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The 1942 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. Home games were played in New York City at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Headcoach
Captains
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1942 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
 1941
1943 
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1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams  710
No. 19 Penn State  611
No. 8 Boston College  820
Buffalo  620
Bucknell  621
Colgate  621
Army  630
Syracuse  630
Duquesne  631
Yale  530
Fordham  531
Penn  531
No. T–19 Holy Cross  541
Dartmouth  540
Brown  440
Villanova  440
Vermont  430
Carnegie Tech  330
Boston University  450
Cornell  351
Princeton  351
Temple  253
Columbia  360
Pittsburgh  360
Tufts  251
Franklin & Marshall  142
Massachusetts State  250
Harvard  261
Manhattan  260
CCNY  171
Rankings from AP Poll
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Under thirteenth-year head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 193 to 169. The team captains were Felix Demartini and Paul Governali.[1]

Ken Germann led the team in scoring, with 60 points (six touchdowns).[2] Governali, the Heisman Trophy runner-up,[3] led in total offense, with 1,610 yards (1,442 passing, 168 rushing).[4]

Columbia was ranked at No. 91 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Fort Monmouth W 39–0 [1]
October 3 Maine
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 34–2 12,000 [6]
October 10 Brown
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 21–28 17,000 [7]
October 17 No. 18 Army
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 6–34 30,000 [8]
October 24 at No. 17 Penn L 12–42 45,000 [9]
October 31 Cornell
W 14–13 21,000 [10]
November 7 Colgate
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 21–35 15,000 [11]
November 14 at Navy L 9–13 25,000 [12]
November 21 Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 13–26 10,000 [13]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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