1962 Columbia Lions football team

1962 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainThomas E. O’Connor Jr.
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Harvard 5 2 0 6 3 0
Columbia 4 3 0 5 4 0
Princeton 4 3 0 5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 4 5 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Yale 1 5 1 2 5 2
Brown 0 6 1 1 6 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1962 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Columbia tied for third in the Ivy League.

In their sixth season under head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli, the Lions compiled a 5–4 record but were outscored 206 to 124. Thomas E. O’Connor Jr. was the team captain.[1]

The Lions' 2–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 169 to 96 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

  1. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 215. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.