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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 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.
 
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 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.
  
===Team Record===
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==Other history==
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===Bakergate===
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In [[2005]], the athletics administration tried to ban alcohol at football games in a [[:Category:Scandals|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.)
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===2013 football bigotry===
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''See full article: [[2013 football bigotry]]''
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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.
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== Notable players ==
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*[[Bill Campbell]]
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*[[Brian Dennehy]]
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*[[Marty Domres]]
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*[[William Joseph Donovan]]
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*[[Stuyvesant Fish]]
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*[[Matthew Fox]]
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*[[Paul Governali]]
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*[[Jack Kerouac]]
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*[[Sidney Luckman]]
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*[[Johnathan Reese]]
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*[[Archie Roberts]]
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*[[Gene Rossides]]
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*[[Bill Swiacki]]
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*[[Russell Warren]]
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*[[Marcellus Wiley]]
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*[[John Witkowski]]
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== Trivia ==
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* An early Columbia-[[Princeton]] game was the first live televised sporting event.
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* Football players sometimes come back to speak at [[Columbia College]] [[Class Day]].
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==Team Record==
 
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==Other history==
 
===Bakergate===
 
In [[2005]], the athletics administration tried to ban alcohol at football games in a [[:Category:Scandals|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 ==
 
*[[Bill Campbell]]
 
*[[Brian Dennehy]]
 
*[[Marty Domres]]
 
*[[William Joseph Donovan]]
 
*[[Stuyvesant Fish]]
 
*[[Matthew Fox]]
 
*[[Paul Governali]]
 
*[[Jack Kerouac]]
 
*[[Sidney Luckman]]
 
*[[Johnathan Reese]]
 
*[[Archie Roberts]]
 
*[[Gene Rossides]]
 
*[[Bill Swiacki]]
 
*[[Russell Warren]]
 
*[[Marcellus Wiley]]
 
*[[John Witkowski]]
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
 
* An early Columbia-[[Princeton]] game was the first live televised sporting event.
 
* Football players sometimes come back to speak at [[Columbia College]] [[Class Day]].
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 17:05, 20 November 2013

Columbia's football team is well-known for its dismal performance in recent decades. 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.

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[1].

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

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".[2] Columbia's college football team was formed in 1870. 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.[3] 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

However, University President Nicholas Murray Butler banned the sport after the 1905 season, claiming it was too rowdy.[4] Football would return after a ten year break in 1916.

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 Lou Little. In 1934, the team won the Rose Bowl against 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 NFL championships in the 1940s.

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

1960s to 1990s

In 1961, the team shared their only Ivy League title with 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. In the 1980s, the team experienced a record 44-game losing streak. The jubilation that ensued upon the end of this nightmare was possibly the largest outbreak of school spirit ever seen at Columbia.

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.

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 travelling 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 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.

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* 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*
2005 2 8 - 0 7 - 8 Bob Shoop 7-23 Overall; 4-17 Ivy League
2004 1 9 - 1 6 - T-7*
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[5] 4 -
1996 8 2 - 5 2 -[6]
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*
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*
1976 3 6 0 2 5 0 T-5*
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*
1969 1 8 0 1 6 0 T-7*
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*
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[7]
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
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891 1 5 0 No Coach
1890 1 6 1 No Coach
1889 2 7 2 No Coach
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883 1 3 0 No Coach
1882 0 5 0 No Coach
1881 3 3 1 No Coach
1880 1 2 0 No Coach
1879 0 3 2 No Coach
1878 0 0 2 No Coach
1877 2 2 0 No Coach
1876 1 3 0 No Coach
1875 4 1 1 No Coach
1874 1 5 0 No Coach
1873 2 1 0 No Coach
1872 1 2 1 No Coach
1871
1870 0 1 0 No Coach

References

  1. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/bondy-losses-pile-lions-press-article-1.1512009
  2. A history of Columbia University 1754-1904, p. 172
  3. This according to the Penn history of varsity football. [1]
  4. 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
  5. 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]
  6. College football rules changed in 1996, eliminating tie games.
  7. Haughton fell ill during practice and died on October 27, 1924. Acute indigestion, according to the Boston Globe.[3] Withington completed the season.

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