1915 Columbia Lions football team

The 1915 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Playing their first season in 10 years, the Lions were led by head coach T. Nelson Metcalf to a 5–0 record, outscoring opponents 126 to 28.^[1] The team played its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan, with temporary grandstands to accommodate spectators.^[2]

1915 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–0
Head coach	T. Nelson Metcalf (1st season)
Captain	F. M. Simonds Jr.
Home stadium	South Field
Seasons ← 1905 1916 →

1915 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					9	–	1	–	2
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	1	–	2
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					6	–	3	–	0
Allegheny			–					5	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					5	–	3	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	1
Middlebury			–					3	–	4	–	2
Muhlenberg			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	2
WPI			–					3	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	2
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire			–					3	–	6	–	1
Gettysburg			–					3	–	6	–	0
Rochester			–					3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	6	–	3
Vermont			–					1	–	4	–	2
Williams			–					1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 23	St. Lawrence	South Field New York, NY	W 57–0	5,000	[3]
November 2	Stevens	South Field New York, NY	W 15–6	7,000	[4]
November 6	Connecticut	South Field New York, NY	W 17–6		[5]
November 20	NYU	South Field New York, NY	W 19–16	7,000	[6]
November 25	Wesleyan	South Field New York, NY	W 18–0	8,000	[7]

References

1. "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 211. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Columbia Stadium Rumor Revived". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 28, 1915. p. 12.
3. "Columbia's First Game a Hummer". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 24, 1915. p. S2.
4. "Columbia Eleven Defeats Stevens". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 3, 1915. p. 12.
5. "Columbia's Third Victory in Football". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 7, 1915. p. S2.
6. "Miller's Drop Kick Wins for Columbia". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 21, 1915. p. S2.
7. "Wesleyan Battered by Columbia Eleven". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. November 26, 1915. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.