1957 Columbia Lions football team
The 1957 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.
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Conference | Ivy League |
1957 record | 1–8 (1–6 Ivy) |
Head coach | Aldo Donelli (1st season) |
Captain | George Pappas |
Home stadium | Baker Field |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their first season under head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli, the Lions compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 214 to 54. George Pappas was the team captain.[1]
The Lions' 1–6 conference record finished last in the Ivy League. Columbia was outscored 148 to 41 by Ivy opponents.[2]
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 28 | at Brown | W 23–20 | 10,500 | [3] | |||
October 5 | Princeton |
| L 6–47 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
October 12 | at Yale | L 0–19 | 19,285 | [5] | |||
October 19 | at Harvard | L 6–19 | 10,000 | [6] | |||
October 26 | at Lehigh* |
| L 6–40 | 12,000 | [7] | ||
November 2 | at Cornell | L 0–8 | 10,000 | [8] | |||
November 9 | Dartmouth |
| L 0–7 | 13,000 | [9] | ||
November 16 | at Penn |
| L 6–28 | [1] | |||
November 23 | Rutgers* |
| L 7–26 | [1] | |||
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References
- "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 215. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- Sheehan, Joseph M. (September 29, 1957). "Columbia Tops Brown, 23-20; Kick Is Decisive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Danzig, Allison (October 6, 1957). "Princeton Trips Columbia; Tigers Win, 47 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Briordy, William J. (October 13, 1957). "Eli Eleven Routs Columbia by 19-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Werden, Lincoln A. (October 20, 1957). "Crimson Defeats Columbia by 19-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- McGowen, Roscoe (October 27, 1957). "Lehigh Trounces Columbia, 40 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Werden, Lincoln A. (November 3, 1957). "Big Red Subdues Columbia, 8 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- Effrat, Louis (November 10, 1957). "Lions Bow on Touchdown by Bradley in First Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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