1928 Columbia Lions football team

The 1928 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Charles Crowley, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents 132 to 95.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

1928 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     9 0 0
West Chester     8 0 0
Villanova     7 0 1
Brown     8 1 0
No. 11 Penn     8 1 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
No. 9 Army     8 2 0
Drexel     8 2 0
No. 10 NYU     8 2 0
Temple     7 1 2
Lafayette     6 1 2
Princeton     5 1 2
CCNY     4 1 2
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Harvard     5 2 1
Tufts     5 2 1
Colgate     6 3 0
Rutgers     6 3 0
Bucknell     5 2 3
Columbia     5 3 1
Boston University     3 3 2
Cornell     3 3 2
Syracuse     4 4 1
Yale     4 4 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 5 0
Penn State     3 5 1
Lehigh     3 6 0
Washington & Jefferson     2 5 2
Providence     1 5 3
Vermont     1 7 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29VermontW 20–010,000[2]
October 6Union (NY)
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 27–0
October 13Wesleyan
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 31–7
October 20at DartmouthL 7–21[3]
October 27Williams
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 20–6
November 3Cornell
T 0–022,000[4]
November 10Johns Hopkins
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 14–13
November 17at PennL 7–3445,000[5]
November 29Syracuse
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–1435,000

References

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  1. ^ "1928 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Columbia eleven defeats Vermont". Times Union. September 30, 1928. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Vidmer, Richards (October 21, 1928). "Dartmouth Defeats Columbia by 21-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Cornell, Columbia in Scoreless Draw: Red Eleven Stopped on 1-Yard Line". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 4, 1928. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ James C. Isaminger (November 18, 1928). "Quakers Wallop Columbia: Quakers Rally To Lead; Then Romp Over Foe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.