1916 Columbia Lions football team

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  →

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

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.

Schedule

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

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.