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‎1992-Present: Return to Mediocrity and That One Year We Were Good

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 ===The 'Successful' Years 1922-1963===
-After the Butler-ban, the Lions enjoyed some success on the gridiron, although not before a series unfortunate events. Looking to shape up the football team in the post ban years, Columbia hired former Harvard coach [[Percy Haughton]], however Haughton collapsed and died midway through his second season. Seeking a coach of similar or greater stature, Columbia managed to lure [[Knute Rockne]], who at age 37 was already a legend as head coach of Notre Dame, to New York with a $25,000/yr contract. However, in their hubris, the Columbia negotiators leaked news of Rockne's arrival, embarassing Rockne who was still under contract at Notre Dame. Rockne washed his hands of Columbia and remained in Indiana.
+After the Butler-ban, the Lions enjoyed some success on the gridiron, although not before a series unfortunate events. Looking to shape up the football team in the post ban years, Columbia hired former Harvard coach [[Percy Haughton]], however Haughton collapsed and died midway through his second season. Seeking a coach of similar or greater stature, Columbia managed to lure [[Knute Rockne]], who at age 37 was already a legend as head coach of Notre Dame, to New York with a $25,000/yr contract.<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/sep99/18a.html Columbia Knute?], Columbia College Today, September 1999</ref> However, in their hubris, the Columbia negotiators leaked news of Rockne's arrival, embarassing Rockne who was still under contract at Notre Dame. Rockne washed his hands of Columbia and remained in Indiana.
-Despite the failed attempt to hire Rockne, the team found success anyway. After a string of positive seasons in the 20s, time hired [[Lou Little]] away from [[Georgetown]]. Little would remain at Columbia for 27 seasons. Little's tenure was highlighted by two successful periods, and two famous victories. From 1931-1934 the Lions went 29-4-2, and highlighted their success 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.
+Despite the failed attempt to hire Rockne, the team found success anyway. After a string of positive seasons in the 20s, the University hired [[Lou Little]] away from [[Georgetown]]. Little would remain at Columbia for 27 seasons. Little's tenure was highlighted by two successful periods, and two famous victories. From 1931-1934 the Lions went 29-4-2, and highlighted their success 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.
 Little experienced great success again in the immediate aftermath of [[World War II]], leading the Lions to an 8-1 season in 1945, and a 7-2 season in 1947, which featured by a famous upset victory over the cadets of [[Army]], who were undefeated in 32 games and coming off three straight undefeated seasons and national championships.
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 Arguably the greatest player to come out of the program was Sid Luckman CC 1939, an [[w:College Football All-America Team|All-American]] quarterback who went on to pioneer the modern passing game under head coach [[w:George Halas|George Halas]] of the [[w:Chicago Bears|Chicago Bears]], and led the team to four [[:w:NFL|NFL]] championships in the 1940s.
-At some period during this period, the football team was even involved with the [[Manhattan Project]], employed to carry uranium on their strong backs.
+At some period during this period, the football team was even involved with the [[Manhattan Project]], employed to carry uranium on their strong backs.<ref>Citation needed...</ref>
 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.

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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 their second game against [[Yale]] in [[1872]] and continued playing games through 1884.
-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 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.
 The sport briefly disappeared from campus before returning for three years from 1889-1891, before disappearing again.

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 The team has served as a shining example of sisyphean determination in the face of utter futility. In 58 Ivy League 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 [[w:Great Depression|Great Depression]] has a winning record. Nevertheless, like sisyphus, the team lines up to play 10 games a year, every year.
-Program highlights beyond the 1961 championship include winning the [[w:1934 Rose Bowl|1934 Rose Bowl]], defeating Army in a massive upset in 1947, and graduating pro-football hall of famer [[Sid Luckman]], college all-american and Maxwell Award winner [[Paul Governali]], all-american [[Walter Koppisch]], college hall of famer [[Cliff Montgomery]].
+Program highlights beyond the 1961 championship include winning the [[w:1934 Rose Bowl|1934 Rose Bowl]], defeating Army in a massive upset in 1947, 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]].
 Columbia last won a [[football]] [[Ivy League]] title in [[1961]], its only Ivy League title in the history of the conference, which officially dates to [[1956]]. The next closest school to Columbia's 45 year title drought is [[Cornell]], which hasn't won since 1990.
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 ===Early history 1870-1899===
-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 their second game against [[Yale]] in [[1872]] and played continued playing games through 1884.
+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 their second game against [[Yale]] in [[1872]] and continued playing games through 1884.
 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.

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 The '''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]].
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 Program highlights beyond the 1961 championship include winning the [[w:1934 Rose Bowl|1934 Rose Bowl]], defeating Army in a massive upset in 1947, and graduating pro-football hall of famer [[Sid Luckman]], college all-american and Maxwell Award winner [[Paul Governali]], all-american [[Walter Koppisch]], college hall of famer [[Cliff Montgomery]].
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	No one really has a great explanation for why it's so hard to develop a winning football team at Columbia, but a number are often floated. 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]]. 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.		No one really has a great explanation for why it's so hard to develop a winning football team at Columbia, but a number are often floated. 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]]. 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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		+	Sometimes they bribe kids to go to games, but attendance remains low<ref>http://www.ivygateblog.com/2013/10/columbia-athletics-so-bad-theyll-pay-you-to-go-to-a-football-game/</ref>.

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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]].
+The '''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]].
 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. Prior to that, the team played as an [[w:NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|unaffiliated independent]] (with the bulk of its schedule typically against future ivy league schools), much as Notre Dame and the Army and Navy Academies do to this day.
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 * [http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/learn/timelines/FootbalTLine.htm Columbia Football Timeline 1870-2000]
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