The 1958 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1958 college football season.
| 1958 Columbia Lions football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 1–8 (1–6 Ivy) |
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| Captain | Coy Gobble |
| Home stadium | Baker Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their second season under head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli, the Lions compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 291 to 35. Coy Gobble was the team captain.[1]
The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League. Columbia was outscored 196 to 21 by Ivy opponents.[2]
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | Brown |
| L 0–22 | 8,500 | [3] | ||
| October 4 | at Princeton | L 8–43 | 16,500 | [4] | |||
| October 11 | Yale |
| W 13–0 | 17,000 | [5] | ||
| October 18 | Harvard
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| L 0–26 | 23,000 | [6] | ||
| October 25 | at Buffalo* | L 14–34 | 13,074 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | Cornell |
| L 0–25 | 17,500 | [8] | ||
| November 8 | at Dartmouth | L 0–38 | 9,000 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | at Penn | L 0–42 | 17,817 | [10] | |||
| November 22 | at Rutgers* | L 0–61 | 20,000 | [11] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Effrat, Louis (September 28, 1958). "Columbia Loses to Bruins, 22 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 5, 1958). "Sachs Sets Tigers' Pace in 43-8 Rout of Columbia". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 12, 1958). "Lions Score, 13-0; Columbia's 10-Game Losing Streak Ends with Yale's Upset". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 19, 1958). "Columbia Beaten; Harvard Eleven Grabs 4 Lion Fumbles and Scores by 26 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (October 26, 1958). "Buffalo Defeats Columbia, 34-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 2, 1958). "Columbia Loses; Lions Beaten by 25-0 as Skypeck and Tino Set Cornell Pace". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Trimble, Joe (November 9, 1958). "Green Zeros Lions, 38-0; Donelli Injures Knee". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 134 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Effrat, Louis (November 16, 1958). "Quakers Conquer Columbia, 42 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 23, 1958). "Rutgers Crushes Columbia, 61 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.