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1933 Columbia Lions football team


1933 Columbia Lions football
Independent
8–1
Lou Little (4th season)
Single wing
Cliff Montgomery
Baker Field

The 1933 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1933 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 179 to 45, with four shutouts.

The Lions' lone setback was a 20–0 loss to Fritz Crisler's undefeated national champion Princeton Tigers. The Lions concluded the 1933 season on New Year's Day in California with a 7–0 victory over Stanford in the mud in the Rose Bowl. The school claims a national championship for the season. This Rose Bowl, held 92 years ago, remains the most recent postseason game for any member of today's Ivy League, which began league play in 1956.

Team captain and quarterback Cliff Montgomery was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7LehighBaker FieldNew York, NYW 39–016,000
October 14VirginiaBaker FieldNew York, NYW 15–610,000
October 21at PrincetonPalmer StadiumPrinceton, NJL 0–2040,000
October 28Penn StateBaker FieldNew York, NYW 33–0
November 4at CornellSchoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry)W 9–6
November 11NavyBaker FieldNew York, NYW 14–7
November 18LafayetteBaker FieldNew York, NYW 46–6
November 25SyracuseBaker FieldNew York, NYW 16–030,000
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}January 1, 1934vs. StanfordRose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)W 7–035,000
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