1945 Columbia Lions football team

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1945 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record8–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 0 – 1
No. 20 Columbia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 3 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston University   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Columbia Lions football team was an

AP Poll, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 251 to 105. The Lions' lone setback was a 32–7 loss to Penn.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Lafayette
W 40–1410,000[3]
October 6 Syracuse
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 32–08,000[4]
October 13 Yale
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 27–1330,000[5]
October 20 ColgateNo. 17
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 31–740,000[6]
October 27 BrownNo. 11
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 27–612,000[7]
November 3 CornellNo. 12
W 34–2635,000[8]
November 10at No. 9 PennNo. 10
L 7–3263,000[9]
November 17at
Princeton, NJ
W 32–718,000[10]
November 24 Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 21–030,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP
—17111210——1920

References

  1. ^ "Columbia Yearly Results (1945–1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1945 Columbia LionsSchedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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