1973 Columbia Lions football team

The 1973 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Columbia finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.

1973 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record1–7–1 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Evans
  • Ted Gregory
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth $610630
Harvard520720
Penn520630
Yale520630
Brown430431
Cornell250351
Columbia160171
Princeton070180
  • $ – Conference champion

In their sixth and final season under head coach Frank Navarro, the Lions compiled a 1–7–1 record and were outscored 274 to 58. Mike Evans and Ted Gregory were the team captains.[1]

The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 246 to 56 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Bucknell*
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0 4,837 [3]
October 6 Princeton
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 14–13 12,166 [4]
October 13 at HarvardL 0–57 25,500 [5]
October 20 Yale
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–29 14,886 [6]
October 27 at Rutgers*L 2–28 16,500 [7]
November 3 at CornellL 14–44 13,000 [8]
November 10 Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–24 6,100 [9]
November 17 Penn
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 8–42 5,330 [10]
November 24 at BrownL 14–37 7,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References