1933 Columbia Lions football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1933 Columbia Lions football Independent 8–1 Lou Little 4th Single wing Cliff Montgomery Baker Field National champion (self-claimed)Rose Bowl champion Rose Bowl W 7–0 vs. Stanford 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U7IWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3CEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6420%2C101607 Milwaukee Journal Gallant Columbia 'Sea' Lions vanquish Stanford in mud, 7 to 0 January 2, 1934 6, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7d9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6453%2C5030424 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Bell Brian Columbia amazes sport world with Stanford win, 7-0 January 2, 1934 6Columbia Yearly Results (1930–1934) David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse December 10, 2015 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/columbia/1945-1949_yearly_results.php December 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095347/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/columbia/1945-1949_yearly_results.php dead1933 Columbia LionsSchedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 10, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/columbia/1933-schedule.html The school claims a national championship for the season.https://gocolumbialions.com/documents/2018/8/28/2018_Columbia_Football_Recordbook.pdf Columbia Football 2018 Record Book 208 Columbia University Athletics January 23, 2019 "Columbia has claimed two mythical national championships: in 1875 and 1933" This Rose Bowl, held 1934 1, 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. Schedule October 7 w Lehigh Baker Field New York, NY 39–0 16,000 Columbia Crushes Lehigh by 39 to 0 Arthur J. Daley The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 8, 1933 S1 October 14 w Virginia Baker Field New York, NY 15–6 10,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union-lions-top-cavaliers-156/136984624/ Brooklyn Times Union Lions top Cavaliers, 15–6 October 15, 1933 December 17, 2023 Newspapers.com October 21 l y Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 0–20 40,000 Princeton Overwhelms Lion, 20-0; Montgomery In Fight New York Daily News Jimmy Powers October 22, 1933 80 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98312651/princeton-overwhelms-lion-20-0/ Newspapers.com October 28 w Penn State Baker Field New York, NY 33–0 November 4 w y Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY rivalry 9–6 November 11 w Navy Baker Field New York, NY 14–7 November 18 w Lafayette Baker Field New York, NY 46–6 November 25 w Syracuse Baker Field New York, NY 16–0 30,000 January 1, 1934 Monday w y Stanford Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl 7–0 35,000 References Columbia Category:Columbia Lions football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:Rose Bowl champion seasons Columbia Lions football