1942 Columbia

3–⁠6, coached by Lou Little.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1942, game by game: won vs. Fort Monmouth 39–0; won vs. Maine 34–2; lost vs. Brown 21–28; lost vs. No. 18 Army 6–34; lost at No. 17 Pennsylvania 12–42; won vs. Cornell 14–13; lost vs. Colgate 26–35; lost at Navy 9–13; lost vs. Dartmouth 13–26+39−30Won 39–0 vs. Fort Monmouth+39Fort MonmouthWon 34–2 vs. Maine+32MaineLost 21–28 vs. Brown-7BrownLost 6–34 vs. No. 18 Army-28No. 18 ArmyLost 12–42 at No. 17 Pennsylvania-30No. 17 PennsylvaniaWon 14–13 vs. Cornell+1CornellLost 26–35 vs. Colgate-9ColgateLost 9–13 at Navy-4NavyLost 13–26 vs. Dartmouth-13Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsFort MonmouthW 39–⁠088%
Oct 3vsMaineW 34–⁠293%
Oct 10vsBrownL 21–⁠2864%
Oct 17vs18ArmyL 6–⁠3452%
Oct 24at17PennsylvaniaL 12–⁠4222%
Oct 31vsCornellW 14–⁠1360%
Nov 7vsColgateL 26–⁠3543%
Nov 14atNavyL 9–⁠1324%
Nov 21vsDartmouthL 13–⁠2646%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Dartmouth 26–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1942.

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
174–⁠193
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1374 −110 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.5 No. 97 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Demartini and Paul Governali

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 1Paul Governali QBBrooklyn Dodgers