1947 Columbia Lions football team

1947 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record7–2
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Penn 4 0 0 7 0 1
Princeton 4 2 0 5 3 0
Yale 3 2 0 6 3 0
No. 20 Columbia 2 2 0 7 2 0
Harvard 1 3 0 4 5 0
Brown 1 3 0 4 4 1
Dartmouth 3 4 0 4 4 1
Cornell 1 4 0 4 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented the Columbia University during the 1947 college football season. In its 18th season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 7–2 record, was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 113.[1]

Columbia's victory over No. 6 Army on October 25, 1947, broke the Cadets' 32-game unbeaten streak dating back to November 1943.[2]

Columbia end Bill Swiacki was a consensus first-team All-American;[3] he also finished eighth in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.[4]

  1. ^ "1947 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Army was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "1947 Heisman Trophy Voting". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2019.