1944 Columbia

2–⁠6, coached by Lou Little.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1944, game by game: won vs. Union (NY) 21–0; won vs. Syracuse 26–2; lost at Yale 10–27; lost vs. Colgate 0–6; lost vs. Cornell 7–25; lost at Pennsylvania 7–35; lost vs. Brown 0–12; lost vs. Dartmouth 0–18+24−28Won 21–0 vs. Union (NY)+21Union (NY)Won 26–2 vs. Syracuse+24SyracuseLost 10–27 at Yale-17YaleLost 0–6 vs. Colgate-6ColgateLost 7–25 vs. Cornell-18CornellLost 7–35 at Pennsylvania-28PennsylvaniaLost 0–12 vs. Brown-12BrownLost 0–18 vs. Dartmouth-18Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsUnion (NY)W 21–⁠077%
Oct 7vsSyracuseW 26–⁠245%
Oct 14atYaleL 10–⁠2756%
Oct 28vsColgateL 0–⁠639%
Nov 4vsCornellL 7–⁠2552%
Nov 11atPennsylvaniaL 7–⁠3514%
Nov 18vsBrownL 0–⁠1248%
Nov 25vsDartmouthL 0–⁠1835%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Dartmouth 18–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 87th-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 1944.

Record
2–⁠6
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
71–⁠125
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1252 −82 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−15.6 No. 80 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George Gilbert