1958 Columbia Lions football team

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1958 Columbia Lions football
Conference Ivy League
Record1–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainCoy Gobble
Home stadium Baker Field
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 07 2 0
Cornell 5 2 06 3 0
Princeton 5 2 06 3 0
Brown 4 3 06 3 0
Penn 4 3 04 5 0
Harvard 3 4 04 5 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
Yale 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1958 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1958 college football season.

In their second season under head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli, the Lions compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 291 to 35. Coy Gobble was the team captain. [1]

The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League. Columbia was outscored 196 to 21 by Ivy opponents. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Brown
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–22 8,500 [3]
October 4 at Princeton L 8–43 16,500 [4]
October 11 Yale
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 13–0 17,000 [5]
October 18 Harvard Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–26 23,000 [6]
October 25 at Buffalo *L 14–34 13,074 [7]
November 1 Cornell
L 0–25 17,500 [8]
November 8 at Dartmouth L 0–38 9,000 [9]
November 15 at Penn L 0–42 17,817 [10]
November 22 at Rutgers *L 0–61 20,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 215. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Effrat, Louis (September 28, 1958). "Columbia Loses to Bruins, 22 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 5, 1958). "Sachs Sets Tigers' Pace in 43-8 Rout of Columbia". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 12, 1958). "Lions Score, 13-0; Columbia's 10-Game Losing Streak Ends with Yale's Upset". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 19, 1958). "Columbia Beaten; Harvard Eleven Grabs 4 Lion Fumbles and Scores by 26 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Strauss, Michael (October 26, 1958). "Buffalo Defeats Columbia, 34-14". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. McGowen, Roscoe (November 2, 1958). "Columbia Loses; Lions Beaten by 25-0 as Skypeck and Tino Set Cornell Pace". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Trimble, Joe (November 9, 1958). "Green Zeros Lions, 38-0; Donelli Injures Knee". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 134 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Effrat, Louis (November 16, 1958). "Quakers Conquer Columbia, 42 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 23, 1958). "Rutgers Crushes Columbia, 61 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.