1932 Columbia Lions football team

1932 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Colgate   –   9 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 2
No. 8 Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   5 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 2 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 2 – 2
La Salle   –   4 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 2
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 2 – 3
Yale   –   2 – 2 – 3
Boston University   –   2 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1932 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its third season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents 199 to 32.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Middlebury
W 51–0
October 1Lehigh
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 41–6 20,000 [2]
October 8Princeton
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 20–734,000[3]
October 15Virginia
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 22–6
October 22Williams
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 46–0
October 29Cornell
W 6–035,000[4]
November 5at Navy
W 7–6
November 12Brown
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–7[5]
November 19Syracuse
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–03,000

References

  1. ^ "1932 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 2, 1932). "Columbia Crushes Lehigh Team, 41-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ "Columbia Defeats Princeton, 20-7; Gallant Tiger Team Fights Bravely but Bows to Lions, 20-7". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 9, 1932. pp. C1, C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Francis Wallace (October 30, 1932). "Lions Claw Cornell, 6-0! Columbia Scores on Pass By Montgomery to Matal". New York Daily News. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Jimmy Powers (November 13, 1932). "Bears 7, Lions 6! Win Denied Columbia As King's Kick Fails". New York Daily News. p. 52C – via Newspapers.com.