1934 Columbia Lions football team

The 1934 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 49.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

1934 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
La Salle     7 0 1
Washington College     5 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     8 1 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
No. 8 Colgate     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 0
No. 5 Princeton     7 1 0
Duquesne     8 2 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
No. 15 Temple     7 1 2
No. 10 Syracuse     6 2 0
Bucknell     7 2 2
No. 14 Army     7 3 0
Northeastern     6 1 1
Rochester     5 2 0
Dartmouth     6 3 0
Saint Anselm     6 3 0
Amherst     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Massachusetts State     5 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Providence     4 3 0
Drexel     4 3 1
Boston College     5 4 0
Bates     3 3 1
Middlebury     3 3 1
Penn     4 4 0
Penn State     4 4 0
Williams     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 5 0
Villanova     3 4 2
NYU     3 4 1
Boston University     3 4 0
Colby     3 4 0
Springfield     2 3 3
Manhattan     3 5 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Vermont     2 4 2
Wesleyan     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 0
Geneva     2 5 2
Saint Joseph's     2 5 1
Cornell     2 5 0
Lafayette     2 6 0
Norwich     2 6 0
Bowdoin     0 6 1
Lowell Textile     0 7 1
Rankings from Associated Press

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at YaleW 12–625,000[2]
October 13VMI
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 29–618,000[3]
October 20Navy
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–18
October 27Penn State
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 14–7
November 3Cornell
W 14–0
November 10Brown
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 39–0
November 17at PennW 13–1245,000[4]
November 25Syracuse
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 12–0

References

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  1. ^ "1934 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lions Devour Yale Pup, 12-6 As Elis Stage Dogged Battle". Daily News. October 7, 1934. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Columbia beats V.M.I. in first home play 29–6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 14, 1934. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Perry Lewis (November 18, 1934). "45,000 Watch Columbia Nip Penn, 13 to 12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S2 – via Newspapers.com.