1946 Columbia Lions football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = Columbia Lions
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 6–3
| conf_record = 2–2
| head_coach = Lou Little
| hc_year = 17th
| captain =
| stadium = Baker Field
}}
{{1946 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1946 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented the Columbia University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Lou Little, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 222 to 176.{{cite web|title=1946 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=March 9, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/columbia/1946-schedule.html}}
Columbia was ranked at No. 36 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.{{cite news|title=Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|newspaper=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|date=December 15, 1946|page=B4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123020754/rice-rated-fifth-best-tennessee-12th/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
| rankyear = 1946
| poll = AP
|September 28||Rutgers
|October 5||Navy
|October 12|at|#15 Yale|11|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|W 28-20|65,000|{{cite news |first=Gene |last=Ward |title=Lion Rally Trims Yale, 28-20 |date=October 13, 1946 |page=46C |newspaper=Sunday News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66906039/1946-columbia-yale/ }}
|October 19|at|#1 Army
|October 26|at|Dartmouth||Memorial Field|Hanover, NH|W 33-13| 13,000 | {{cite news |title=Lion Aerials Rout Green, 33-13 |first=Hy |last=Turkin |date=October 27, 1946 |page=92 |newspaper=Sunday News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66916265/1946-columbia-dartmouth/ }}
|November 2||Cornell||Baker Field|New York, NY (rivalry)|L 0-12|35,000|{{cite news|title=Big Red Upsets Lions Via Air Route, 12-0|newspaper=Sunday News|location=New York, N.Y.|first=Dick |last=Young|date=November 3, 1946|page=94|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29309560/big_red_upsets_lions_via_air_route_120/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 9||#9 Penn||Baker Field|New York, NY|L 6-41|35,000|{{cite news|title=Penn Whips Lions, 41-6; Allen Romps to 3 TD|newspaper=Sunday News|location=New York, N.Y.|first=Joe |last=Trimble|date=November 10, 1946|page=96|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29308796/penn_whips_lions_416_allen_romps_to/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 16||Lafayette
|November 23||Syracuse
}}
Rankings
{{see also|1946 college football rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = AP
| poll1firstweek = 1
| poll1lastweek = 9
| poll1_1=11
| poll1_2=11
| poll1_3=NR
| poll1_4=NR
| poll1_5=NR
| poll1_6=NR
| poll1_7=NR
| poll1_8=NR
| poll1_9=NR
}}