1953 Columbia Lions football team

1953 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainGene Wodeshick
Home stadiumBaker Field
1953 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell 3 0 24 3 2
Harvard 3 2 06 2 0
Yale 3 2 15 2 2
Princeton 3 3 05 4 0
Columbia 2 3 04 5 0
Dartmouth 2 3 02 7 0
Brown 0 3 03 5 1
Penn 0 0 13 5 1
  • The Ivy League in 1953 completed on a league basis in baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis and swimming. In football, there was an agreement among the schools to establish conditions to assure sportsmanship and amateurism. Moreover, newspapers regularly printed football standings for the Ivy League schools.

The 1953 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1953 college football season.

In their 24th season under head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 4–5 record, and were outscored 153 to 124. Gene Wodeshick was the team captain.

Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.