1920 Columbia Lions football team

The 1920 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In his first season, head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill led the team to a 4–4 record, but the Lions were outscored 141 to 75 by opponents.[1]

1920 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
1920 record	4–4
Head coach	Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1st season)
Captain	John F. Kienninger
Home stadium	South Field, Polo Grounds

1920 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					8	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					6	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	0	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	0	–	2
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					5	–	2	–	1
New Hampshire			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	2	–	2
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	4	–	4
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	7	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					1	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	6	–	0

The team played most of its games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Trinity (CT)	South Field New York, NY	W 21–0	8,000	[2]
October 9	NYU	South Field New York, NY	W 14–7	12,000	[3]
October 16	Amherst	South Field New York, NY	W 20–7	8,000	[4]
October 23	Wesleyan	South Field New York, NY	L 0–10	9,000	[5]
October 30	Williams	South Field New York, NY	W 20–14		[1]
November 6	Swarthmore	South Field New York, NY	L 7–21		[1]
November 13	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–34		[1]
November 20	Penn	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–27	28,000	[6]

References

1. "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 212. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Columbia Crushes Trinity in Opener". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 3, 1920. p. 23.
3. "Columbia Trounces N.Y.U. Eleven, 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 24, 1920. p. RE1.
4. "Columbia Eleven Keeps on Winning". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 17, 1920. p. RE2.
5. "Wesleyan Bantams Wallop Columbia". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 24, 1920. p. RE2.
6. "Columbia Soundly Trounced by Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 21, 1920. p. RE1.