1946 Columbia Lions football team

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1946 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (2–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Yale 4 1 1 7 1 1
Harvard 3 1 0 7 2 0
No. 13 Penn 3 1 0 6 2 0
Cornell 3 1 1 5 3 1
Columbia 2 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 2 4 0 3 5 0
Brown 1 3 0 3 5 1
Dartmouth 1 6 0 3 6 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1946 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented the Columbia University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 222 to 176.[1]

Columbia was ranked at No. 36 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Rutgers*W 13–7 23,000 [3]
October 5Navy*
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 23–14 35,000 [4]
October 12at No. 15
New Haven, CT
W 28–2065,000[5]
October 19at No. 1
West Point, NY
L 14–4825,500[6]
October 26at DartmouthW 33–13 13,000 [7]
November 2Cornell
L 0–1235,000[8]
November 9 No. 9 Penn
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–4135,000[9]
November 16Lafayette*
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 46–0 12,000 [10]
November 23Syracuse*
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 59–21 30,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
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AP
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References

  1. ^ "1946 Columbia LionsSchedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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