1917 Columbia Lions football team

The 1917 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In his third and final season as head coach, T. Nelson Metcalf led the team to a 2–4 record, though the Lions outscored opponents 110 to 38.[1] The team played its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

1917 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
1917 record	2–4
Head coach	T. Nelson Metcalf (3rd season)
Captain	D.A. Cochran
Home stadium	South Field

1917 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 20	Union (NY)	South Field New York, NY	W 21–0		[1]
October 27	Williams	South Field New York, NY	L 6–9		[2]
November 3	Amherst	South Field New York, NY	L 6–14		[1]
November 10	Hobart	South Field New York, NY	L 6–14		[3]
November 17	Wesleyan (CT)	South Field New York, NY	W 18–0	8,000	[4]
November 24	NYU	South Field New York, NY	L 7–9		[5]

References

1. "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 211. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Columbia Topples Before Williams". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 28, 1917. p. E6.
3. "Columbia Rolls Up a Huge Score". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 11, 1917. p. E6.
4. "Field Goals Prove Columbia's Undoing". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 18, 1917. p. E6.
5. "Columbia Eleven Beaten by N.Y.U.". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 25, 1917. p. E5.