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
Conference	Independent
1916 record	1–5–2
Head coach	T. Nelson Metcalf (2nd season)
Captain	J.A. Healy
Home stadium	South Field

1916 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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]

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.