The 1979 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Columbia finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 1–8 (1–6 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Baker Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their sixth and final season under head coach Bill Campbell, the Lions compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 215 to 68. Brian O’Hagan and Geoff Stoner were the team captains.[1]
The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 177 to 47 by Ivy opponents.[2]
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | Harvard |
| L 7–26 | 4,525 | [3] | ||
September 29 | at No. T–10 Lafayette* | L 7–14 | 8,500 | [4] | |||
October 6 | Penn |
| W 12–7 | 7,850 | [5] | ||
October 13 | at Princeton | L 0–35 | 8,705 | [6] | |||
October 20 | Yale |
| L 7–37 | 7,350 | [7] | ||
October 27 | Colgate* |
| L 14–24 | 5,025 | [8] | ||
November 3 | Dartmouth |
| L 0–17 | 2,150 | [9] | ||
November 10 | at Cornell | L 7–24 | 6,000 | [10] | |||
November 17 | at Brown | L 14–31 | 8,500 | [11] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 215. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Haynes, Walter (September 23, 1979). "Harvard Wings Past Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wismer, Ted (September 30, 1979). "Lehigh and Lafayette Turn Back Ivy League Foes; Columbia Falls 14-7 to Leopards". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newman, Chuck (October 7, 1979). "Failure to Make 'Big Plays' Dooms Quakers, 12-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Paul (October 14, 1979). "Princeton Triumphs, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 21, 1979). "Yale Keeps Rolling Along, 37-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Compton, Eric (November 2, 1979). "Colgate Overcomes Columbia, 24-14". Daily News. New York, N.Y. Sports p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Clarke, Evan (November 4, 1979). "Dartmouth Breezes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Beats Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. United Press International. November 11, 1979. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown 31, Columbia 14". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. November 18, 1979. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.