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1956 Columbia

3–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Ivy League), coached by Lou Little.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1956, game by game: lost vs. Brown 0–20; lost at Princeton 0–39; lost vs. Yale 19–33; won vs. Harvard 26–20; lost vs. Army 0–60; won vs. Cornell 25–19; lost at Dartmouth 0–14; lost at Pennsylvania 6–20; won at Rutgers 18–12+7−60Lost 0–20 vs. Brown-20BrownLost 0–39 at Princeton-39PrincetonLost 19–33 vs. Yale-14YaleWon 26–20 vs. Harvard+6HarvardLost 0–60 vs. Army-60ArmyWon 25–19 vs. Cornell+6CornellLost 0–14 at Dartmouth-14DartmouthLost 6–20 at Pennsylvania-14PennsylvaniaWon 18–12 at Rutgers+6Rutgers
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsBrownL 0–⁠2046%
Oct 6atPrincetonL 0–⁠3914%
Oct 13vsYaleL 19–⁠3324%
Oct 20vsHarvardW 26–⁠2035%
Oct 27vsArmyL 0–⁠6023%
Nov 3vsCornellW 25–⁠1944%
Nov 10atDartmouthL 0–⁠1430%
Nov 17atPennsylvaniaL 6–⁠2034%
Nov 24atRutgersW 18–⁠1245%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rutgers 18–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
94–⁠237
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1305 −29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−25.7 No. 105 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Arthur Wilson

1956 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Yale7–⁠08–⁠1
Princeton5–⁠27–⁠2
Dartmouth4–⁠35–⁠3–⁠1
Pennsylvania4–⁠34–⁠5
Brown3–⁠45–⁠4
Columbia2–⁠53–⁠6
Harvard2–⁠52–⁠6
Cornell1–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.