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1922 Columbia Lions football team

The 1922 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In his third and final season, head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill led the team to a 5–4 record, though the Lions were outscored 183 to 147 by opponents.[1]

1922 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainWalter Koppisch
Home stadiumSouth Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 0 – 0
Army   –   8 – 0 – 2
Syracuse   –   6 – 1 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Springfield   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Vermont   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   7 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 2
Geneva   –   4 – 6 – 0
Boston University   –   2 – 4 – 3
Lehigh   –   3 – 5 – 1
New Hampshire   –   3 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 6 – 0
Duquesne   –   0 – 8 – 0

The team played most of its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Ursinus
W 48–7 7,000 [2]
October 7 Amherst
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 43–6 3,000 [3]
October 14 Wesleyan
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 10–6 8,000 [4]
October 21 NYU
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 6–2 11,000 [5][6]
October 28 Williams
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 10–13 5,000 [7]
November 4 at Cornell
L 0–56 15,000 [8]
November 11 Middlebury
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
W 17–6 [1]
November 18 Dartmouth
L 7–28 6,500 [9]
November 30 Colgate
  • South Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–59 12,000 [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 212. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Columbia Defeats Ursinus, 48 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 1, 1922. p. 26.
  3. ^ "Columbia Swamps Amherst, 43 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 8, 1922. p. 28.
  4. ^ "Columbia Victor in Close Contest". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1922. p. 28.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. Surprises Columbia Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1922. p. 26.
  6. ^ "Referee Reverses Columbia Contest". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 25, 1922. p. 15.
  7. ^ "Forward Pass is Columbia Nemesis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 29, 1922. p. 26.
  8. ^ "Big Red Buries Columbia". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1922. p. S1.
  9. ^ "Dartmouth Downs Columbia, 28 To 7". The New York Times. November 19, 1922. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Colgate Smothers Columbia, 59 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. December 1, 1922. p. 25.
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