1949 Columbia Lions football team

The 1949 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1949 college football season.

1949 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Captains
  • Leon Van Bellingham
  • James Ward
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Vincent  1000
No. 4 Army  900
Trinity (CT)  800
Brown  810
No. 12 Cornell  810
No. 13 Villanova  810
Bucknell  620
Dartmouth  620
Buffalo  630
Pittsburgh  630
Princeton  630
Fordham  530
Tufts  531
Carnegie Tech  531
Penn State  540
Temple  540
Penn  440
Yale  440
Boston College  441
Syracuse  450
Drexel  331
Duquesne  360
Franklin & Marshall  252
CCNY  251
NYU  360
Columbia  270
Hofstra  151
Colgate  180
Harvard  180
Rankings from AP Poll

In their 20th season under head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 2–7 record, and were outscored 276 to 82. Team captains Leon Van Bellingham and James Ward.[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 AmherstW 27–7 12,000 [2]
October 1 Harvard
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 14–7 28,000 [3]
October 8 Yale
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–33 30,000 [4]
October 15 at PennL 7–27 34,373 [5]
October 22 at No. 2 ArmyL 6–63 27,100 [6]
October 29 at No. 8 CornellL 0–54 25,000 [7]
November 5 Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 14–35 25,000 [8]
November 12 at NavyL 0–34 18,000 [9]
November 19 Brown
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–16 20,000 [10]
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References