Williams at Columbia
Saturday, October 2, 1937 Share
Columbia beat Williams 40–6. It was their 17th meeting; Columbia leads the series 13–3–1.
Final
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 3, 1937, page 32
Read the text
COLUMBIA 4O-6 VICTOR Simmons 65-Yard Dash Gets Lone Touchdown for williams. NEW YORK, October 2 (P).-Columbia’s rampant Lions overpowered a sturdy Williams eleven, 40–6, at Baker Field this afternoon. Helpless against Columbia’s accurate aerial at tack and smashing blocking and run ming. Williams only moment of glory came in the second period when Full back Fielding Simmons reeled of 6S-yard dash through the Columbia reserves for the Puppies touchdown.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
On the newsreel
- BIG GRID TEAMS OPEN SEASONColumbia’s Lions begin their football year with a crushing victory over Williams, 40 to 6
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Columbia 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Williams–Columbia gameColumbia leads 13–3–1 in 17 meetings.
| 1937 | Columbia 40, Williams 6 | |
| 1932 | Columbia 46, Williams 0 | |
| 1931 | Columbia 19, Williams 0 | |
| 1930 | Columbia 3, Williams 0 | |
| 1929 | Columbia 33, Williams 0 | |
| 1928 | Columbia 20, Williams 6 |
Around this game
Williams
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 1, 1938
- SeasonWilliams in 1937
- ProgramWilliams history and records
Columbia
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 9, 1937
- SeasonColumbia in 1937
- ProgramColumbia history and records