1951 Columbia Lions football team

1951 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Lou Little (22nd season)
Captain	Howard Hansen
Home stadium	Baker Field
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Bucknell		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton		–		9	–	0	–	0
Northeastern		–		6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross		–		8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra		–		6	–	2	–	1
Cornell		–		6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University		–		6	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	4	–	0
Columbia		–		5	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		5	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		5	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		4	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth		–		4	–	5	–	0
Drexel		–		3	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		3	–	5	–	1
Boston College		–		3	–	6	–	0
Yale		–		2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	7	–	0
Geneva		–		2	–	5	–	0
Army		–		2	–	7	–	0
Brown		–		2	–	7	–	0
NYU		–		1	–	7	–	0
Tufts		–		0	–	7	–	2

Rankings from AP Poll

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

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.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	Canceled		^[3]
October 6	Harvard	Baker Field New York, NY	W 35–0	15,000	^[4]
October 13	Yale	Baker Field New York, NY	W 14–0	25,000	^[5]
October 20	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 13–28	40,000	^[6]
October 27	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 9–14	20,349	^[7]
November 3	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 21–20	21,000	^[8]
November 10	Dartmouth	Baker Field New York, NY	W 21–6	20,000	^[9]
November 17	Navy	Baker Field New York, NY	L 7–21	25,300	^[10]
November 24	Brown	Baker Field New York, NY	W 29–14	10,000	^[11]
Homecoming

References

^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 213. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Columbia Cancels Football Opener; Two Players Believed Ill of Polio". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 22, 1951. p. 1.
^ Danzig, Allison (October 7, 1951). "Lions Easy Victors over Harvard, 35-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ 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.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 21, 1951). "Penn Beats Columbia, 28-13; Quaker Line Stars". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 28, 1951). "Army Upsets Columbia, 14-9; Cadets Hold Fast". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 4, 1951). "Columbia Tops Cornell, 21-20; Big Red Push Fails". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 25, 1951). "Lions' Late Surge Trims Brown, 29-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

v t e Columbia Lions football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1880–1883, 1890, 1899, 1901–1903, 1920–1927, 1936) Berkeley Oval (1889) Columbia Grounds (1891) Columbia Field (1900) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (1915–1923) Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (1923–1982, 1984–present) Giants Stadium (1983)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell Fordham: Liberty Cup
Culture & lore	Roaree the Lion "Roar, Lion, Roar" The Union Club
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885–1888 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 2021 2022 2023
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