1953 Columbia Lions football team

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

1953 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
  • Lou Little (24th season)
CaptainGene Wodeshick
Home stadiumBaker Field
1953 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Westminster (PA)    8 0 0
Juniata    7 0 0
No. 14 Army    7 1 1
Harvard    6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 2 0
Hofstra    6 3 0
Penn State    6 3 0
Yale    5 2 2
Carnegie Tech    5 3 0
Boston College    5 3 1
Boston University    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 1
Princeton    5 4 0
Tufts    4 3 0
Cornell    4 3 2
Holy Cross    5 5 0
Temple    4 4 1
Colgate    3 4 2
Columbia    4 5 0
Fordham    4 5 0
Villanova    4 6 0
Drexel    2 3 1
Brown    3 5 1
Penn    3 5 1
Pittsburgh    3 5 1
Dartmouth    2 7 0
Buffalo    1 5 1
Bucknell    1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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