1924 Columbia Lions football team

The 1924 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. Under coaches Percy Haughton and Paul Withington, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents 210 to 53.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

1924 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainWalter Koppisch
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth     7 0 1
No. 3 Yale     6 0 2
No. 8 Penn     9 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Bucknell     8 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Syracuse     8 2 1
Fordham     6 2 0
Lehigh     4 1 3
Boston College     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 1
Princeton     4 2 1
Springfield     4 2 1
Columbia     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
NYU     4 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Brown     5 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 4 0
Colgate     5 4 0
Cornell     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Tufts     3 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Villanova     2 5 1
Drexel     2 7 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Temple     1 4 0
Boston University     1 5 0
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27HaverfordW 29–3
October 4St. Lawrence
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 52–0
October 11Wesleyan
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 35–0
October 18at PennL 7–1045,000[2]
October 25Williams
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 27–3
November 1at CornellL 0–14
November 8NYU
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 40–0[3]
November 15at ArmyT 14–14
November 27Syracuse
L 6–945,000

References

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  1. ^ "1924 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "U. of P. halts Columbia's winning streak; 10 to 7, in sensational struggle". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 19, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Columbia runs wild and beats N.Y.U. 40 to 0". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 9, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.