1916 Columbia Lions football team

1916 Columbia Lions football
1916 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5–2
Head coach	T. Nelson Metcalf (2nd season);
Captain	J. A. Healy
Home stadium	South Field
	Seasons ← 1915 1917 →

The 1916 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their second year after a ten-year hiatus and second year with head coach T. Nelson Metcalf, the Lions followed their undefeated 1915 season with a 1–5–2 campaign, and were outscored 13 to 81 by opponents.^[1] The team played its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

1916 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	0	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		8	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore		–		6	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	2	–	2
Harvard		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		7	–	3	–	1
Temple		–		3	–	1	–	2
Tufts		–		5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		3	–	2	–	2
NYU		–		4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	5	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Geneva		–		2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle		–		1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette		–		2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	9	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall		–		1	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	8	–	0

Schedule edit

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Hamilton	South Field New York, NY	L 7–14		^[1]
October 14	Vermont	South Field New York, NY	W 6–0		^[2]
October 21	Union (NY)	South Field New York, NY	L 0–3		^[1]
October 28	Williams	South Field New York, NY	T 0–0	6,000	^[3]
November 7	Stevens	South Field New York, NY	T 0–0	6,000	^[4]
November 11	Swarthmore	South Field New York, NY	L 0–18		^[1]
November 18	Wesleyan	South Field New York, NY	L 0–40		^[1]
November 28	NYU	South Field New York, NY	L 0–6	5,000	^[5]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 211. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ "Columbia Downs Vermont on Pass". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1916. p. S2.
^ "Columbia Manages to Stand Off Foe". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 29, 1916. p. S2.
^ "Columbia Is Held to Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 8, 1916. p. 10.
^ "Touchdown Gives Victory to N.Y.U.". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 26, 1916. p. S3.

[Record-1] "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 211. Retrieved June 15, 2020.

[2] "Columbia Downs Vermont on Pass". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 15, 1916. p. S2.

[3] "Columbia Manages to Stand Off Foe". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 29, 1916. p. S2.

[4] "Columbia Is Held to Scoreless Tie". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 8, 1916. p. 10.

[5] "Touchdown Gives Victory to N.Y.U.". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 26, 1916. p. S3.

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