1916 Columbia Lions football team

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.

1916 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1916 record1–5–2
Head coachT. Nelson Metcalf (2nd season)
CaptainJ.A. Healy
Home stadiumSouth Field
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W 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
Penn State      8 2 0
Wash. & Jeff.      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
Rhode Island State      3 4 1
Geneva      2 5 2
Carlisle      1 3 1
Lafayette      2 6 1
Columbia      1 5 2
Franklin & Marshall      1 7 0
Villanova      1 8 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 Hamilton
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
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 Tech
  • 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 (CT)
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–40 [1]
November 28 NYU
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–6 5,000 [5]
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References

  1. "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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