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The '''Columbia Football''' team  
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The '''Columbia Football''' team is ostensibly a NCAA [[w:Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Division I Football Championship Subdivision]] (formerly Division I-AA) football program, playing its home games at [[Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium]] (at [[Baker Athletic Complex]]) in the beautiful [[Inwood]] neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan. The current head coach is [[Pete Mangurian]].
  
team is a shining example of the adage that if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. For all their trying, success has proved elusive for the football team.  
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The team traces its history back to the 4th intercollegiate football game in history,a 6-3 loss to [[Rutgers]] in New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 12, 1870. Since [[1956]], the team has formally been a member of the [[Ivy League]] athletics conference.
  
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Since 1956, the team has served as a shining example of determination in the face of utter futility. In 58 seasons, the team has recorded only one league championship (1961, which was shared) and only three other winning seasons against ivy league opponents (1962, 1971, and 1996), while going "0-for-Ivy" 10 times in the same period. No Columbia head coach since the [[Great Depression]] has a winning record. Nevertheless, the players show up to play each week, every season.
  
Though the arrival of coach [[Norries Wilson]], was supposed to make things, better, he actually got fired in 2011. The coach is now [[Pete Mangurian]].
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Program highlights beyond the 1961 championship include winning the [[w:1934 Rose Bowl|1934 Rose Bowl]], defeating Army in 1947 to end the cadets' four-year winning streak that included multiple national championships, and graduating pro-football hall of famer Sid Luckman, college all-american and Maxwell Award winner Paul Governali, all-american Walter Koppisch, and college hall of famer Cliff Montgomery.
 
 
The football team is (officially, though not necessarily ''de facto'') the most important sporting component of Columbia's membership in the [[Ivy League]].
 
 
 
In fall of [[2013]] with the football team 0-8, the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' asked whether we ought to just call the whole thing off<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/bondy-losses-pile-lions-press-article-1.1512009</ref>.
 
 
 
==Facilities==
 
 
 
The team plays its home games at the beautiful, bucolic, bilateral, urbane, multicultural, eleemosynary, yet still iconoclastic [[Lawrence A. Wien Stadium]] at [[Baker Field]] on 218th Street in the [[Inwood]] section of [[Manhattan]].  
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Early history===
 
===Early history===
Football existed as a "campus diversion" at Columbia since at least [[1824]], when games involved "seniors and sophomores lin[ing] up against juniors and freshmen".<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvAKAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA143&ots=XuNFdVGi8O&dq=columbia%20schermerhorn%20alumnus&pg=PA172#v=onepage&q&f=false A history of Columbia University 1754-1904, p. 172]</ref> Columbia's college football team was formed in [[1870]]. They played against [[Yale]] in [[1872]] in one of the first ever intercollegiate football games.  
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Football existed as a "campus diversion" at Columbia since at least [[1824]], when games involved "seniors and sophomores lin[ing] up against juniors and freshmen".<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvAKAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA143&ots=XuNFdVGi8O&dq=columbia%20schermerhorn%20alumnus&pg=PA172#v=onepage&q&f=false A history of Columbia University 1754-1904, p. 172]</ref> Columbia's college football team was formed in [[1870]], and played one game, the fourth college football game ever, against Rutgers. Presciently, they lost. They played against [[Yale]] in [[1872]] in one of the first ever intercollegiate football games.  
  
 
On [[November 23]], [[1876]], Columbia joined Harvard, Princeton, and Yale and at the so-called "Massasoit Convention" to decide on uniform rules for the collegiate football, which rapidly spread throughout college football.<ref>This according to the Penn history of varsity football. [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/football/1800s/origins.html]</ref>  This convention is sometimes referred to as the "IV" League -- for the Roman numeral four -- which was supposedly the original Ivy League.
 
On [[November 23]], [[1876]], Columbia joined Harvard, Princeton, and Yale and at the so-called "Massasoit Convention" to decide on uniform rules for the collegiate football, which rapidly spread throughout college football.<ref>This according to the Penn history of varsity football. [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/football/1800s/origins.html]</ref>  This convention is sometimes referred to as the "IV" League -- for the Roman numeral four -- which was supposedly the original Ivy League.
  
===First half of 20th century===
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===Early Beginnings===
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In 1899 students raised funds to hire a coach for the first time, hiring George Sanford away from Yale for $1500. However, [[University President]] [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] banned the sport after the [[1905]] season, claiming it was too rowdy.<ref>For a history of the Football Crisis, see [http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1981/JSH0803/jsh0803b.pdf Ronald A. Smith, "Harvard and Columbia and a Reconsideration of the 1905-06 Football Crisis."] Journal of Sport History, Vol. 8, No. 3, Pgs. 5-19 (Winter, 1981). See also [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/football1.html Library of Congress - Topics in Chronicling America - The 1905 Movement to Reform Football]</ref> Football would return after a ten year break in [[1916]].
  
However, [[University President]] [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] banned the sport after the [[1905]] season, claiming it was too rowdy.<ref>For a history of the Football Crisis, see [http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1981/JSH0803/jsh0803b.pdf Ronald A. Smith, "Harvard and Columbia and a Reconsideration of the 1905-06 Football Crisis."] Journal of Sport History, Vol. 8, No. 3, Pgs. 5-19 (Winter, 1981). See also [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/football1.html Library of Congress - Topics in Chronicling America - The 1905 Movement to Reform Football]</ref> Football would return after a ten year break in [[1916]].
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===The 'Successful' Years 1922-1963===
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After the Butler-ban, the Lions enjoyed some success on the gridiron, peaking in [[1934]] with a victory in the [[:w:Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]] against [[Stanford University|Stanford]], in what was the precursor to the national championship. Following a fallow period, the enjoyed a few more successes in the seasons immediately after [[World War 2]], highlighted by a famous victory in [[1947]] over the cadets of [[Army]], who were undefeated in 32 games and coming off three straight undefeated seasons and national championships.  
  
After that, though, the Lions enjoyed consistent success on the gridiron throughout the first half of the 20th century. Between at least [[1934]] and [[1947]], the team was coached by [[:w:Lou Little|Lou Little]]. In [[1934]], the team won the [[:w:Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]] against [[Stanford University|Stanford]], in what was the precursor to the national championship. In [[1947]], the squad won a match agaisnt the cadets of [[Army]], who were the defending national champions and hadn't lost a game in four years. They then won 32 consecutive games, one of the most stunning winning streaks of the century. Famous players included Luckman, an All-American quarterback who went on to lead the Chicago Bears to four [[:w:NFL|NFL]] championships in the 1940s.
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Arguably the greatest player to come out of the program was Sid Luckman, an All-American quarterback who went on to lead the Chicago Bears to four [[:w:NFL|NFL]] championships in the 1940s, where he pioneered the modern passing game with [[w:George Halas|George Halas]].
  
At some period during this project, the football team was even involved with the [[Manhattan Project]], employed to carry uranium on their strong backs.
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At some period during this period, the football team was even involved with the [[Manhattan Project]], employed to carry uranium on their strong backs.
  
===1960s===
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Following the 1947 season, football entered a period of sustained mediocrity, posting only one winning season before 1961. Given what was to come in the future, sustained mediocrity wasn't so bad.
In [[1961]], the team shared their only [[Ivy League]] title with [[Harvard University|Harvard]]. However, since then, the football team has enjoyed just three winning seasons: 6-3 in 1971, 5-4-1 in 1994, and 8-2 in 1996.
 
  
== 1979-1991: Awfulness and The Streak ==
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In [[1956]] the Ivy League football conference was formalized, bringing Columbia together the seven schools we know and hate today. All things considered, maybe we never should have joined. In 1961 the team shared their only [[Ivy League]] title with [[Harvard University|Harvard]].  The following year the team went 5-4-1. After a 4-4-1 showing in 1963, the program has been terrible. The football team has enjoyed just four .500-or-better seasons since then : 6-3 in 1971, 5-4-1 in 1994, 8-2 in 1996, and 5-5 in 2006.
While sustained futility may be the hallmark of Columbia's football program, no period captures the utter awfulness of Columbia football like the 13 seasons from 1979 to 1991. A terrible stretch of football by any accounts, the team went 10-117-2, winning more than one game only once (1988). The utter nadir of this period was a record-setting 44-game [[losing streak]], which included four straight seasons of 0-10, which meant players in the class of 1987 graduated without ever winning a game. The jubilation that ensued upon the end of the streak was possibly the largest outbreak of [[school spirit]] ever seen at Columbia. Of course, the losing would continue for several more years.
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The 1971 team deserves some mention, as their two incredibly narrow losses (by 2 points to Harvard, and 3 points to Cornell) cost them a share of the league championship, split between 6-1 Cornell and Dartmouth.
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From 1922-1964 the Columbia Football program enjoyed 19 winning seasons, its three greatest successes, and an overall record of 172-183-17. Since then it has gone 111-364-8.
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=== 1979-1991: Hitting the Nadir and The Streak ===
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While the team may not have been good after 1963 (barring a brief glimmer in 1971), it didn't achieve true awfulness until 1979, when Columbia football began a 13 season stretch over which the team went 10-117-2, winning more than one game in a season only once (1988). The team reached its utter nadir during a record-setting 44-game [[losing streak]], which included four straight seasons of 0-10, which meant players in the class of 1987 graduated without ever winning a game. The jubilation that ensued upon the end of the streak was possibly the largest outbreak of [[school spirit]] ever seen at Columbia. Of course, the losing would continue for several more years.
  
 
These losses are attributed to several reasons. First, the practice facilities at Baker Athletics Complex are far away from the main [[Morningside Heights campus|campus]] in [[Morningside Heights]]. Second, there is weak support because the student body is more often interested in all the other diversions in [[Manhattan]]. And third, coaches find it hard to recruit potential football players given Columbia's lack of a winning tradition. Fourth, Columbia probably has a hard time recruiting coaches, given that only one coach since 1919 (Frank Navarro) has found another head coaching job after their Columbia tenure.
 
These losses are attributed to several reasons. First, the practice facilities at Baker Athletics Complex are far away from the main [[Morningside Heights campus|campus]] in [[Morningside Heights]]. Second, there is weak support because the student body is more often interested in all the other diversions in [[Manhattan]]. And third, coaches find it hard to recruit potential football players given Columbia's lack of a winning tradition. Fourth, Columbia probably has a hard time recruiting coaches, given that only one coach since 1919 (Frank Navarro) has found another head coaching job after their Columbia tenure.
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=== 1992-Present: That One Time We Were Good===
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Towards the end of Columbia's Anni Horriblis, they hired Ray Tellier, who's 14 year stint is second only to Lou Little's 27 years as head coach. After three straight 1-9 seasons to open his tenure, he rebuilt the team, culminating in a second-place 8-2 season in 1996. A 40-0 schellacking at the hands of eventual-undefeated-champion Dartmouth put to rest any hopes of repeating the feat of 1961.<ref>Amusingly, Dartmouth went 26 seasons in between losses to Columbia in 1971 and 1998</ref> Tellier's teams went an 'eh' 18-42 the next seasons, culminating in 1-9 (0-7 Ivy) season in 2002 that ended Tellier's tenure.
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Columbia is still searching for answers in football, with four coaches succeeding Tellier in ten years, wracking up 6 seasons of 8 or more losses, and no winning records against ivy opponents.
  
 
==Annual Events==
 
==Annual Events==
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''Main article: [[Empire State Bowl]]''
 
''Main article: [[Empire State Bowl]]''
  
In 2010, Columbia's annual game against Cornell was formally dubbed the "Empire State Bowl", a name that had been informally used for the in-state showdown. The winning team claims possession of a travelling trophy. Columbia won the inaugural fixture, overcoming a two touchdown deficit in the final quarter.
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In 2010, Columbia's annual game against Cornell was formally dubbed the "Empire State Bowl", a name that had been informally used for the in-state showdown. The winning team claims possession of a traveling trophy. Columbia won the inaugural fixture, overcoming a two touchdown deficit in the final quarter.
  
 
===Rivalry Weekend===
 
===Rivalry Weekend===
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Revision as of 20:12, 20 November 2013

The Columbia Football team is ostensibly a NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) football program, playing its home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (at Baker Athletic Complex) in the beautiful Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan. The current head coach is Pete Mangurian.

The team traces its history back to the 4th intercollegiate football game in history,a 6-3 loss to Rutgers in New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 12, 1870. Since 1956, the team has formally been a member of the Ivy League athletics conference.

Since 1956, the team has served as a shining example of determination in the face of utter futility. In 58 seasons, the team has recorded only one league championship (1961, which was shared) and only three other winning seasons against ivy league opponents (1962, 1971, and 1996), while going "0-for-Ivy" 10 times in the same period. No Columbia head coach since the Great Depression has a winning record. Nevertheless, the players show up to play each week, every season.

Program highlights beyond the 1961 championship include winning the 1934 Rose Bowl, defeating Army in 1947 to end the cadets' four-year winning streak that included multiple national championships, and graduating pro-football hall of famer Sid Luckman, college all-american and Maxwell Award winner Paul Governali, all-american Walter Koppisch, and college hall of famer Cliff Montgomery.

History

Early football game between Columbia and Harvard. Characteristically, Harvard is winning.
Early Columbia-Yale game.
Against Cornell, late 1930s. Sid Luckman (#44) is running the football.
Players practice in 1947 about a month after their legendary win over Army.

Early history

Football existed as a "campus diversion" at Columbia since at least 1824, when games involved "seniors and sophomores lin[ing] up against juniors and freshmen".[1] Columbia's college football team was formed in 1870, and played one game, the fourth college football game ever, against Rutgers. Presciently, they lost. They played against Yale in 1872 in one of the first ever intercollegiate football games.

On November 23, 1876, Columbia joined Harvard, Princeton, and Yale and at the so-called "Massasoit Convention" to decide on uniform rules for the collegiate football, which rapidly spread throughout college football.[2] This convention is sometimes referred to as the "IV" League -- for the Roman numeral four -- which was supposedly the original Ivy League.

Early Beginnings

In 1899 students raised funds to hire a coach for the first time, hiring George Sanford away from Yale for $1500. However, University President Nicholas Murray Butler banned the sport after the 1905 season, claiming it was too rowdy.[3] Football would return after a ten year break in 1916.

The 'Successful' Years 1922-1963

After the Butler-ban, the Lions enjoyed some success on the gridiron, peaking in 1934 with a victory in the Rose Bowl against Stanford, in what was the precursor to the national championship. Following a fallow period, the enjoyed a few more successes in the seasons immediately after World War 2, highlighted by a famous victory in 1947 over the cadets of Army, who were undefeated in 32 games and coming off three straight undefeated seasons and national championships.

Arguably the greatest player to come out of the program was Sid Luckman, an All-American quarterback who went on to lead the Chicago Bears to four NFL championships in the 1940s, where he pioneered the modern passing game with George Halas.

At some period during this period, the football team was even involved with the Manhattan Project, employed to carry uranium on their strong backs.

Following the 1947 season, football entered a period of sustained mediocrity, posting only one winning season before 1961. Given what was to come in the future, sustained mediocrity wasn't so bad.

In 1956 the Ivy League football conference was formalized, bringing Columbia together the seven schools we know and hate today. All things considered, maybe we never should have joined. In 1961 the team shared their only Ivy League title with Harvard. The following year the team went 5-4-1. After a 4-4-1 showing in 1963, the program has been terrible. The football team has enjoyed just four .500-or-better seasons since then : 6-3 in 1971, 5-4-1 in 1994, 8-2 in 1996, and 5-5 in 2006.

The 1971 team deserves some mention, as their two incredibly narrow losses (by 2 points to Harvard, and 3 points to Cornell) cost them a share of the league championship, split between 6-1 Cornell and Dartmouth.

From 1922-1964 the Columbia Football program enjoyed 19 winning seasons, its three greatest successes, and an overall record of 172-183-17. Since then it has gone 111-364-8.

1979-1991: Hitting the Nadir and The Streak

While the team may not have been good after 1963 (barring a brief glimmer in 1971), it didn't achieve true awfulness until 1979, when Columbia football began a 13 season stretch over which the team went 10-117-2, winning more than one game in a season only once (1988). The team reached its utter nadir during a record-setting 44-game losing streak, which included four straight seasons of 0-10, which meant players in the class of 1987 graduated without ever winning a game. The jubilation that ensued upon the end of the streak was possibly the largest outbreak of school spirit ever seen at Columbia. Of course, the losing would continue for several more years.

These losses are attributed to several reasons. First, the practice facilities at Baker Athletics Complex are far away from the main campus in Morningside Heights. Second, there is weak support because the student body is more often interested in all the other diversions in Manhattan. And third, coaches find it hard to recruit potential football players given Columbia's lack of a winning tradition. Fourth, Columbia probably has a hard time recruiting coaches, given that only one coach since 1919 (Frank Navarro) has found another head coaching job after their Columbia tenure.

1992-Present: That One Time We Were Good

Towards the end of Columbia's Anni Horriblis, they hired Ray Tellier, who's 14 year stint is second only to Lou Little's 27 years as head coach. After three straight 1-9 seasons to open his tenure, he rebuilt the team, culminating in a second-place 8-2 season in 1996. A 40-0 schellacking at the hands of eventual-undefeated-champion Dartmouth put to rest any hopes of repeating the feat of 1961.[4] Tellier's teams went an 'eh' 18-42 the next seasons, culminating in 1-9 (0-7 Ivy) season in 2002 that ended Tellier's tenure.

Columbia is still searching for answers in football, with four coaches succeeding Tellier in ten years, wracking up 6 seasons of 8 or more losses, and no winning records against ivy opponents.

Annual Events

Homecoming

Main article: Homecoming

Homecoming is traditionally the most heavily attended football game of the year, with significant alumni and student presence. Columbia has not won at Homecoming since 2000.

Liberty Cup

Main article: Liberty Cup

A recent addition to Columbia's storied football history is the annual Liberty Cup game with crosstown rival Fordham University. This cup was inaugurated in 2002, one year after a Columbia-Fordham game had to be postponed because of the 9/11 terrorist attack, which killed significant numbers of alumni from both schools, including two former Fordham football players. Columbia and Fordham are the only two I-AA schools in NYC, and Fordham is an associate football member of the Patriot League.

As of 2012, Fordham leads the series 7-4. Columbia has won the Cup only once since 2006. Columbia's overall record against Fordham is now 12-9, which includes a Columbia victory in the first game played between the two schools in 1890.

Empire State Bowl

Main article: Empire State Bowl

In 2010, Columbia's annual game against Cornell was formally dubbed the "Empire State Bowl", a name that had been informally used for the in-state showdown. The winning team claims possession of a traveling trophy. Columbia won the inaugural fixture, overcoming a two touchdown deficit in the final quarter.

Rivalry Weekend

The final weekend of the football season is 'rivalry weekend' for the Ivy League. Harvard and Yale play the laughably self-important "The Game", while Princeton play their fierce mid-atlantic rivals, Penn State. The schedule makers, in their infinite wisdom then decided that Cornell should play Dartmouth, and Columbia should play Brown. It is unclear what kind of 'rivalry' Columbia has with Brown. A fight for the title of most-radical-left-wing-liberal school in the league? We may never know. Either way, Columbia has played Brown in its season finale every year since 1964 except 2001.[5]

Other history

Bakergate

In 2005, the athletics administration tried to ban alcohol at football games in a controversy that became known as Bakergate. This proved unwise and unsuccessful. (Some say they reintroduced limited alcohol consumption because no one could rationally cheer for Columbia while sober.)

2013 football bigotry

See full article: 2013 football bigotry

In late spring of 2013, one player's arrest for a hate crime and the revelation of many players' racist/sexist/homophobic tweets raised concerns about a culture of bigotry on the football team.

Notable players

Trivia

Team Record

Year Overall Record Ivy League Record Ivy Finish Coach
W L T W L T
2013 0 9 - 0 6 - 8 Pete Mangurian 3-16 Overall; 2-11 Ivy League
2012 3 7 - 2 5 - T-6
2011 1 9 - 1 6 - T-7[6] Norries Wilson 17-43 Overall; Ivy League 10-32
2010 4 6 - 2 5 - 6
2009 4 6 - 3 4 - T-4
2008 2 8 - 2 5 - T-6
2007 1 9 - 0 7 - 8
2006 5 5 - 2 5 - T-6[6]
2005 2 8 - 0 7 - 8 Bob Shoop 7-23 Overall; 4-17 Ivy League
2004 1 9 - 1 6 - T-7[6]
2003 4 6 - 3 4 - 6
2002 1 9 - 0 7 - 8 Raymond Tellier 42-96-2 Overall; 28-70-0 Ivy League
2001 3 7 - 3 4 -
2000 3 7 - 1 6 -
1999 3 7 - 1 6 -
1998 4 6 - 3 4 -
1997 4 6 - 3[7] 4 -
1996 8 2 - 5 2 -[8]
1995 3 6 1 3 4 0
1994 5 4 1 3 4 0
1993 2 8 0 1 6 0
1992 3 7 0 2 5 0
1991 1 9 0 1 6 0
1990 1 9 0 1 6 0
1989 1 9 0 1 6 0
1988 2 8 0 2 5 0 Larry McElreavy 2-28-0 Overall; 2-19 Ivy League
1987 0 10 0 0 7 0 8
1986 0 10 0 0 7 0 8
1985 0 10 0 0 7 0 8 Jim Garrett 0-10 Overall; 0-7 ivy League
1984 0 10 0 0 7 0 8 Bob Naso 4-42-2 Overall; 3-31-1 Ivy League
1983 1 7 2 1 5 1
1982 1 9 0 1 6 0
1981 1 9 0 1 6 0 T-7[6]
1980 1 9 0 0 7 0 8
1979 1 8 0 1 6 0 7 William Campbell 12-41-1 Overall; 8-33-1 Ivy League
1978 3 5 1 2 4 1 T-6
1977 2 7 0 1 6 0 T-7[6]
1976 3 6 0 2 5 0 T-5[6]
1975 2 7 0 2 5 0 T-6
1974 1 8 0 0 7 0 8
1973 1 7 1 1 6 0 7 Frank Navarro 16-36-2 Overall; 12-21-1 Ivy League
1972 3 5 1 2 4 1 T-6
1971 6 3 0 5 2 0 3
1970 3 6 0 1 6 0 T-7[6]
1969 1 8 0 1 6 0 T-7[6]
1968 2 7 0 2 5 0 6
1967 2 7 0 0 7 0 8 Aldo "Buff" Donelli 30-67-2 Overall; 22-53-2 Ivy League
1966 2 7 0 2 5 0 6
1965 2 7 0 1 6 0 T-7[6]
1964 2 6 1 1 5 1 7
1963 4 4 1 2 4 1 6
1962 5 4 0 4 3 0 T-3
1961 6 3 0 6 1 0 T-1
1960 3 6 0 3 4 0 5
1959 2 7 0 1 6 0 8
1958 1 8 0 1 6 0 7
1957 1 8 0 1 6 0 8
1956 3 6 0 2 5 0 T-6 Lou "Luigi Piccolo" Little 110-116-10 Overall; 2-5-0 Ivy League
1955 1 8 0
1954 1 8 0
1953 4 5 0
1952 2 6 1
1951 5 3 0
1950 4 5 0
1949 2 7 0
1948 4 5 0
1947 7 2 0
1946 6 3 0
1945 8 1 0
1944 2 6 0
1943 0 8 0
1942 3 6 0
1941 3 5 0
1940 5 2 2
1939 2 4 2
1938 3 6 0
1937 2 5 2
1936 5 3 0
1935 4 4 1
1934 7 1 0
1933 8 1 0
1932 7 1 1
1931 7 1 1
1930 5 4 0
1929 4 5 0 Charles Crowley 26-16-4 Overall
1928 5 3 1
1927 5 2 2
1926 6 3 0
1925 6 3 1
1924 5 3 1 Percy Haughton 8-5-1 Overall/Paul Withington 1-2-1 Overall[9]
1923 4 4 1
1922 5 4 0 Frank "Buck" O'Neill
1921 2 6 0
1920 ?
1919 ? Fred Dawson
1918 ?
1917 ? T. Nelson Metcalf
1916 ?
1915 ?
1914 Football Banned
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905 4 3 2 Bill Morley 26-11-3 Overall
1904 7 3 0
1903 9 1 0
1902 6 4 1
1901 8 5 0 George Sanford 24-11-1 Overall
1900 7 3 1
1899 9 3 0
1898 No Games Played[10] No Coach[10]
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891 1 5 0
1890 1 6 1
1889 2 7 2
1888 No Team[10]
1887
1886
1885 No Games Played[10]
1884[10] 1 1 0
1883 1 3 0
1882 0 5 0
1881 3 3 1
1880 1 2 0
1879 0 3 2
1878 0 0 2
1877 2 2 0
1876 1 3 0
1875 4 1 1
1874 1 5 0
1873 2 1 0
1872 1 2 1
1871 No Games Played[10]
1870 0 1 0

References

  1. A history of Columbia University 1754-1904, p. 172
  2. This according to the Penn history of varsity football. [1]
  3. For a history of the Football Crisis, see Ronald A. Smith, "Harvard and Columbia and a Reconsideration of the 1905-06 Football Crisis." Journal of Sport History, Vol. 8, No. 3, Pgs. 5-19 (Winter, 1981). See also Library of Congress - Topics in Chronicling America - The 1905 Movement to Reform Football
  4. Amusingly, Dartmouth went 26 seasons in between losses to Columbia in 1971 and 1998
  5. Columbia's game with Fordham was rescheduled after the traditional finale because of 9/11.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Multiple teams tied with worst record in the league.
  7. Columbia lost to Penn 24-7, but was awarded the victory after the season when Penn forfeited its wins due to fielding an ineligible player.[2]
  8. College football rules changed in 1996, eliminating tie games.
  9. Haughton fell ill during practice and died on October 27, 1924. Acute indigestion, according to the Boston Globe.[3] Withington completed the season.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Columbia Football Timeline by Prof. Robert McCaughey

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