1934 Columbia Lions football team

The 1934 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 49.[1] The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.

1934 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Tufts		–		8	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		7	–	0	–	0
La Salle		–		7	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		8	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		7	–	1	–	0
Columbia		–		7	–	1	–	0
Princeton		–		7	–	1	–	0
Duquesne		–		8	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross		–		8	–	2	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	1	–	2
Syracuse		–		6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		7	–	2	–	2
Army		–		7	–	3	–	0
Northeastern		–		6	–	1	–	1
Rochester		–		5	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth		–		6	–	3	–	0
Saint Anselm		–		6	–	3	–	0
Amherst		–		5	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		5	–	3	–	0
Yale		–		5	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		5	–	3	–	1
CCNY		–		4	–	3	–	0
Providence		–		4	–	3	–	0
Drexel		–		4	–	3	–	1
Boston College		–		5	–	4	–	0
Bates		–		3	–	3	–	1
Middlebury		–		3	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		4	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		4	–	4	–	0
Williams		–		4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		4	–	5	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		4	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		3	–	4	–	2
NYU		–		3	–	4	–	1
Boston University		–		3	–	4	–	0
Colby		–		3	–	4	–	0
Springfield (MA)		–		2	–	3	–	3
Manhattan		–		3	–	5	–	1
Harvard		–		3	–	5	–	0
Vermont		–		2	–	4	–	2
Wesleyan		–		3	–	5	–	0
Brown		–		3	–	6	–	0
Geneva		–		2	–	5	–	2
Saint Joseph's		–		2	–	5	–	1
Cornell		–		2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette		–		2	–	6	–	0
Norwich		–		2	–	6	–	0
Bowdoin		–		0	–	6	–	1
Lowell Textile		–		0	–	7	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 12–6	25,000	[2]
October 13	VMI	Baker Field New York, NY	W 29–6
October 20	Navy	Baker Field New York, NY	L 7–18
October 27	Penn State	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–7
November 3	Cornell	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	W 14–0
November 10	Brown	Baker Field New York, NY	W 39–0
November 17	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13–12	45,000	[3]
November 25	Syracuse	Baker Field New York, NY	W 12–0

"1934 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
"Lions Devour Yale Pup, 12-6 As Elis Stage Dogged Battle". Daily News. October 7, 1934. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
Perry Lewis (November 18, 1934). "45,000 Watch Columbia Nip Penn, 13 to 12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S2 – via Newspapers.com.

Columbia Lions football
Venues	Brotherhood Park (1890) Columbia Grounds (1891) Manhattan Field (1899) Columbia Field (1900) Polo Grounds (1901–1903) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (–1923) Baker Field (1923–1982) Giants Stadium (1983) Wien Stadium (1984–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell The Liberty Cup (Fordham)
Culture & lore	Roaree the Lion "Roar, Lion, Roar"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
National championship seasons in bold

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