1921 Columbia Lions football team

The 1921 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 season, head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill led the team to a 2–6 record, with the Lions outscored 148 to 82 by opponents.[1]

1921 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
1921 record	2–6
Head coach	Frank "Buck" O'Neill (2nd season)
Captain	Francis Kessler Scovil
Home stadium	South Field, Polo Grounds

1921 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wash. & Jeff.			–					10	–	0	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	0	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	0	–	2
Yale			–					8	–	1	–	0
New Hampshire			–					8	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	3	–	1
Army			–					6	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	1
Fordham			–					4	–	3	–	2
Penn			–					4	–	3	–	2
Colgate			–					4	–	4	–	2
Lehigh			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	3	–	3
Drexel			–					2	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					4	–	6	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	5	–	2
Duquesne			–					0	–	4	–	1

The team played most of 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 1	Amherst	South Field New York, NY	L 7–9	5,000	[2]
October 8	Wesleyan (CT)	South Field New York, NY	W 14–3		[1]
October 15	NYU	South Field New York, NY	W 19–0	12,000	[3]
October 22	at Dartmouth	Hanover, NH	L 7–31	6,000	[4]
October 29	Williams	South Field New York, NY	L 0–20		[1]
November 5	Cornell	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	L 7–41	20,000	[5]
November 12	Ohio	South Field New York, NY	L 21–23		[1]
November 24	Colgate	South Field New York, NY	L 14–21		[1]

References

1. "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 212. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Amherst Defeats Columbia, 9 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 2, 1921. p. S4.
3. "Columbia Soundly Thrashes Violet". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 16, 1921. p. S1.
4. "Dartmouth Downs Columbia, 31 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 23, 1921. p. S1.
5. "Columbia Yields to Cornell Power". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1921. p. S1.