–0[4]
November 14at Brown
W 9–710,000[5]
November 21Syracuse
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0

References

  1. ^ "1931 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (October 18, 1931). "Columbia Upsets Dartmouth, 19 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ Marshall Hunt (November 1, 1931). "Cornell Bags Lou's Lions: Columbia Loses Place Among Undefeatables". New York Daily News. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Columbia Lions rend Cavaliers". The State. November 8, 1931. Retrieved June 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Automatic Safety Wins for Columbia". New York Daily News. November 15, 1931. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.