1937 Columbia Lions football team

The 1937 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In his eighth season, head coach Lou Little led the team to a 2–5–2 record, though the Lions were only outscored 102 to 100 by opponents.^[1]

1937 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–2
Head coach	Lou Little (8th season)
Captains	John Bateman Oscar Bonom
Home stadium	Baker Field
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross			–					8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	4
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra			–					2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	5	–	1
Providence			–					2	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Williams	Baker Field New York, NY	W 40–6	14,000	[2]
October 9	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 18–21	20,000	[3]
October 16	Penn	Baker Field New York, NY	W 26–6	28,000	[4]
October 23	Brown	Baker Field New York, NY	L 6–7	8,000	[5]
October 30	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–14	12,000	[6]
November 6	at Navy	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 6–13	20,000	[7]
November 13	Syracuse	Baker Field New York, NY	T 6–6	12,000	[8]
November 20	No. 9 Dartmouth	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–27	22,000	[9]
November 27	Stanford	Baker Field New York, NY	T 0–0	20,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game