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1943 Columbia

0–⁠8, coached by Lou Little.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1943, game by game: lost vs. Princeton 7–26; lost vs. Yale 7–20; lost vs. No. 2 Army 0–52; lost vs. No. 5 Pennsylvania 0–33; lost at Cornell 6–33; lost at Dartmouth 13–47; lost vs. No. 3 Navy 0–61; lost vs. Colgate 0–41+7−61Lost 7–26 vs. Princeton-19PrincetonLost 7–20 vs. Yale-13YaleLost 0–52 vs. No. 2 Army-52No. 2 ArmyLost 0–33 vs. No. 5 Pennsylvania-33No. 5 PennsylvaniaLost 6–33 at Cornell-27CornellLost 13–47 at Dartmouth-34DartmouthLost 0–61 vs. No. 3 Navy-61No. 3 NavyLost 0–41 vs. Colgate-41Colgate
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsPrincetonL 7–⁠2659%
Oct 9vsYaleL 7–⁠2072%
Oct 16vs2ArmyL 0–⁠5223%
Oct 23vs5PennsylvaniaL 0–⁠3322%
Oct 30atCornellL 6–⁠3331%
Nov 6atDartmouthL 13–⁠4715%
Nov 13vs3NavyL 0–⁠6114%
Nov 20vsColgateL 0–⁠4127%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colgate 41–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 88th-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 1943.

Record
0–⁠8
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
33–⁠313
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1251 −166 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−24.6 No. 72 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Tomas S. Rock