1948 Columbia Lions football team

1948 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 19 Cornell 4 0 0 8 1 0
Penn 3 1 0 5 3 0
Dartmouth 4 2 0 6 2 0
Brown 1 2 0 7 2 0
Princeton 3 3 0 4 4 0
Harvard 3 3 0 4 4 0
Yale 1 4 0 4 5 0
Columbia 1 5 0 4 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1948 college football season.

In their 19th season under head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 4–5 record, but outscored their opponents 194 to 177. Team captains were chosen on a game-by-game basis, and included, in schedule order, Gene Shekitka, Henry Briggs, Charles Klemovich, Lou Kusserow, Gene Rossides, John Nork, Joe Jaras, Bill Olson and Clyde Hampton.[1]

Columbia was ranked at No. 49 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[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. 213. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.