1949 Columbia Lions football team

The 1949 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1949 college football season.

1949 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
  • Lou Little (20th season)
Captains
  • Leon Van Bellingham
  • James Ward
Home stadiumBaker Field
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Vincent    10 0 0
No. 4 Army    9 0 0
Trinity (CT)    8 0 0
Brown    8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell    8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova    8 1 0
Bucknell    6 2 0
Dartmouth    6 2 0
Buffalo    6 3 0
Pittsburgh    6 3 0
Princeton    6 3 0
Fordham    5 3 0
Tufts    5 3 1
Carnegie Tech    5 3 1
Penn State    5 4 0
Temple    5 4 0
Penn    4 4 0
Yale    4 4 0
Boston College    4 4 1
Syracuse    4 5 0
Drexel    3 3 1
Duquesne    3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall    2 5 2
CCNY    2 5 1
NYU    3 6 0
Columbia    2 7 0
Hofstra    1 5 1
Colgate    1 8 0
Harvard    1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

In their 20th season under head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 2–7 record, and were outscored 276 to 82. Team captains Leon Van Bellingham and James Ward.

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

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