1934 Columbia Lions football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1934
| team = Columbia Lions
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 7–1
| head_coach = Lou Little
| hc_year = 5th
| off_scheme = Single-wing
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| stadium = Baker Field
}}
{{1934 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1934 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of {{nowrap|140 to 49}}.{{cite web|title=1934 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=March 8, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/columbia/1934-schedule.html}} The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.
Schedule
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|October 6|at|Yale|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|W 12-6|25,000|{{cite news|title=Lions Devour Yale Pup, 12-6 As Elis Stage Dogged Battle|newspaper=Daily News|date=October 7, 1934|page=83|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29303128/lions_devour_yale_pup_126_as_elis/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13||VMI|Baker Field|New York, NY|W 29-6|18,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90905904/columbia-beats-vmi-in-first-home-play/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|title=Columbia beats V.M.I. in first home play 29–6|date=October 14, 1934|accessdate=December 20, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 20||Navy|Baker Field|New York, NY|L 7-18||
|October 27||Penn State|Baker Field|New York, NY|W 14-7||
|November 3||Cornell|Baker Field|New York, NY (rivalry)|W 14-0||
|November 10||Brown|Baker Field|New York, NY|W 39-0||
|November 17|at|Penn|Franklin Field|Philadelphia, PA|W 13-12|45,000|{{cite news|title=45,000 Watch Columbia Nip Penn, 13 to 12|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 18, 1934|author=Perry Lewis|pages=S1, S2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29303248/45000_watch_columbia_nip_penn_13_to_12/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 25||Syracuse|Baker Field|New York, NY|W 12-0||
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