1960 Columbia Lions football team

1960 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainRobert McCool
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Yale $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Princeton 6 1 0 7 2 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 5 4 0
Harvard 4 3 0 5 4 0
Columbia 3 4 0 3 6 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Brown 1 6 0 3 6 0
Cornell 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.[1]

The Lions' 3–4 conference record placed fifth in the Ivy League. Columbia was outscored 121 to 118 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. pp. 22–23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.