1922 Columbia Lions football team

The 1922 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In his third and final season, head coach Frank "Buck" O'Neill led the team to a 5–4 record, though the Lions were outscored 183 to 147 by opponents.^[1]

1922 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Frank "Buck" O'Neill (3rd season)
Captain	Walter Koppisch
Home stadium	South Field, Polo Grounds
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	0	–	0
Army			–					8	–	0	–	2
Syracuse			–					6	–	1	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Springfield			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					7	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	2
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	4	–	3
Lehigh			–					3	–	5	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					0	–	8	–	0

The team played most of its home games on South Field, part of the university's campus in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Ursinus	South Field New York, NY	W 48–7	7,000	[2]
October 7	Amherst	South Field New York, NY	W 43–6	3,000	[3]
October 14	Wesleyan	South Field New York, NY	W 10–6	8,000	[4]
October 21	NYU	South Field New York, NY	W 6–2	11,000	[5][6]
October 28	Williams	South Field New York, NY	L 10–13	5,000	[7]
November 4	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–56	15,000	[8]
November 11	Middlebury	South Field New York, NY	W 17–6		[1]
November 18	Dartmouth	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–28	6,500	[9]
November 30	Colgate	South Field New York, NY	L 6–59	12,000	[10]