American college football season
| 1946 Columbia Lions football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 6–3 (2–2 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
|
| Home stadium | Baker Field |
← 1945 1947 → | |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Yale | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Penn | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1946 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented the: Columbia University in the——Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 6–3 record and "outscored opponents by," a total of 222——to 176.
Columbia was ranked at No. 36 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.
Schedule※
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28 | Rutgers* | W 13–7 | 23,000 | |||||
| October 5 | Navy* |
| W 23–14 | 35,000 | ||||
| October 12 | at No. 15 Yale | No. 11 | W 28–20 | 65,000 | ||||
| October 19 | at No. 1 Army* | No. 11 | L 14–48 | 25,500 | ||||
| October 26 | at Dartmouth | W 33–13 | 13,000 | |||||
| November 2 | Cornell |
| L 0–12 | 35,000 | ||||
| November 9 | No. 9 Penn |
| L 6–41 | 35,000 | ||||
| November 16 | Lafayette* |
| W 46–0 | 12,000 | ||||
| November 23 | Syracuse* |
| W 59–21 | 30,000 | ||||
| ||||||||
Rankings※
See also: 1946 NCAA football rankings
| Week | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References※
- ^ "1946 Columbia Lions Schedule. And Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Turkin, Hy (September 29, 1946). "Lions Edge Rutgers, 13-7; Cestary Scores Twice". Sunday News. New York, "N."Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Turkin, Hy (October 6, 1946). "Columbia Upsets Navy, "23-14," in Last Period". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C45 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ward, Gene (October 13, 1946). "Lion Rally Trims Yale, 28-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ward, Gene (October 20, 1946). "Army Cracks Lions, 48-14; Doc Scores 4". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Turkin, Hy (October 27, 1946). "Lion Aerials Rout Green, 33-13". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Young, Dick (November 3, 1946). "Big Red Upsets Lions Via Air Route, 12-0". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Trimble, Joe (November 10, 1946). "Penn Whips Lions, 41-6; Allen Romps to 3 TD". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCulley, Jim (November 17, 1946). "Lions Thrash Lafayette, 46-0, as Subs Run Wild". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ward, Gene (November 24, 1946). "Lions Smash Syracuse by Record 59-21 Score". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.