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1948 Columbia

4–⁠5, coached by Lou Little.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1948, game by game: won vs. Rutgers 27–6; lost at Harvard 24–33; won at Yale 34–28; lost vs. No. 8 Pennsylvania 14–20; lost vs. Princeton 14–16; lost vs. Cornell 13–20; lost at Dartmouth 21–26; won vs. Navy 13–0; won vs. Syracuse 34–28+21−9Won 27–6 vs. Rutgers+21RutgersLost 24–33 at Harvard-9HarvardWon 34–28 at Yale+6YaleLost 14–20 vs. No. 8 Pennsylvania-6No. 8 PennsylvaniaLost 14–16 vs. Princeton-2PrincetonLost 13–20 vs. Cornell-7CornellLost 21–26 at Dartmouth-5DartmouthWon 13–0 vs. Navy+13NavyWon 34–28 vs. Syracuse+6Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsRutgersW 27–⁠662%
Oct 2atHarvardL 24–⁠3363%
Oct 9atYaleW 34–⁠2846%
Oct 16vs8PennsylvaniaL 14–⁠2047%
Oct 23vsPrincetonL 14–⁠1674%
Oct 30vsCornellL 13–⁠2061%
Nov 6atDartmouthL 21–⁠2636%
Nov 13vsNavyW 13–⁠075%
Nov 20vsSyracuseW 34–⁠2883%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Syracuse 34–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 13th-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 1948.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠5 8th in the Ivy Group (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠177
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1511 −42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.8 No. 48 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 3Lou Kusserow BDetroit Lions
Rd 3Bill Olson BNew York Giants