1916 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–2
Head coach
CaptainJ. A. Healy
Home stadiumSouth Field
1916 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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