1939 Columbia Lions football team

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The 1939 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In his tenth season, head coach Lou Little led the team to a 2–4–2 record, and the Lions were outscored 88 to 72 by opponents.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–2
Headcoach
CaptainFrank J. Stulgaitis
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1939 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–2
Head coach
CaptainFrank J. Stulgaitis
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell â€“ 8–0–0
No. 10 Duquesne â€“ 8–0–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–0–1
Scranton â€“ 7–0–2
Princeton â€“ 7–1–0
La Salle â€“ 6–1–1
Penn State â€“ 5–1–2
No. 11 Boston College â€“ 9–2–0
No. 17 Fordham â€“ 6–2–0
Villanova â€“ 6–2–0
Boston University â€“ 5–3–0
Brown â€“ 5–3–1
Dartmouth â€“ 5–3–1
Hofstra â€“ 4–3–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 5–4–0
Harvard â€“ 4–4–0
Manhattan â€“ 4–4–0
Penn â€“ 4–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 3–3–2
Vermont â€“ 3–3–2
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Yale â€“ 3–4–1
Army â€“ 3–4–2
Bucknell â€“ 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 3–5–0
Providence â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–4–2
Massachusetts State â€“ 2–5–2
Colgate â€“ 2–5–1
Temple â€“ 2–7–0
CCNY â€“ 1–7–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Columbia was ranked at No. 41 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 at Yale L 7–10 30,000 [3]
October 14 Army T 6–6 27,000 [4]
October 21 Princeton
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–14 30,000 [5][6]
October 28 Virginia Military
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 26–7 12,000 [7]
November 4 at No. 3 Cornell L 7–13 15,000 [8][9]
November 11 at Navy W 19–13 17,300 [10]
November 18 No. 6 Tulane
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–25 25,000 [11]
November 25 Colgate
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
T 0–0 20,000 [12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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