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1955 Columbia

1–⁠8, coached by Lou Little.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1955, game by game: won vs. Brown 14–12; lost at Princeton 7–20; lost at Yale 14–46; lost vs. Harvard 7–21; lost at Army 0–45; lost at Cornell 19–34; lost vs. Dartmouth 7–14; lost vs. Navy 0–47; lost vs. Rutgers 6–12+7−47Won 14–12 vs. Brown+2BrownLost 7–20 at Princeton-13PrincetonLost 14–46 at Yale-32YaleLost 7–21 vs. Harvard-14HarvardLost 0–45 at Army-45ArmyLost 19–34 at Cornell-15CornellLost 7–14 vs. Dartmouth-7DartmouthLost 0–47 vs. Navy-47NavyLost 6–12 vs. Rutgers-6Rutgers
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsBrownW 14–⁠1240%
Oct 1atPrincetonL 7–⁠2022%
Oct 8atYaleL 14–⁠4623%
Oct 15vsHarvardL 7–⁠2140%
Oct 22atArmyL 0–⁠4514%
Oct 29atCornellL 19–⁠3421%
Nov 5vsDartmouthL 7–⁠1450%
Nov 12vsNavyL 0–⁠4711%
Nov 19vsRutgersL 6–⁠1258%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rutgers 12–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The tied 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in the Ivy League (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
74–⁠251
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1250 −103 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−24.2 No. 105 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Manfredo Bucci