1919 Columbia Lions football team

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]

1919 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
1919 record	2–4–3
Head coach	Fred Dawson (2nd season)
Captain	John D. Kennedy
Home stadium	South Field

1918 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					6	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	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
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth			–					3	–	3	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					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
Drexel			–					0	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	4	–	0

The team played its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	USS Arizona	South Field New York, NY	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

1. "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.