1957 Columbia

1–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Ivy League), coached by Aldo Donelli.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1957, game by game: won at Brown 23–20; lost vs. Princeton 6–47; lost at Yale 0–19; lost at Harvard 6–19; lost vs. Lehigh 6–40; lost at Cornell 0–8; lost vs. Dartmouth 0–7; lost vs. Pennsylvania 6–28; lost vs. Rutgers 7–26+7−41Won 23–20 at Brown+3BrownLost 6–47 vs. Princeton-41PrincetonLost 0–19 at Yale-19YaleLost 6–19 at Harvard-13HarvardLost 6–40 vs. Lehigh-34LehighLost 0–8 at Cornell-8CornellLost 0–7 vs. Dartmouth-7DartmouthLost 6–28 vs. Pennsylvania-22PennsylvaniaLost 7–26 vs. Rutgers-19Rutgers
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atBrownW 23–⁠2029%
Oct 5vsPrincetonL 6–⁠4737%
Oct 12atYaleL 0–⁠1918%
Oct 19atHarvardL 6–⁠1937%
Oct 26vsLehighL 6–⁠4073%
Nov 2atCornellL 0–⁠829%
Nov 9vsDartmouthL 0–⁠718%
Nov 16vsPennsylvaniaL 6–⁠2843%
Nov 23vsRutgersL 7–⁠2643%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rutgers 26–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
54–⁠214
Coach
Aldo Donelli
Elo
1210 −159 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−27.7 No. 111 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George Pappas

1957 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Princeton6–⁠17–⁠2
Dartmouth5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Yale4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Brown3–⁠45–⁠4
Pennsylvania3–⁠43–⁠6
Cornell3–⁠43–⁠6
Harvard2–⁠53–⁠5
Columbia1–⁠61–⁠8

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