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1960 Columbia Lions football team
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1960 Columbia Lions football Ivy League Ivy 3–6 3–4 Aldo Donelli 4th Robert McCool Baker Field
The 1960 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1960 college football season. Columbia finished fifth in the Ivy League.
In their fourth season under head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli, the Lions compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 191 to 126. Robert McCool was the team captain.Columbia Football 2019 Record Book Columbia University New York, N.Y. June 15, 2020 215 https://issuu.com/columbiaathletics/docs/2019_columbia_football_record_book June 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200626164103/https://issuu.com/columbiaathletics/docs/2019_columbia_football_record_book dead
The Lions' 3–4 conference record placed fifth in the Ivy League. Columbia was outscored 121 to 118 by Ivy opponents.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998 Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 22–23
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Schedule
y y y AP 1960 September 24 Brown Baker Field New York, NY W 37 0 12,000 Columbia Crushes Brown, 37-0; Sakala's Passes Pace Lion Attack Allison Danzig September 25, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 1 @ Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 0 49 18,000 Princeton Routs Columbia, 49-0; Sullivan Excels Joseph M. Sheehan October 2, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 8 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT L 8 30 16,679 Elis Overpower Columbia, 30 to 8 Lincoln A. Werden October 9, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 15 Harvard<hc> Baker Field New York, NY L 7 8 21,899 Harvard Interception Stops Columbia, 8-7 Robert L. Teague October 16, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 22 Holy Cross<ncg> Baker Field New York, NY L 6 27 10,414 Holy Cross Overwhelms Columbia, 27 to 6 Gordon S. Jr. White October 23, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 29 Cornell Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry) W 44 6 9,000 Columbia Sinks Cornell, 44-6 Robert L. Teague October 30, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 5 @ Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH L 6 22 9,100 Dartmouth Tops Columbia, 22 to 6 Michael Strauss November 6, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 12 @ Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 16 6 15,841 Lions Beat Penn with Early Drive Louis Effrat November 13, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 19 Rutgers<ncg> Baker Field New York, NY L 2 43 16,677 Scarlet Crushes Columbia, 43 to 2 Lincoln A. Werden November 20, 1960 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y.
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