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1923 Columbia Lions football team

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1923 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainWalter Koppisch
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

The 1923 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its first season under head coach Percy Haughton, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 107 to 68.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29UrsinusW 13–0
October 6Amherst
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0
October 13Wesleyan
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 12–6
October 20at PennL 7–19
October 27Williams
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–10
November 3Middlebury
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 9–6
November 10Cornell
L 0–35> 30,000[2]
November 17NYU
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 21–020,000[3]
November 29Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–31

References

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  1. ^ "1923 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Paul Gallico (November 11, 1923). "Cornell Outclasses Columbia by 35 to 0: Blue and White Has No Chance Against Dobie". New York Daily News. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Columbia whitewashes N.Y.U. 21 to 0". Daily News. November 18, 1923. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.