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1946 Columbia

6–⁠3, coached by Lou Little.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1946, game by game: won vs. Rutgers 13–7; won vs. Navy 23–14; won at No. 15 Yale 28–20; lost at No. 1 Army 14–48; won at Dartmouth 33–13; lost vs. Cornell 0–12; lost vs. No. 9 Pennsylvania 6–41; won vs. Lafayette 46–0; won vs. Syracuse 59–21+46−35Won 13–7 vs. Rutgers+6RutgersWon 23–14 vs. Navy+9NavyWon 28–20 at No. 15 Yale+8No. 15 YaleLost 14–48 at No. 1 Army-34No. 1 ArmyWon 33–13 at Dartmouth+20DartmouthLost 0–12 vs. Cornell-12CornellLost 6–41 vs. No. 9 Pennsylvania-35No. 9 PennsylvaniaWon 46–0 vs. Lafayette+46LafayetteWon 59–21 vs. Syracuse+38Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsRutgersW 13–⁠790%
Oct 5vsNavyW 23–⁠1435%
Oct 12at15YaleW 28–⁠2064%
Oct 19at1ArmyL 14–⁠4817%
Oct 26atDartmouthW 33–⁠1359%
Nov 2vsCornellL 0–⁠1281%
Nov 9vs9PennsylvaniaL 6–⁠4146%
Nov 16vsLafayetteW 46–⁠094%
Nov 23vsSyracuseW 59–⁠2168%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Syracuse 59–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 11

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 1946.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠2 5th in the Ivy Group (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
222–⁠176
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1510 +9 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
9.5 No. 34 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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