1951_Columbia_Lions_football_team

1951 Columbia Lions football team

1951 Columbia Lions football team

American college football season

The 1951 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1951 college football season.

Quick Facts Columbia Lions football, Conference ...
More information Conf, Overall ...

In their 22nd season under head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 5–3 record, and outscored their opponents 149 to 103. Howard Hansen was the team captain.[1] The team was ranked at No. 59 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Only eight games were played, rather than the usual nine, because two Columbia players were stricken with polio late in the preseason, prompting the team to pull out of its planned season opener at Princeton.[3] When testing showed that no other team members were affected, the Lions went ahead with the remaining eight games of their schedule.

Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 213. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. [3]
    "Columbia Cancels Football Opener; Two Players Believed Ill of Polio". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 22, 1951. p. 1.
  4. [4]
    Danzig, Allison (October 7, 1951). "Lions Easy Victors over Harvard, 35-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. [5]
    Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 14, 1951). "Price, Hansen Lead Lions to Victory on Baker Field". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. [6]
    Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 21, 1951). "Penn Beats Columbia, 28-13; Quaker Line Stars". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. [7]
    Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 28, 1951). "Army Upsets Columbia, 14-9; Cadets Hold Fast". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. [8]
    McGowen, Roscoe (November 4, 1951). "Columbia Tops Cornell, 21-20; Big Red Push Fails". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. [9]
    Werden, Lincoln A. (November 11, 1951). "Lions Rally for 21-6 Victory After Quick Dartmouth Tally". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. [10]
    Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 18, 1951). "Navy Beats Columbia, 21-7; No. 1 for Middies". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. [11]
    Nichols, Joseph C. (November 25, 1951). "Lions' Late Surge Trims Brown, 29-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1951_Columbia_Lions_football_team, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.