1958 Columbia Lions football team

1958 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	1–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Aldo Donelli (2nd season)
Captain	Coy Gobble
Home stadium	Baker Field
Seasons ←  1957 1959  →

1958 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Cornell	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Penn	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Yale	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Brown	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–22	8,500	[3]
October 4	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 8–43	16,500	[4]
October 11	Yale	Baker Field New York, NY	W 13–0	17,000	[5]
October 18	Harvard	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–26	23,000	[6]
October 25	at Buffalo *	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	L 14–34	13,074	[7]
November 1	Cornell	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–25	17,500	[8]
November 8	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–38	9,000	[9]
November 15	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–42	17,817	[10]
November 22	at Rutgers *	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–61	20,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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.